Issue 12, 2010
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Nanoscale

Imidazolium ionic liquids as promoters and stabilising agents for the preparation of metal(0)nanoparticles by reduction and decomposition of organometallic complexes

Martin H. G. Prechtl,†*a   Paul S. Campbell,b   Jackson D. Scholten,a   Georgina B. Fraser,b   Giovanna Machado,c   Catherine C. Santini,*b   Jairton Dupont*a  and  Yves Chauvinb  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis, Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
E-mail: jairton.dupont@ufrgs.br
Fax: +55 51 33087304
Tel: +55 51 33086321

b Université de Lyon, Institut de Chimie de Lyon, C2P2, UMR 5265 CNRS—ESCPE Lyon, 43 bd du 11 Novembre 1918, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
E-mail: santini@cpe.fr

c Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do Nordeste—CETENE, Recife, PE, Brazil

Abstract

The organometallic complexes ([Ru(COD)(2-methylallyl)2] and [Ni(COD)2] (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) dissolved in imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) undergo reduction and decomposition, respectively, to afford stable ruthenium and nickel metal(0) nanoparticles (Ru(0)-NPs and Ni(0)-NPs) in the absence of classical reducing agents. Depending on the case, the reduction/auto-decomposition is promoted by either the cation and/or anion of the neat imidazolium ILs.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0NR00574F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Aug 2010
Accepted
01 Sep 2010
First published
08 Oct 2010

Nanoscale, 2010,2, 2601-2606

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Imidazolium ionic liquids as promoters and stabilising agents for the preparation of metal(0) nanoparticles by reduction and decomposition of organometallic complexes

M. H. G. Prechtl, P. S. Campbell, J. D. Scholten, G. B. Fraser, G. Machado, C. C. Santini, J. Dupont and Y. Chauvin, Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 2601 DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00574F

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