Soft, Oxidative Stripping of Alkyl Thiolate Ligands from Hydroxyapatite-Supported Gold Nanoclusters for Oxidation Reactions

Bin Zhang; Jun Fang; Jingguo Li; Jun Jie Lau; Davide Mattia; Ziyi Zhong; Jianping Xie; Ning Yan

doi:10.1002/asia.201501074

Soft, Oxidative Stripping of Alkyl Thiolate Ligands from Hydroxyapatite-Supported Gold Nanoclusters for Oxidation Reactions

Bin Zhang, Jun Fang, Jingguo Li, Jun Jie Lau, Davide Mattia, Ziyi Zhong, Jianping Xie^*, Ning Yan

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Abstract

A strategy for the mild deprotection of alkyl-thiolated (6-mercaptohexanoic acid, MHA, and 3-mercaptopropanoic acid, MPA) gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) supported on hydroxyapatite (HAP) has been developed by employing a peroxide (tert-butyl hydroperoxide, TBHP, or hydrogen peroxide, H₂O₂) as an oxidant. The thiol ligands on the supported AuNCs were removed after oxidation, and the size and integrity of the supported clusters were well-preserved. The bare gold clusters on HAP after removal of the ligands were catalytically effective for the epoxidation of styrene and the aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol. These two reactions were also investigated on calcined AuNCs that were supported on HAP for comparison, and the resulting AuNCs that were prepared by using this new strategy showed superior catalytic activity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	532-539
Number of pages	8
Journal	Chemistry - An Asian Journal
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201501074
State	Published - 18 Feb 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

S ligands
gold
nanoclusters
oxidation
synthetic methods

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