Microwave Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles in the Presence of Tetrahydrothiophenocucurbituril

Asma S Atthar; Shreya Saha; Ahmed Abdulrahman; Anthony I Day

doi:10.3390/molecules29010168

Microwave Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles in the Presence of Tetrahydrothiophenocucurbituril

Molecules. 2023 Dec 27;29(1):168. doi: 10.3390/molecules29010168.

Authors

Asma S Atthar¹, Shreya Saha¹, Ahmed Abdulrahman¹, Anthony I Day¹

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry, School of Science, University of New South Wales Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.

Abstract

The preparation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) from tetrachloroauric acid in the presence of tetrahydrothiophenocucurbit[n]uril (THT_mQ[n]) has been effectively achieved in a microwave reactor. The reaction was performed in the presence of an excess of the tetrahydrothiopheno function in a partial reductant role, while the remainder formed AuNP-THT_mQ[n] conjugates after the reduction was completed with formic acid. An affinity for the AuNPs by the THT_mQ[n] was observed in the purification of the NPs via centrifugation, removal of the supernatant and resuspension of the conjugate.

Keywords: Au nanoparticles; formic acid reductant; gold(I); tetrahydropheno reductant; tetrahydrophenocucurbituril.

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.