Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Ru-Porphyrin and Their Selectivity in the Oligomerization of Alkynes

Francesca Limosani; Hynd Remita; Pietro Tagliatesta; Elvira Maria Bauer; Alessandro Leoni; Marilena Carbone

doi:10.3390/ma15031207

Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Ru-Porphyrin and Their Selectivity in the Oligomerization of Alkynes

Materials (Basel). 2022 Feb 5;15(3):1207. doi: 10.3390/ma15031207.

Authors

Francesca Limosani^{1

2}, Hynd Remita³, Pietro Tagliatesta⁴, Elvira Maria Bauer⁵, Alessandro Leoni⁴, Marilena Carbone⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Information Engineering, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 1, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
² INFN-National Laboratories of Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi, 40, Frascati, 00044 Rome, Italy.
³ Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France.
⁴ Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
⁵ Institute of Structure of Matter (CNR-ISM), Italian National Research Council, Via Salaria km 29.3, Monterotondo, 00015 Rome, Italy.

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were functionalized by ruthenium porphyrins through a sulfur/gold covalent bond using a three-steps reaction. The catalyst was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in order to control the binding of ruthenium porphyrin on AuNPs' surface. The catalyst was tested and compared with an analog system not bound to AuNPs in the oligomerization reaction using 1-phenylacetylene as the substrate.

Keywords: arylalkynes; catalysis; gold nanoparticles; metalloporphyrin; oligomerization.