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Gold modification by reduction of a diazonium salt prepared from an aliphatic diamine: a new useful means to remove hazardous substances

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We studied the electrochemical reduction based on gold electrode of a diazonium salt prepared from ethylenediamine. This is the first time where the covalent functionalization on the gold electrode of an alkyldiazonium salt, 2-aminoethane-1-diazonium chloride, is demonstrated. This step requires the preparation beforehand by diazotization of one amine group from ethylenediamine. The resulting electrodeposited ethylamine film was confirmed by spectroscopic characterizations from gold surface modification monitored by electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) coupled to cyclic voltammetry (CV). The development of chemosensors based on such a covalent functionalization of a metal can reduce the chemical threats to human health along with drastically removing contaminants according to the green chemistry principles.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge Prof. Jean Pinson (University Paris Diderot, France) for scientific discussions and comments.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article (“Materials and methods” section) and publicly available dataset.

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We gratefully acknowledge the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and the Scientific Research and Cultural Bureau /Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Paris – France for financial support. This work was also supported by Campus France and the Region of Franche-Comté. We also thank the RENATECH network for SEM facilities.

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  1. Laboratoire de Nanomédecine, Imagerie et Thérapeutique EA 4662, UFR Sciences & Techniques, CHU J. Minjoz, Université de Franche-Comté, cedex, 25030, Besançon, France

    Ahmed Kandory & Guillaume Herlem

  2. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Diyala, Baqubah, Iraq

    Ahmed Kandory

  3. Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8180, 45 av. Des Etats-Unis, cedex, 78035, Versailles, France

    Anne-Marie Goncalves & Mathieu Frégnaux

  4. Institut ICMUB - CNRS 6302, Université de Bourgogne, UFR Sciences et Techniques Mirande, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21000, Dijon, France

    Hélène Cattey

  5. CNRS 6249-Université de Franche-Comté, 16, route de Gray, F-25030, Besançon cedex, France

    Badr Alaoui-Sossé & Lotfi Aleya

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Ahmed Kandory, Anne-Marie Goncalves, Mathieu Frégnaux, Hélène Cattey: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, writing

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Kandory, A., Goncalves, AM., Frégnaux, M. et al. Gold modification by reduction of a diazonium salt prepared from an aliphatic diamine: a new useful means to remove hazardous substances. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 1239–1245 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15696-3

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