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Badami-Behjat A, Galeotti G, Gutzler R, Pastoetter DL, Heckl WM, Feng X, Lackinger M. Iodine passivation facilitates on-surface synthesis of robust regular conjugated two-dimensional organogold networks on Au(111). NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2024; 9:1042-1051. [PMID: 38639757 DOI: 10.1039/d3nh00496a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Two-dimensional conjugated organogold networks with anthra-tetrathiophene repeat units are synthesized by thermally activated debrominative coupling of 2,5,9,12-tetrabromoanthra[1,2-b:4,3-b':5,6-b'':8,7-b''']tetrathiophene (TBATT) precursor molecules on Au(111) surfaces under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. Performing the reaction on iodine-passivated Au(111) surfaces promotes formation of highly regular structures, as revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). In contrast, coupling on bare Au(111) surfaces results in less regular networks due to the simultaneous expression of competing intermolecular binding motifs in the absence of error correction. The carbon-Au-carbon bonds confer remarkable robustness to the organogold networks, as evidenced by their high thermal stability. In addition, as suggested by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and underscored by scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS), the organogold networks exhibit a small electronic band gap in the order of 1.0 eV due to their high π-conjugation.
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- Arash Badami-Behjat
- Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Merino-Diez N, Amador R, Stolz ST, Passerone D, Widmer R, Gröning O. Asymmetric Molecular Adsorption and Regioselective Bond Cleavage on Chiral PdGa Crystals. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2309081. [PMID: 38353319 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Homogenous enantioselective catalysis is nowadays the cornerstone in the manufacturing of enantiopure substances, but its technological implementation suffers from well-known impediments like the lack of endurable catalysts exhibiting long-term stability. The catalytically active intermetallic compound Palladium-Gallium (PdGa), conserving innate bulk chirality on its surfaces, represent a promising system to study asymmetric chemical reactions by heterogeneous catalysis, with prospective relevance for industrial processes. Here, this work investigates the adsorption of 10,10'-dibromo-9,9'-bianthracene (DBBA) on the PdGa:A(1 ¯ 1 ¯ 1 ¯ $\bar{1}\bar{1}\bar{1}$ ) Pd3-terminated surface by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS). A highly enantioselective adsorption of the molecule evolving into a near 100% enantiomeric excess below room temperature is observed. This exceptionally high enantiomeric excess is attributed to temperature activated conversion of the S to the R chiral conformer. Tip-induced bond cleavage of the R conformer shows a very high regioselectivity of the DBBA debromination. The experimental results are interpreted by density functional theory atomistic simulations. This work extends the knowledge of chirality transfer onto the enantioselective adsorption of non-planar molecules and manifests the ensemble effect of PdGa surfaces resulting in robust regioselective debromination.
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- Nestor Merino-Diez
- Nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
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- Nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
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- Nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
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- Nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
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- Nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
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- Nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
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Wang Y, Gong WW, Zhao Y, Xing GY, Kang LX, Sha F, Huang ZY, Liu JW, Han YJ, Li P, Li DY, Liu PN. Two-Dimensional Nonbenzenoid Heteroacene Crystals Synthesized via In-Situ Embedding of Ladder Bipyrazinylenes on Au(111). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318142. [PMID: 38265124 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Precisely introducing topological defects is an important strategy in nanographene crystal engineering because defects can tune π-electronic structures and control molecular assemblies. The synergistic control of the synthesis and assembly of nanographenes by embedding the topological defects to afford two-dimensional (2D) crystals on surfaces is still a great challenge. By in-situ embedding ladder bipyrazinylene (LBPy) into acene, the narrowest nanographene with zigzag edges, we have achieved the precise preparation of 2D nonbenzenoid heteroacene crystals on Au(111). Through intramolecular electrocyclization of o-diisocyanides and Au adatom-directed [2+2] cycloaddition, the nonbenzenoid heteroacene products are produced with high chemoselectivity, and lead to the molecular 2D assembly via LBPy-derived interlocking hydrogen bonds. Using bond-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy, we determined the atomic structures of the nonbenzenoid heteroacene product and diverse organometallic intermediates. The tunneling spectroscopy measurements revealed the electronic structure of the nonbenzenoid heteroacene, which is supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The observed distinct organometallic intermediates during progression annealing combined with DFT calculations demonstrated that LBPy formation proceeds via electrocyclization of o-diisocyanides, trapping of heteroarynes by Au adatoms, and stepwise elimination of Au adatoms.
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- Ying Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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Chen H, Zhang S, Liu J, Li J, Chen W, Zhou G. Design and Synthesis of a Polyketone Building Block with Vinyl Groups-9,10-Diethyl-9,10-ethenoanthracene-2,3,6,7(9 H,10 H)-tetraone-and a Preliminary Photoelectrical Property Study of Its Azaacene Derivatives. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:32931-32939. [PMID: 37720736 PMCID: PMC10500587 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c04452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Polyketone compounds are powerful building blocks to synthesize various organic functional materials. Despite that a great many number of planar and non-planar polyketone building blocks have been developed, one issue is that generally there are only ketone functional groups on the molecular skeleton, which will constrain their transformation and further limit the development of functional materials. In this work, we report the design and synthesis of a building block 9,10-diethyl-9,10-ethenoanthracene-2,3,6,7(9H,10H)-tetraone with additional vinyl functional groups. In addition, its azaacene derivatives were also synthesized, and their preliminary physicochemical properties were studied.
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- Hong Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of
Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of
Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of
Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of
Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of
Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of
Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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Maier S, Jester F, Hoffmann MT, Rominger F, Freudenberg J, Dreuw A, Bunz UHF. A Stable Hexaazaoctacene Cruciform σ-Dimer. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2202710. [PMID: 35896771 PMCID: PMC9507379 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Buchwald-Hartwig coupling of a triisopropylsilyl (TIPS)-ethynylated dibromo-N,N'-dihydrotetraazapentacene with 1,4-bis(TIPS-ethynyl)-2,3-diaminonaphthalene furnishes a dihydrohexaazaoctacene. Its oxidation with MnO2 results in a 7,7'-bi(hexaazaoctacenyl). In addition to eight TIPS-ethynyl groups, the bioctacene motif protects the azaoctacene subunits. The biazaoctacenyl displays a τ1/2 of > 5 d in dilute solution under ambient conditions. In the crystalline state it is persistent for > 10 months.
