On the Overlooked Effect of Counter-Cations From Borohydrides for the Gold- and Metal- Mediated Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol

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UDC.coleccionInvestigación
UDC.departamentoQuímica
UDC.grupoInvNanochemistry and Self-Assembly for Biological Sciences (NANOSELF4BIO)
UDC.institutoCentroCICA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía
UDC.issue9
UDC.journalTitleSmall Methods
UDC.startPagee02277
UDC.volume10
dc.contributor.authorSmolska, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorLock, Nina
dc.contributor.authorQuinson, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-14T09:52:29Z
dc.date.available2026-05-14T09:52:29Z
dc.date.issued2026-04-03
dc.descriptionFinanciado para publicación en acceso aberto: Universidade da Coruña/CISUG
dc.description.abstract[Abstract] The catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol is a widely used model reaction for water treatment and to evaluate the catalytic activity of nanomaterials. Here, we report on the strong, yet overlooked, effect of cations in the borohydride-mediated reduction of 4-nitrophenol using gold as a catalyst. Catalytic activity consistently increases in the order Li+ < Na+ << K+, with KBH4 leading to the highest turnovers compared to LiBH4 or NaBH4, both with pre-formed gold nanoparticles but also using HAuCl4, AgNO3, or Pd(NO3)2.
dc.description.sponsorshipJQ, AS, and NL thank the Independent Research Fund (DFF) for support via a DFF-Green grant (Light-SCREEN, 3164-00128B). JQ thanks the Aarhus University Research Foundation, grant number AUFF-E-2022-9-40. JQ thanks the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and ESF+ for his Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC2023-042920-I). JQ thanks the INTALENT program of UDC and INDITEX. Funding for open access charge: Universidade da Coruña/CISUG
dc.description.sponsorshipDinamarca. Independent Research Fund Denmark; 3164-00128B
dc.description.sponsorshipDinamarca. Aarhus University Research Foundation; AUFF-E-2022-9-40
dc.identifier.citationA.Smolska, N.Lock, and J.Quinson, “On the Overlooked Effect of Counter-Cations From Borohydrides for the Gold- and Metal- Mediated Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol.” Small Methods10, no. 9 (2026): e02277. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202502277
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/smtd.202502277
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2183/48252
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/RYC2023-042920-I/ES/
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202502277
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject4-nitrophenol
dc.subjectBenchmarking
dc.subjectCatalysis
dc.subjectCations
dc.subjectGold
dc.subjectKBH4
dc.subjectNanoparticles
dc.titleOn the Overlooked Effect of Counter-Cations From Borohydrides for the Gold- and Metal- Mediated Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol
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