Towards “designer” surfaces: functionalisation of self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on colloidal gold by alkene metathesisElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental data and Figs S1–S14. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b300833a/Part of this work was presented at the First International Conference on Bio-Organometallic Chemistry, July 2002, Paris. Abstract no PB5.

Abstract

A variety of groups like a Fischer carbene complex, an N-hydroxysuccinimide or a ferrocene derivative have been grafted by ruthenium-catalyzed cross-metathesis reaction with terminal alkene groups on monolayer-protected gold clusters as a mild and convenient strategy to anchor functional molecules.