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- Steffen Maier
- Organisch‐Chemisches InstitutRuprecht‐Karls‐Universität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 27069120HeidelbergGermany
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- Organisch‐Chemisches InstitutRuprecht‐Karls‐Universität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 27069120HeidelbergGermany
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- Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches RechnenUniversität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 205A69120HeidelbergGermany
- Physikalisch‐Chemisches InstitutUniversität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 25369120HeidelbergGermany
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- Organisch‐Chemisches InstitutRuprecht‐Karls‐Universität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 27069120HeidelbergGermany
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- Organisch‐Chemisches InstitutRuprecht‐Karls‐Universität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 27069120HeidelbergGermany
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- Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches RechnenUniversität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 205A69120HeidelbergGermany
- Physikalisch‐Chemisches InstitutUniversität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 25369120HeidelbergGermany
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- Organisch‐Chemisches InstitutRuprecht‐Karls‐Universität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 27069120HeidelbergGermany
- Centre for Advanced Materials (CAM)Ruprecht‐Karls‐Universität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 22569120HeidelbergGermany
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Hayashi H, Chan YS, Sato S, Kasahara S, Matsuo K, Aratani N, Yamada H. Polyazaacene and Cyclazaacene Precursors Synthesized by Dehydration Condensation from a Versatile Bis‐α‐diketone Unit Having an Anthracene Skeleton. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Hironobu Hayashi
- Nara Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School of Materials Science 8916-5 Takayama-cho 630-0192 Ikoma JAPAN
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- Nara Institute of Science and Technology: Nara Sentan Kagaku Gijutsu Daigakuin Daigaku Division of Materials Science JAPAN
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- Nara Institute of Science and Technology: Nara Sentan Kagaku Gijutsu Daigakuin Daigaku Division of Materials Science JAPAN
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- Nara Institute of Science and Technology: Nara Sentan Kagaku Gijutsu Daigakuin Daigaku Division of Materials Science JAPAN
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- Nara Institute of Science and Technology: Nara Sentan Kagaku Gijutsu Daigakuin Daigaku Division of Materials Science JAPAN
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- Nara Institute of Science and Technology: Nara Sentan Kagaku Gijutsu Daigakuin Daigaku Division of Materials Science JAPAN
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- Nara Institute of Science and Technology: Nara Sentan Kagaku Gijutsu Daigakuin Daigaku Division of Materials Science JAPAN
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Biswas K, Urgel JI, Ajayakumar MR, Ma J, Sánchez-Grande A, Edalatmanesh S, Lauwaet K, Mutombo P, Gallego JM, Miranda R, Jelínek P, Feng X, Écija D. Synthesis and Characterization of peri-Heptacene on a Metallic Surface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202114983. [PMID: 35170842 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The synthesis of long n-peri-acenes (n-PAs) is challenging as a result of their inherent open-shell radical character, which arises from the presence of parallel zigzag edges beyond a certain n value. They are considered as π-electron model systems to study magnetism in graphene nanostructures; being potential candidates in the fabrication of optoelectronic and spintronic devices. Here, we report the on-surface formation of the largest pristine member of the n-PA family, i.e. peri-heptacene (n=7, 7-PA), obtained on an Au(111) substrate under ultra-high vacuum conditions. Our high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy investigations, complemented by theoretical simulations, provide insight into the chemical structure of this previously elusive compound. In addition, scanning tunneling spectroscopy reveals the antiferromagnetic open-shell singlet ground state of 7-PA, exhibiting singlet-triplet spin-flip inelastic excitations with an effective exchange coupling (Jeff ) of 49 meV.
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- Kalyan Biswas
- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, 16253, Praha, Czech Republic.,Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, 16253, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, 16253, Praha, Czech Republic.,Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Synthesis of oligoacenes using precursors for evaluation of their electronic structures. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2022; 21:1511-1532. [PMID: 35670917 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-022-00235-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Acenes, which are hydrocarbons comprising linearly fused benzene rings, have attracted considerable attention owing to their electronic structures and utility as organic electronic materials. However, the ease with which oligoacenes undergo oxidation increases with the number of linearly fused benzene rings owing to the increased energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital. The synthesis of naked oligoacenes with seven or more benzene rings is difficult because their open-shell structure renders them unstable. The recent development of a precursor method has enabled the in situ synthesis of oligoacenes under specific conditions and the spectroscopic observation of oligoacene in single crystals, in film matrices and under cryogenic conditions. Scanning tunneling microscopy and non-contact atomic force microscopy under ultra-high vacuum conditions have also made significant advances in the study of oligoacenes and oligoazaacenes. This paper reviews the recent progress in the synthesis of oligoacenes using precursors, with a particular focus on the chemical structures, synthesis, and reactivity of the precursors. The electronic properties of oligoacenes are also discussed in relation to the number of fused benzene rings, including their energy levels and spin states. These results will contribute to the synthesis and development of carbon nanomaterials with applications in the field of organic electronics.
