Disclosure of the imidazolium cation coordination and stabilization mode in ionic liquid stabilized gold(0) nanoparticles.

A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) study of imidazolium ionic liquid stabilized gold(0) nanoparticles (GNPs) furnished previously unknown knowledge about the coordination and stabilization mode of the imidazolium cation. GNPs were prepared by hydrazine reduction of a chloroauric acid solution in 1-triethylene glycol monomethyl ether-3-methylimidazolium methanesulfonate 2 as ether-functionalized room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL). UV-vis spectroscopy showed the presence of GNP aggregates as absorptions extended to the NIR region.

Hydroselenation of alkynes by lithium butylselenolate: an approach in the synthesis of vinylic selenides.

Vinylic selenides were prepared in good yields by hydroselenation of alkynes with lithium butylselenolate generated by reaction of n-butyllithium with elemental selenium. The regio- and stereochemistry of the hydroselenation depend on the nature of the substituents bonded to the alkyne.