Issue 86, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Gold nanoparticle catalysis of the cis–trans isomerization of azobenzene†

Geniece L. Hallett-Tapley,a   Claudio D'Alfonso,ab   Natalia L. Pacioni,‡a   Christopher D. McTiernan,a   María González-Béjar,ac   Osvaldo Lanzalunga,b   Emilio I. Alarcona  and  Juan C. Scaiano*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada
E-mail: scaiano@photo.chem.uottawa.ca

b Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma and Istituto CNR di Metodologie Chimiche (IMC-CNR), Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy

c Instituto de Ciencia Molecular/ Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Valencia, C/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, Paterna, Valencia, Spain

Abstract

Ablated, “pseudo-naked” gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) catalyze the cis–trans isomerization of substituted azobenzenes. para-Substitution was found to affect the rate of isomerization, suggesting the participation of AuNP-mediated electron transfer in the isomerization mechanism.

Graphical abstract: Gold nanoparticle catalysis of the cis–trans isomerization of azobenzene

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC41669K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Mar 2013
Accepted
27 Aug 2013
First published
28 Aug 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 10073-10075

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Gold nanoparticle catalysis of the cis–trans isomerization of azobenzene

G. L. Hallett-Tapley, C. D'Alfonso, N. L. Pacioni, C. D. McTiernan, M. González-Béjar, O. Lanzalunga, E. I. Alarcon and J. C. Scaiano, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10073 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41669K

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