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Microwave-Assisted Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Olibanum Gum (Boswellia serrate) and its Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol and Hexacyanoferrate (III) by Sodium Borohydride

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In this work we report straightforward, an economically viable, one-step microwave-assisted green synthesis of well stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by reducing chloroauric acid with natural water soluble olibanum gum (Boswellia serrate). The olibanum gum acts as a dual role of reducing and capping agent for synthesis of AuNPs. The formation of AuNPs was confirmed using UV–Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction. The results indicated that the synthesized NPs were well dispersed and spherical in shape had an average diameter of 3 ± 2 nm. The reaction parameters significantly affected the formation of NPs, as the concentration of gum and irradiation time increases the formation of NPs particles increases and size of particles are reduced. In addition, it has been shown that these olibanum gum capped AuNPs functioned as effective homogeneous catalyst for the reduction of two model reactions hexacyanoferrate(III) and 4-nitrophenol by sodium borohydride. The kinetic investigations were carried out at different amount of AuNPs and different temperatures.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia

    Atnafu Guadie Assefa, Ayal Adugna Mesfin, Mulugeta Legesse Akele, Addis Kokeb Alemu & Madhusudhan Alle

  2. Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500007, India

    Bhagavanth Reddy Gangapuram, Veerabhadram Guttena & Madhusudhan Alle

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Guadie Assefa, A., Adugna Mesfin, A., Legesse Akele, M. et al. Microwave-Assisted Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Olibanum Gum (Boswellia serrate) and its Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol and Hexacyanoferrate (III) by Sodium Borohydride. J Clust Sci 28, 917–935 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-016-1078-8

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