Abstract
The formation of the spherical self-assembly of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of 200 ± 20 nm size at the water-chloroform interface is achieved by employing the cyclotetrasiloxane [RSCH2CH2SiMeO]4 (R = CH2CH2OH) as the stabilizing ligand. The interfacially stabilized AuNPs act as a versatile catalyst for selective hydrolytic oxidation of only one of the Si-H bonds in secondary organosilanes, RR1SiH2 (R, R1 = alkyl, aryl, and sila-alkyl), to afford the high yield synthesis of 1,1,3,3-tetraorganodisiloxanes, (HRR1Si)2O. The study unravels for the first time the role of the photothermal effect arising from the excitation of the surface plasmon resonance of the AuNPs under visible light irradiation in enhancing the catalytic activity at ambient temperature.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 813-819 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | New Journal of Chemistry |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 27 Nov 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Jan 2019 |
Funding
This work was supported by CSIR Grant 01(2851)/16/EMR-II. Asmita Sharma is grateful to UGC-CSIR 19-06/2011(i)EU-IV for providing the Senior Research Fellowship. We thank Nidhi Mahavar (SRF) and Nivedita Roy (JRF) for their assistance in the experimental work. We are grateful to one of the reviewers for providing valuable information on the structure of 7.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry
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