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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 12419-12425 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ACS nano |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 12 |
Publication status | Published - 26 Dec 2017 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 29136462 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-9607-8715/work/142252629 |
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Keywords
- density functional theory, nonalternant polyaromatic hydrocarbons, on-surface reaction, reaction mechanism, scanning tunneling microscopy, single-molecule chemistry