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Biswas K, Urgel JI, Ajayakumar MR, Ma J, Sánchez‐Grande A, Edalatmanesh S, Lauwaet K, Mutombo P, Gallego JM, Miranda R, Jelínek P, Feng X, Écija D. Synthesis and Characterization of
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‐Heptacene on a Metallic Surface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Kalyan Biswas
- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technical University of Dresden 01062 Dresden Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technical University of Dresden 01062 Dresden Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 771 46 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid CSIC 28049 Madrid Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 771 46 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technical University of Dresden 01062 Dresden Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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Di Giovannantonio M, Fasel R. On‐surface synthesis and atomic scale characterization of unprotected indenofluorene polymers. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Marco Di Giovannantonio
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory Dübendorf Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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Iwata T, Kawano R, Fukami T, Shindo M. Retro‐Friedel‐Crafts‐Type Acidic Ring‐Opening of Triptycenes: A New Synthetic Approach to Acenes. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202104160. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Takayuki Iwata
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Kyushu University 6-1 Kasuga-koen Kasuga 816-8580 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Kyushu University 6-1 Kasuga-koen Kasuga 816-8580 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Kyushu University 6-1 Kasuga-koen Kasuga 816-8580 Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Kyushu University 6-1 Kasuga-koen Kasuga 816-8580 Japan
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Eimre K, Urgel JI, Hayashi H, Di Giovannantonio M, Ruffieux P, Sato S, Otomo S, Chan YS, Aratani N, Passerone D, Gröning O, Yamada H, Fasel R, Pignedoli CA. On-surface synthesis and characterization of nitrogen-substituted undecacenes. Nat Commun 2022; 13:511. [PMID: 35082284 PMCID: PMC8791976 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-27961-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Heteroatom substitution in acenes allows tailoring of their remarkable electronic properties, expected to include spin-polarization and magnetism for larger members of the acene family. Here, we present a strategy for the on-surface synthesis of three undecacene analogs substituted with four nitrogen atoms on an Au(111) substrate, by employing specifically designed diethano-bridged precursors. A similarly designed precursor is used to synthesize the pristine undecacene molecule. By comparing experimental features of scanning probe microscopy with ab initio simulations, we demonstrate that the ground state of the synthesized tetraazaundecacene has considerable open-shell character on Au(111). Additionally, we demonstrate that the electronegative nitrogen atoms induce a considerable shift in energy level alignment compared to the pristine undecacene, and that the introduction of hydro-aza groups causes local anti-aromaticity in the synthesized compounds. Our work provides access to the precise fabrication of nitrogen-substituted acenes and their analogs, potential building-blocks of organic electronics and spintronics, and a rich playground to explore π-electron correlation.
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- Kristjan Eimre
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Istituto di Struttura della Materia-CNR (ISM-CNR), via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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Biswas K, Yang L, Ma J, Sánchez-Grande A, Chen Q, Lauwaet K, Gallego JM, Miranda R, Écija D, Jelínek P, Feng X, Urgel JI. Defect-Induced π-Magnetism into Non-Benzenoid Nanographenes. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:224. [PMID: 35055243 PMCID: PMC8780648 DOI: 10.3390/nano12020224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The synthesis of nanographenes (NGs) with open-shell ground states have recently attained increasing attention in view of their interesting physicochemical properties and great prospects in manifold applications as suitable materials within the rising field of carbon-based magnetism. A potential route to induce magnetism in NGs is the introduction of structural defects, for instance non-benzenoid rings, in their honeycomb lattice. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis of three open-shell non-benzenoid NGs (A1, A2 and A3) on the Au(111) surface. A1 and A2 contain two five- and one seven-membered rings within their benzenoid backbone, while A3 incorporates one five-membered ring. Their structures and electronic properties have been investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy, noncontact atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy complemented with theoretical calculations. Our results provide access to open-shell NGs with a combination of non-benzenoid topologies previously precluded by conventional synthetic procedures.
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- Kalyan Biswas
- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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- Center for Advancing Electronics, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; (L.Y.); (X.F.)
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- Center for Advancing Electronics, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; (L.Y.); (X.F.)
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic;
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain;
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic;
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, CZ-77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advancing Electronics, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; (L.Y.); (X.F.)
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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Jančařík A, Holec J, Nagata Y, Šámal M, Gourdon A. Preparative-scale synthesis of nonacene. Nat Commun 2022; 13:223. [PMID: 35017480 PMCID: PMC8752783 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27809-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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During the last years we have witnessed progressive evolution of preparation of acenes with length up to dodecacene by on-surface synthesis in ultra-high vacuum or generation of acenes up to decacene in solid matrices at low temperatures. While these protocols with very specific conditions produce the acenes in amount of few molecules, the strategies leading to the acenes in large quantities dawdle behind. Only recently and after 70 years of synthetic attempts, heptacene has been prepared in bulk phase. However, the preparative scale synthesis of higher homologues still remains a formidable challenge. Here we report the preparation and characterisation of nonacene and show its excellent thermal and in-time stability. Acenes, or linearly fused benzene rings, have both fundamental scientific interest and potential for electronic and material utility, but synthesis of acenes with more than six rings are difficult due to dimerization and degradation. Here the authors prepare nonacene and demonstrate that it is stable in inert conditions.
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- Andrej Jančařík
- GNS Group, CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France. .,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic. .,Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031, 33600, Pessac, France.
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- GNS Group, CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- Japan Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- GNS Group, CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France.
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Ayani CG, Pisarra M, Urgel JI, Navarro JJ, Díaz C, Hayashi H, Yamada H, Calleja F, Miranda R, Fasel R, Martín F, Vázquez de Parga AL. Efficient photogeneration of nonacene on nanostructured graphene. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2021; 6:744-750. [PMID: 34165121 DOI: 10.1039/d1nh00184a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The on-surface photogeneration of nonacene from α-bisdiketone precursors deposited on nanostructured epitaxial graphene grown on Ru(0001) has been studied by means of low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The presence of an unoccupied surface state, spatially localized in the regions where the precursors are adsorbed, and energetically accessible in the region of the electromagnetic spectrum where n-π* transitions take place, allows for a 100% conversion of the precursors into nonacenes. With the help of state-of-the-art theoretical calculations, we show that such a high yield is due to the effective population of the surface state by the incoming light and the ensuing electron transfer to the unoccupied states of the precursors through an inelastic scattering mechanism. Our findings are the experimental confirmation that surface states can play a prominent role in the surface photochemistry of complex molecular systems, in accordance with early theoretical predictions made on small molecules.
