Sodium 2-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl phosphonate (1) was investigated as a stabilising agent for platinum nanoparticles (Pt-NPs) in aqueous solution. This phosphino phosphonate is known to stabilise rhodium nanoparticles (NPs) in water. Here we report that in the case of Pt-NPs this ligand is indirectly involved in the stabilisation mechanism and the actual stabilisation agent is the platinum comp...

1-(4- Chloro -1-hydroxynaphthalen-2-yl)-ethanone was prepared by refluxing 4-chloronaphthalen-1-ol with glacial acetic acid in presence of fused ZnCl2. From this synthesized compound we -1- hydroxynaphthalen-2-yl)-3-(4-hydroxy phenyl)-prop-2-en-1-one from condensing -1-hydroxynaphthalen-2- yl)-ethenone, The final product 6-(5-chloro-8-hydroxynapthalene-2-yl)-4(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-5-dihydroxypyri...

Pyrene-functionalized Ru nanoparticles were synthesized by olefin metathesis reactions of carbene-stabilized Ru nanoparticles with 1-vinylpyrene and 1-allylpyrene (the resulting particles were denoted as Ru=VPy and Ru=APy, respectively) and examined as sensitive chemosensors for the detection of nitroaromatic compounds, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT), 2,6-dini...