Title |
Imaging Successive Intermediate States of the On-Surface Ullmann Reaction on Cu(111): Role of the Metal Coordination
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Published in |
ACS Nano, March 2017
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DOI | 10.1021/acsnano.7b01109 |
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Authors |
Sören Zint, Daniel Ebeling, Tobias Schlöder, Sebastian Ahles, Doreen Mollenhauer, Hermann A. Wegner, André Schirmeisen |
Abstract |
The in-depth knowledge about on-surface reaction mechanisms is crucial for the tailor-made design of covalently bonded organic frameworks, for applications such as nanoelectronic or -optical devices. Latest developments in atomic force microscopy, which rely on functionalizing the tip with single CO molecules at low temperatures allow to image molecular systems with submolecular resolution. Here, we are using this technique to study the complete reaction pathway of the on-surface Ullmann-type coupling between bromotriphenylene molecules on a Cu(111) surface. All steps of the Ullmann reaction, i.e., bromotriphenylenes, triphenylene radicals, organometallic intermediates, and bitriphenylenes were imaged with submolecular resolution. Together with density functional theory calculations with dispersion correction our study allows to address the long standing question, how the organometallic intermediates are coordinated via Cu surface or adatoms. |
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