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- Cosme G Ayani
- Dep Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Holec J, Cogliati B, Lawrence J, Berdonces-Layunta A, Herrero P, Nagata Y, Banasiewicz M, Kozankiewicz B, Corso M, de Oteyza DG, Jancarik A, Gourdon A. A Large Starphene Comprising Pentacene Branches. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:7752-7758. [PMID: 33460518 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202016163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Starphenes are attractive compounds due to their characteristic physicochemical properties that are inherited from acenes, making them interesting compounds for organic electronics and optics. However, the instability and low solubility of larger starphene homologs make their synthesis extremely challenging. Herein, we present a new strategy leading to pristine [16]starphene in preparative scale. Our approach is based on a synthesis of a carbonyl-protected starphene precursor that is thermally converted in a solid-state form to the neat [16]starphene, which is then characterised with a variety of analytical methods, such as 13 C CP-MAS NMR, TGA, MS MALDI, UV/Vis and FTIR spectroscopy. Furthermore, high-resolution STM experiments unambiguously confirm its expected structure and reveal a moderate electronic delocalisation between the pentacene arms. Nucleus-independent chemical shifts NICS(1) are also calculated to survey its aromatic character.
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- Jan Holec
- Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales, CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales, CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France.,Current address: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Donostia International Physics Center, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.,Centro de Fisica de Materiales, CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.,Centro de Fisica de Materiales, CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.,Centro de Fisica de Materiales, CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Japan Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Donostia International Physics Center, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.,Centro de Fisica de Materiales, CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.,Centro de Fisica de Materiales, CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales, CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France.,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of Czech Academy of Science, IOCB CAS, Flemingovo nám. 542, 160 00, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales, CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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Holec J, Cogliati B, Lawrence J, Berdonces‐Layunta A, Herrero P, Nagata Y, Banasiewicz M, Kozankiewicz B, Corso M, Oteyza DG, Jancarik A, Gourdon A. A Large Starphene Comprising Pentacene Branches. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202016163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jan Holec
- Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales CEMES-CNRS 29 rue Jeanne Marvig 31055 Toulouse France
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- Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales CEMES-CNRS 29 rue Jeanne Marvig 31055 Toulouse France
- Current address: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Donostia International Physics Center 20018 San Sebastián Spain
- Centro de Fisica de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU 20018 San Sebastián Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center 20018 San Sebastián Spain
- Centro de Fisica de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU 20018 San Sebastián Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center 20018 San Sebastián Spain
- Centro de Fisica de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU 20018 San Sebastián Spain
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- Japan Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, (WPI-ICReDD) Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido 001-0021 Japan
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- Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences Al. Lotników 32/46 02-668 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences Al. Lotników 32/46 02-668 Warsaw Poland
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- Donostia International Physics Center 20018 San Sebastián Spain
- Centro de Fisica de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU 20018 San Sebastián Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center 20018 San Sebastián Spain
- Centro de Fisica de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU 20018 San Sebastián Spain
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- Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales CEMES-CNRS 29 rue Jeanne Marvig 31055 Toulouse France
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of Czech Academy of Science IOCB CAS Flemingovo nám. 542 160 00 Praha 6 Czech Republic
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- Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales CEMES-CNRS 29 rue Jeanne Marvig 31055 Toulouse France
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Tönshoff C, Bettinger HF. Pushing the Limits of Acene Chemistry: The Recent Surge of Large Acenes. Chemistry 2021; 27:3193-3212. [PMID: 33368683 PMCID: PMC7898397 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Acenes, consisting of linearly fused benzene rings, are an important fundamental class of organic compounds with various applications. Hexacene is the largest acene that was synthesized and isolated in the 20th century. The next largest member of the acene family, heptacene, was observed in 2007 and since then significant progress in preparing acenes has been reported. Significantly larger acenes, up to undecacene, could be studied by means of low-temperature matrix isolation spectroscopy with in situ photolytic generation, and up to dodecacene by means of on-surface synthesis employing innovative precursors and highly defined crystalline metal surfaces under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. The review summarizes recent experimental and theoretical advances in the area of acenes that give a significantly deeper insight into the fundamental properties and nature of the electronic structure of this fascinating class of organic compounds.
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- Christina Tönshoff
- Institut für Organische ChemieUniversität TübingenAuf der Morgenstelle 1872076TübingenGermany
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- Institut für Organische ChemieUniversität TübingenAuf der Morgenstelle 1872076TübingenGermany
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Song S, Su J, Telychko M, Li J, Li G, Li Y, Su C, Wu J, Lu J. On-surface synthesis of graphene nanostructures with π-magnetism. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:3238-3262. [PMID: 33481981 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01060j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Graphene nanostructures (GNs) including graphene nanoribbons and nanoflakes have attracted tremendous interest in the field of chemistry and materials science due to their fascinating electronic, optical and magnetic properties. Among them, zigzag-edged GNs (ZGNs) with precisely-tunable π-magnetism hold great potential for applications in spintronics and quantum devices. To improve the stability and processability of ZGNs, substitutional groups are often introduced to protect the reactive edges in organic synthesis, which renders the study of their intrinsic properties difficult. In contrast to the conventional wet-chemistry method, on-surface bottom-up synthesis presents a promising approach for the fabrication of both unsubstituted ZGNs and functionalized ZGNs with atomic precision via surface-catalyzed transformation of rationally-designed precursors. The structural and spin-polarized electronic properties of these ZGNs can then be characterized with sub-molecular resolution by means of scanning probe microscopy techniques. This review aims to highlight recent advances in the on-surface synthesis and characterization of a diversity of ZGNs with π-magnetism. We also discuss the important role of precursor design and reaction stimuli in the on-surface synthesis of ZGNs and their π-magnetism origin. Finally, we will highlight the existing challenges and future perspective surrounding the synthesis of novel open-shell ZGNs towards next-generation quantum technology.
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- Shaotang Song
- SZU-NUS Collaborative Center, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Materials Information Functional Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shen Zhen, 518060, China.
