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Titles listRacemization of a Chiral Nanoparticle Evidences the Flexibility of the Gold–Thiolate Interface
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Racemization of a Chiral Nanoparticle Evidences the Flexibility of the Gold–Thiolate Interface |
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| Published in | Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2012, vol. 134, no. 31, p. 13114-13120 | |
| Abstract | Thiolate-protected gold nanoparticles and clusters combine size-dependent physical properties with the ability to introduce (bio)chemical functionality within their ligand shell. The engineering of the latter with molecular precision is an important prerequisite for future applications. A key question in this respect concerns the flexibility of the gold – sulfur interface. Here we report the first study on racemization of an intrinsically chiral gold nanocluster, Au38(SCH2CH2Ph)24, which goes along with a drastic rearrangement of its surface involving place exchange of several thiolates. This racemization takes place at modest temperatures (40 – 80 °C) without significant decomposition. The experimentally determined activation energy for the inversion reaction is ca 28 kcal/mol, which is surprisingly low considering the large rearrangement. The activation parameters furthermore indicate that the process occurs without complete Au-S bond breaking. | |
| Identifiers | DOI: 10.1021/ja3053865 | |
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Article (Published version) (437 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE Other version: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja3053865 |
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| Research group | Groupe Bürgi | |
| Citation (ISO format) | KNOPPE, Stefan, DOLAMIC, Igor, BUERGI, Thomas. Racemization of a Chiral Nanoparticle Evidences the Flexibility of the Gold–Thiolate Interface. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, vol. 134, n° 31, p. 13114-13120. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:22048 |
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