RT Journal Article T1 Gold nanoparticle-catalysed functionalization of carbon-hydrogen bonds by carbene transfer reactions A1 Martínez Laguna, Jonathan A1 Mollar Cuni, Andres A1 Ventura Espinosa, David A1 Martín, Santiago A1 Caballero Bevia, Ana A1 Mata, Jose A. A1 Pérez Romero, Pedro José AB Gold nanoparticles stabilized by NHC ligands and supported onto reduced graphene oxide (rGO) catalyse the functionalization of cyclohexane and benzene C-H bonds upon insertion of carbene CHCO2Et (from N2=CHCO2Et) groups. This is the first example in which such Csp3 or Csp2 bonds are functionalized with this strategy with nanoparticulated gold. This Au-NP@rGO material shows an exceptional activity, providing TON values 5-10 times higher than those already reported for molecular gold catalysts. Recyclability is also effective, reaching an accumulate TON value of 1400 after six consecutive uses PB Royal Society of Chemistry SN 1477-9226 SN 1477-9234 (electrónico) YR 2022 FD 2022-02-23 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21357 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21357 LA eng NO J. Martínez-Laguna, A. Mollar-Cuni, D. Ventura-Espinosa, S. Martín, A. Caballero, J. A. Mata and P. J. Pérez, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 5250 DOI: 10.1039/D1DT04351J NO We thank to Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación for Grants PID2020-113797RB-C21, RTI2018-098237-B-C22 and PID2019-105881RB-I00 also financed by FEDER “Una manera de hacer Europa”. We also thank Junta de Andalucía (P18-RT-1536) and Universidad de Huelva (P.O.Feder UHU-1260216). JML thanks Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación for FPI fellowship. A. M-C. thanks Generalitat Valenciana for grant (ACIF/2019/100). S. M. acknowledges DGA/fondos FEDER (Construyendo Europa desde Aragón) for funding the research group Platón (E31_20R). DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 1 jun 2026