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Sánchez-Grande A, Urgel JI, Veis L, Edalatmanesh S, Santos J, Lauwaet K, Mutombo P, Gallego JM, Brabec J, Beran P, Nachtigallová D, Miranda R, Martín N, Jelínek P, Écija D. Unravelling the Open-Shell Character of Peripentacene on Au(111). J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:330-336. [PMID: 33352044 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a family of organic compounds comprising two or more fused aromatic rings which feature manifold applications in modern technology. Among these species, those presenting an open-shell magnetic ground state are of particular interest for organic electronic, spintronic, and non-linear optics and energy storage devices. Within PAHs, special attention has been devoted in recent years to the synthesis and study of the acene and fused acene (periacene) families, steered by their decreasing HOMO-LUMO gap with length and predicted open-shell character above some size. However, an experimental fingerprint of such magnetic ground state has remained elusive. Here, we report on the in-depth electronic characterization of isolated peripentacene molecules on a Au(111) surface. Scanning tunnelling spectroscopy, complemented by computational investigations, reveals an antiferromagnetic singlet ground state, characterized by singlet-triplet inelastic excitations with an experimental effective exchange coupling (Jeff) of 40.5 meV. Our results deepen the fundamental understanding of organic compounds with magnetic ground states, featuring perspectives in carbon-based spintronic devices.
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- Ana Sánchez-Grande
- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Science, 160 00 Praha, Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Zuzak R, Brandimarte P, Olszowski P, Izydorczyk I, Markoulides M, Such B, Kolmer M, Szymonski M, Garcia-Lekue A, Sánchez-Portal D, Gourdon A, Godlewski S. On-Surface Synthesis of Chlorinated Narrow Graphene Nanoribbon Organometallic Hybrids. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:10290-10297. [PMID: 33226814 PMCID: PMC7751011 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and their derivatives attract growing attention due to their excellent electronic and magnetic properties as well as the fine-tuning of such properties that can be obtained by heteroatom substitution and/or edge morphology modification. Here, we introduce graphene nanoribbon derivatives-organometallic hybrids with gold atoms incorporated between the carbon skeleton and side Cl atoms. We show that narrow chlorinated 5-AGNROHs (armchair graphene nanoribbon organometallic hybrids) can be fabricated by on-surface polymerization with omission of the cyclodehydrogenation reaction by a proper choice of tailored molecular precursors. Finally, we describe a route to exchange chlorine atoms connected through gold atoms to the carbon skeleton by hydrogen atom treatment. This is achieved directly on the surface, resulting in perfect unsubstituted hydrogen-terminated GNRs. This will be beneficial in the molecule on-surface processing when the preparation of final unsubstituted hydrocarbon structure is desired.
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- Rafal Zuzak
- Centre
for Nanometer-Scale Science and Advanced Materials, NANOSAM, Faculty
of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, PL 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Donostia
International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centre
for Nanometer-Scale Science and Advanced Materials, NANOSAM, Faculty
of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, PL 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Centre
for Nanometer-Scale Science and Advanced Materials, NANOSAM, Faculty
of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, PL 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- CEMES-CNRS
(UPR 8011), BP 94347, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055 Cedex 4 Toulouse, France
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- Centre
for Nanometer-Scale Science and Advanced Materials, NANOSAM, Faculty
of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, PL 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Centre
for Nanometer-Scale Science and Advanced Materials, NANOSAM, Faculty
of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, PL 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Centre
for Nanometer-Scale Science and Advanced Materials, NANOSAM, Faculty
of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, PL 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Donostia
International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE,
Basque Foundation for Science, E-48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Donostia
International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Centro
de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, E-20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CEMES-CNRS
(UPR 8011), BP 94347, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055 Cedex 4 Toulouse, France
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- Centre
for Nanometer-Scale Science and Advanced Materials, NANOSAM, Faculty
of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, PL 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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Hirono A, Sakai H, Kochi S, Sato T, Hasobe T. Electrochemical Properties and Excited-State Dynamics of Azaperylene Derivatives. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:9921-9930. [PMID: 33085485 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c07532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
A series of azaperylene derivatives such as monoazaperylene (MAPery), 1,6-diazaperylene (1,6-DiAPery), 1,7-diazaperylene (1,7-DiAPery), 1,12-diazaperylene (1,12-DiAPery), triazaperylene (TriAPery), and tetraazaperylene (TetAPery) was synthesized by changing the position and number of nitrogen atoms at the bay region of a perylene skeleton in 1, 6, 7, and 12 positions. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations and electrochemical measurements suggested that the energies of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) states significantly become stabilized with increasing the number of nitrogen atoms, whereas the estimated HOMO-LUMO gaps approximately remain constant. This result is in good agreement with the absorption and fluorescence spectral measurements. Additionally, these steady-state spectroscopic measurements demonstrate the broadened spectra as compared to pristine perylene (Pery). In photophysical measurements, the fluorescence quantum yields (ΦFL) significantly decreased as the number of nitrogen atoms increased, whereas much enhanced quantum yields and rate constants of internal conversion (ΦIC and kIC) were observed. Especially, the increased kIC values of TriAPery (kIC: ∼108 s-1) and TetAPery (kIC: ∼109 s-1) are much larger than those of diazaperylene and monoazaperylene derivatives (kIC: ∼107 s-1). These photophysical trends were successfully explained by time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations. Finally, the characteristic protonated and deprotonated processes of nitrogen atoms in azaperylenes under acidic conditions were monitored utilizing absorption and fluorescence measurements. The binding constants demonstrate that the nitrogen atoms at 1 and 12 positions of a perylene skeleton are essential for the increased values.
