Bifunctional, conjugated oligomers for orthogonal self-assembly: selectivity varies from planar substrates to nanoparticles

Brandon R Walker; Ronald A Wassel; Diana M Stefanescu; Christopher B Gorman

doi:10.1021/ja046491v

Bifunctional, conjugated oligomers for orthogonal self-assembly: selectivity varies from planar substrates to nanoparticles

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Dec 22;126(50):16330-1. doi: 10.1021/ja046491v.

Authors

Brandon R Walker¹, Ronald A Wassel, Diana M Stefanescu, Christopher B Gorman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Box 8204, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA.

PMID: 15600328
DOI: 10.1021/ja046491v

Abstract

A diphenylacetylene containing two different end groups (isonitrile and thioacetate) was synthesized, showing that the chemistry used to install each end group is compatible with that of the others. The isonitrile group binds preferentially to platinum, and the thiol group binds preferentially to gold. However, the selectivity was different when nanoparticles were compared to planar substrates.