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Pablo Molinillo1, Ana Gálvez Del Postigo1, Maxime Puyo1
1Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica, and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain.
Abstract:
Nickel nanoparticles (Ni·MIC) stabilized with mesoionic 1,2,3-triazolylidene (MIC) ligands were prepared via decomposition of the [Ni(COD)2] (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) complex with H2 (3 bar) in the presence of 0.2 or 0.5 equiv of ligand. The obtained monodisperse and small-sized (3.2-3.8 nm) nanoparticles were characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM, HRTEM) and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) analysis. Further analysis of the nickel nanoparticles by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) demonstrated the coordination of the MIC ligands to the metal surface. Finally, the Ni·MIC nanoparticles were applied in the isotopic H/D exchange in hydrides of group 14 elements (Si, Ge, Sn) using D2 gas under relatively mild conditions (1.0-1.8 mol % Ni, 1 bar D2, 55 °C). High and chemoselective deuterium incorporation at the E-H (E = Si, Ge, Sn) bond in these derivatives was observed.
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