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- Akitsu Hirono
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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Yamada H, Kuzuhara D, Suzuki M, Hayashi H, Aratani N. Synthesis and Morphological Control of Organic Semiconducting Materials Using the Precursor Approach. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2020. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Hiroko Yamada
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5, Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5, Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5, Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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Hayashi H, Hieda N, Yamauchi M, Chan YS, Aratani N, Masuo S, Yamada H. Visible‐Light‐Induced Heptacene Generation under Ambient Conditions: Utilization of Single‐crystal Interior as an Isolated Reaction Site. Chemistry 2020; 26:15079-15083. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Hironobu Hayashi
- Division of Materials Science Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) 8916-5 Takayama-cho Ikoma 630-0192 Japan
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- Division of Materials Science Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) 8916-5 Takayama-cho Ikoma 630-0192 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment Kwansei Gakuin University 2-1 Gakuen Sanda Hyogo 669-1337 Japan
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- Division of Materials Science Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) 8916-5 Takayama-cho Ikoma 630-0192 Japan
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- Division of Materials Science Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) 8916-5 Takayama-cho Ikoma 630-0192 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment Kwansei Gakuin University 2-1 Gakuen Sanda Hyogo 669-1337 Japan
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- Division of Materials Science Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) 8916-5 Takayama-cho Ikoma 630-0192 Japan
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Liu J, Feng X. Maßgeschneiderte Synthese von Graphennanostrukturen mit Zickzack‐Rändern. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202008838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Junzhi Liu
- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), und Fakultät für Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie Technische Universität Dresden 01062 Dresden Deutschland
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), und Fakultät für Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie Technische Universität Dresden 01062 Dresden Deutschland
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Liu J, Feng X. Synthetic Tailoring of Graphene Nanostructures with Zigzag-Edged Topologies: Progress and Perspectives. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:23386-23401. [PMID: 32720441 PMCID: PMC7756885 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Experimental and theoretical investigations have revealed that the chemical and physical properties of graphene are crucially determined by their topological structures. Therefore, the atomically precise synthesis of graphene nanostructures is essential. A particular example is graphene nanostructures with zigzag-edged structures, which exhibit unique (opto)electronic and magnetic properties owing to their spin-polarized edge state. Recent progress in the development of synthetic methods and strategies as well as characterization methods has given access to this class of unprecedented graphene nanostructures, which used to be purely molecular objectives in theoretical chemistry. Thus, clear insight into the structure-property relationships has become possible as well as new applications in organic carbon-based electronic and spintronic devices. In this Minireview, we discuss the recent progress in the controlled synthesis of zigzag-edged graphene nanostructures with different topologies through a bottom-up synthetic strategy.
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- Junzhi Liu
- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.,Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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Hou ICY, Sun Q, Eimre K, Di Giovannantonio M, Urgel JI, Ruffieux P, Narita A, Fasel R, Müllen K. On-Surface Synthesis of Unsaturated Carbon Nanostructures with Regularly Fused Pentagon-Heptagon Pairs. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10291-10296. [PMID: 32428409 PMCID: PMC7304065 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
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Multiple
fused pentagon–heptagon pairs are frequently found
as defects at the grain boundaries of the hexagonal graphene lattice
and are suggested to have a fundamental influence on graphene-related
materials. However, the construction of sp2-carbon skeletons
with multiple regularly fused pentagon–heptagon pairs is challenging.
In this work, we found that the pentagon–heptagon skeleton
of azulene was rearranged during the thermal reaction of an azulene-incorporated
organometallic polymer on Au(111). The resulting sp2-carbon
frameworks were characterized by high-resolution scanning probe microscopy
techniques and feature novel polycyclic architectures composed of
multiple regularly fused pentagon–heptagon pairs. Moreover,
the calculated analysis of its aromaticity revealed a peculiar polar
electronic structure.
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- Ian Cheng-Yi Hou
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.,Department Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.,Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.,Department Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Kutz A, Rahman MT, Haapasilta V, Venturini C, Bechstein R, Gordon A, Foster AS, Kühnle A. Impact of the reaction pathway on the final product in on-surface synthesis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:6109-6114. [PMID: 32031553 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06044h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
On-surface synthesis provides a very promising strategy for creating stable functional structures on surfaces. In the past, classical reactions known from solution synthesis have been successfully transferred onto a surface. Due to the presence of the surface, on-surface synthesis provides the potential of directing the reaction pathway in a manner that might not be accessible in classical solution synthesis. In this work, we present evidence for an acetylene polymerization from a terminal alkyne monomer deposited onto calcite (10.4). Strikingly, although the dimer forms on the surface as well, we find no indication for diacetylene polymerization. This is in sharp contrast to what is observed when directly depositing the dimers on the surface. The different pathways are linked to the specific arrangement of the dimers on the surface. When forming stripes along the [-4-21] direction, the diacetylene polymerization is prohibited, while when arranged in stripes aligned along the [010] direction, the dimers can undergo diacetylene polymerization. Our work thus constitutes a demonstration for controlling the specific reaction pathway in on-surface synthesis by the presence of the surface.
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- Antje Kutz
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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Levet G, Hung NK, Šámal M, Rybáček J, Cisařová I, Jancarik A, Gourdon A. Preparation of a Key Tetraene Precursor for the Synthesis of Long Acenes. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201901868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Gaspard Levet
- CEMES-CNRS; 29, rue Jeanne Marvig 31055 Toulouse Cedex 04 France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences; 166 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences; 166 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences; 166 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- CEMES-CNRS; 29, rue Jeanne Marvig 31055 Toulouse Cedex 04 France
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences; 166 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- CEMES-CNRS; 29, rue Jeanne Marvig 31055 Toulouse Cedex 04 France
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Su J, Telychko M, Song S, Lu J. Triangulenes: From Precursor Design to On‐Surface Synthesis and Characterization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:7658-7668. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jie Su
- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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Su J, Telychko M, Song S, Lu J. Triangulenes: From Precursor Design to On‐Surface Synthesis and Characterization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201913783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jie Su
- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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Di Giovannantonio M, Keerthi A, Urgel JI, Baumgarten M, Feng X, Ruffieux P, Narita A, Fasel R, Müllen K. On-Surface Dehydro-Diels-Alder Reaction of Dibromo-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:1721-1725. [PMID: 31931559 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
On-surface synthesis under ultrahigh vacuum conditions is a powerful tool to achieve molecular structures that cannot be accessed via traditional wet chemistry. Nevertheless, only a very limited number of chemical reactions out of the wide variety known from solution chemistry have been reported to proceed readily on atomically flat substrates. Cycloadditions are a class of reactions that are particularly important in the synthesis of sp2-hybridized carbon-based nanostructures. Here, we report on a specific type of [4 + 2] cycloaddition, namely, a dehydro-Diels-Alder (DDA) reaction, performed between bis(phenylethynyl)-benzene precursors on Au(111). Unlike a Diels-Alder reaction, DDA exploits ethynyl groups to achieve the formation of an extra six-membered ring. Despite its extensive use in solution chemistry for more than a century, this reaction has never been reported to occur on surfaces. The specific choice of our precursor molecule has led to the successful synthesis of benzo- and naphtho-fused tetracene and heptacene products bearing styryl groups, as confirmed by scanning tunneling microscopy and noncontact atomic force microscopy. The two products arise from dimerization and trimerization of the precursor molecules, respectively, and their observation opens perspectives to use DDA reactions as a novel on-surface synthesis tool.
