On-Surface Annulation Reaction Cascade for the Selective Synthesis of Diindenopyrene

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Abstract

We investigated the thermally induced on-surface cyclization of 4,10-bis(2′-bromo-4′-methylphenyl)-1,3-dimethylpyrene to form the previously unknown, nonalternant polyaromatic hydrocarbon diindeno[1,2,3-cd:1′,2′,3′-mn]pyrene on Au(111) using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The observed unimolecular reaction involves thermally induced debromination followed by selective ring closure to fuse the neighboring benzene moieties via a five-membered ring. The structure of the product has been verified experimentally as well as theoretically. Our results demonstrate that on-surface reactions give rise to unusual chemical reactivities and selectivities and provide access to nonalternant polyaromatic molecules.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12419-12425
Number of pages7
JournalACS nano
Volume11
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 26 Dec 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 29136462
ORCID /0000-0001-9607-8715/work/142252629

Keywords

Keywords

  • density functional theory, nonalternant polyaromatic hydrocarbons, on-surface reaction, reaction mechanism, scanning tunneling microscopy, single-molecule chemistry