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- Marco Di Giovannantonio
- nanotech@surfaces Laboratory , Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) , 8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz , Germany.,Department of Chemistry , The University of Manchester , M13 9PL Manchester , U.K
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- nanotech@surfaces Laboratory , Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) , 8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, Department of Chemistry and Food Chemistry , Technische Universität Dresden , 01062 Dresden , Germany
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- nanotech@surfaces Laboratory , Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) , 8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz , Germany.,Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University , 904-0495 Okinawa , Japan
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- nanotech@surfaces Laboratory , Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) , 8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Bern , 3012 Bern , Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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Eisenhut F, Kühne T, García F, Fernández S, Guitián E, Pérez D, Trinquier G, Cuniberti G, Joachim C, Peña D, Moresco F. Dodecacene Generated on Surface: Reopening of the Energy Gap. ACS NANO 2020; 14:1011-1017. [PMID: 31829618 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
The acene series represents a model system to investigate the intriguing electronic properties of extended π-electron structures in the one-dimensional limit, which are important for applications in electronics and spintronics and for the fundamental understanding of electronic transport. Here, we present the on-surface generation of the longest acene obtained so far: dodecacene. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy gives access to the energy position and spatial distribution of its electronic states on the Au(111) surface. We observe that, after a progressive closing of the gap and a stabilization to about 1 eV at the length of decacene and undecacene, the energy gap of dodecacene unexpectedly increases to 1.4 eV. Considering the acene series as an exemplary general case, we discuss the evolution with length of the single tunneling resonances in comparison with ionization energy, electronic affinity, and optical gap.
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- Frank Eisenhut
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden , TU Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany
- Institute for Materials Science , TU Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden , TU Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany
- Institute for Materials Science , TU Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany
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- Centro de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela 15782 , Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela 15782 , Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela 15782 , Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela 15782 , Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques , IRSAMC-CNRS-UMR5626, Université Paul-Sabatier (Toulouse III) , 31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Institute for Materials Science , TU Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany
- Dresden Center for Computational Materials Science (DCMS) , TU Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany
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- GNS & MANA Satellite, CEMES, CNRS , 29 rue J. Marvig , 31055 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Centro de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela 15782 , Spain
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden , TU Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany
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Biswas K, Urgel JI, Sánchez-Grande A, Edalatmanesh S, Santos J, Cirera B, Mutombo P, Lauwaet K, Miranda R, Jelínek P, Martín N, Écija D. On-surface synthesis of doubly-linked one-dimensional pentacene ladder polymers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:15309-15312. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc06865a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
On-surface investigations of pentacene molecules functionalized with four dibromomethylene groups reveal, after an annealing step, the formation of π-conjugated ladder polymers doubly-linked by ethynylene bridges on a Au(111) surface.
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Karan S, Geng Y, Decurtins S, Liu SX, Repp J. Gold-linked strings of donor–acceptor dyads: on-surface formation and mutual orientation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:7901-7904. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02990d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Strings of fused donor–acceptors with their dipoles following a complicated correlation driven partially by next-nearest-neighbor effects on Au(111).
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- Sujoy Karan
- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
- University of Regensburg
- 93053 Regensburg
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Bern
- 3012 Bern
- Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Bern
- 3012 Bern
- Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Bern
- 3012 Bern
- Switzerland
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- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
- University of Regensburg
- 93053 Regensburg
- Germany
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Hayashi H, Kato Y, Matsumoto A, Shikita S, Aizawa N, Suzuki M, Aratani N, Yasuda T, Yamada H. Synthesis of Anthracene Derivatives with Azaacene-Containing Iptycene Wings and the Utilization as a Dopant for Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Chemistry 2019; 25:15565-15571. [PMID: 31529654 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 09/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Substituted acene derivatives are regarded as promising materials for organic electronic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In particular, anthracene derivatives are known to exhibit good fluorescence property, with the air stability and solubility in common organic solvents expected to give advantages for solution-processed device fabrication. In this study, a series of bistriisopropylsilyl(TIPS)ethynyl anthracene derivatives with azaacene-containing iptycene wings have been synthesized by using condensation reactions. Effects of size of azaacenes on optical properties and packing structures were investigated. UV/Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra indicate that the π-elongation of iptycene units has small effects on the overall π-system, which is also supported by electrochemical measurements. Secondly, single-crystal X-ray analysis implies that the molecules likely have interactions with the iptycene units of adjacent molecules, while the iptycene wings and TIPSethynyl groups can prevent the central anthracene unit from undesirable non-radiative energy loss. Finally, the most emissive derivative was used as a dopant for solution-processed OLEDs, showing obvious electroluminescence with a luminance of over 920 cd m-2 .
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- Hironobu Hayashi
- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- INAMORI Frontier Research Center and Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 818-0395, Japan
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- INAMORI Frontier Research Center and Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 818-0395, Japan
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- Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- INAMORI Frontier Research Center and Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 818-0395, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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Sun Q, Hou ICY, Eimre K, Pignedoli CA, Ruffieux P, Narita A, Fasel R. On-surface synthesis of polyazulene with 2,6-connectivity. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:13466-13469. [PMID: 31647065 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc07168g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Azulene, the smallest neutral nonalternant aromatic hydrocarbon, serves not only as a prototype for fundamental studies but also as a versatile building block for functional materials because of its unique opto(electronic) properties. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis and characterization of the homopolymer of azulene connected exclusively at the 2,6-positions using 2,6-diiodoazulene as the monomer precursor. As an intermediate to the formation of polyazulene, a gold-(2,6-azulenylene) chain is observed.
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- Qiang Sun
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany. and Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Urgel JI, Di Giovannantonio M, Segawa Y, Ruffieux P, Scott LT, Pignedoli CA, Itami K, Fasel R. Negatively Curved Warped Nanographene Self-Assembled on Metal Surfaces. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:13158-13164. [PMID: 31340123 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- José I. Urgel
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467-3860, United States
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Di Giovannantonio M, Eimre K, Yakutovich AV, Chen Q, Mishra S, Urgel JI, Pignedoli CA, Ruffieux P, Müllen K, Narita A, Fasel R. On-Surface Synthesis of Antiaromatic and Open-Shell Indeno[2,1-b]fluorene Polymers and Their Lateral Fusion into Porous Ribbons. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:12346-12354. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Marco Di Giovannantonio
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Urgel JI, Di Giovannantonio M, Gandus G, Chen Q, Liu X, Hayashi H, Ruffieux P, Decurtins S, Narita A, Passerone D, Yamada H, Liu S, Müllen K, Pignedoli CA, Fasel R. Overcoming Steric Hindrance in Aryl‐Aryl Homocoupling via On‐Surface Copolymerization. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:2360-2366. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- José I. Urgel
- EmpaSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- EmpaSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- EmpaSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Division of Materials ScienceGraduate School of Science and Technology Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) 8916-5 Takayama-cho Ikoma 630-0192 Japan
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- EmpaSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research 55128 Mainz Germany
- Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials UnitOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami Okinawa 904-0495 Japan
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- EmpaSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Division of Materials ScienceGraduate School of Science and Technology Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) 8916-5 Takayama-cho Ikoma 630-0192 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research 55128 Mainz Germany
- Institute of Physical ChemistryJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 55128 Mainz Germany
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- EmpaSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- EmpaSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology nanotech@surfaces Laboratory 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern 3012 Bern Switzerland
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Kang F, Xu W. On-Surface Synthesis of One-Dimensional Carbon-Based Nanostructures via C-X and C-H Activation Reactions. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:2251-2261. [PMID: 31081259 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The past decades have witnessed the emergence of low-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures owing to their unique properties and various subsequent applications. It is of fundamental importance to explore ways to achieve atomically precise fabrication of these interesting structures. The newly developed on-surface synthesis approach provides an efficient strategy for this challenging issue, demonstrating the potential of atomically precise preparation of low-dimensional nanostructures. Up to now, the formation of various surface nanostructures, especially carbon-based ones, such as graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), kinds of organic (organometallic) chains and films, have been achieved via on-surface synthesis strategy, in which in-depth understanding of the reaction mechanism has also been explored. This review article will provide a general overview on the formation of one-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures via on-surface synthesis method. In this review, only a part of the on-surface chemical reactions (specifically, C-X (X=Cl, Br, I) and C-H activation reactions) under ultra-high vacuum conditions will be covered.
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- Faming Kang
- Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center and, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center and, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China
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Leng X, Li W, Liu X, Wang L. Direct observation of copper-induced role on Ullmann reaction by scanning tunneling microscopy. Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sánchez‐Grande A, de la Torre B, Santos J, Cirera B, Lauwaet K, Chutora T, Edalatmanesh S, Mutombo P, Rosen J, Zbořil R, Miranda R, Björk J, Jelínek P, Martín N, Écija D. On-Surface Synthesis of Ethynylene-Bridged Anthracene Polymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:6559-6563. [PMID: 30761719 PMCID: PMC6563096 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Engineering low-band-gap π-conjugated polymers is a growing area in basic and applied research. The main synthetic challenge lies in the solubility of the starting materials, which precludes advancements in the field. Here, we report an on-surface synthesis protocol to overcome such difficulties and produce poly(p-anthracene ethynylene) molecular wires on Au(111). To this aim, a quinoid anthracene precursor with =CBr2 moieties is deposited and annealed to 400 K, resulting in anthracene-based polymers. High-resolution nc-AFM measurements confirm the nature of the ethynylene-bridge bond between the anthracene moieties. Theoretical simulations illustrate the mechanism of the chemical reaction, highlighting three major steps: dehalogenation, diffusion of surface-stabilized carbenes, and homocoupling, which enables the formation of an ethynylene bridge. Our results introduce a novel chemical protocol to design π-conjugated polymers based on oligoacene precursors and pave new avenues for advancing the emerging field of on-surface synthesis.
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- Ana Sánchez‐Grande
- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University OlomoucŠlechtitelů 2778371OlomoucCzech Republic
- Institute of PhysicsThe Czech Academy of SciencesCukrovarnická 1016200Prague 6Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University OlomoucŠlechtitelů 2778371OlomoucCzech Republic
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- Institute of PhysicsThe Czech Academy of SciencesCukrovarnická 1016200Prague 6Czech Republic
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- Institute of PhysicsThe Czech Academy of SciencesCukrovarnická 1016200Prague 6Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, IFMLinköping University58183LinköpingSweden
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University OlomoucŠlechtitelů 2778371OlomoucCzech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
- Departamento de Física de la Materia CondensadaFacultad de CienciasUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, IFMLinköping University58183LinköpingSweden
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University OlomoucŠlechtitelů 2778371OlomoucCzech Republic
- Institute of PhysicsThe Czech Academy of SciencesCukrovarnická 1016200Prague 6Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
- Departamento de Química OrgánicaFacultad de Ciencias QuímicasUniversidad Complutense28040MadridSpain
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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Clair S, de Oteyza DG. Controlling a Chemical Coupling Reaction on a Surface: Tools and Strategies for On-Surface Synthesis. Chem Rev 2019; 119:4717-4776. [PMID: 30875199 PMCID: PMC6477809 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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On-surface synthesis is appearing as an extremely promising research field aimed at creating new organic materials. A large number of chemical reactions have been successfully demonstrated to take place directly on surfaces through unusual reaction mechanisms. In some cases the reaction conditions can be properly tuned to steer the formation of the reaction products. It is thus possible to control the initiation step of the reaction and its degree of advancement (the kinetics, the reaction yield); the nature of the reaction products (selectivity control, particularly in the case of competing processes); as well as the structure, position, and orientation of the covalent compounds, or the quality of the as-formed networks in terms of order and extension. The aim of our review is thus to provide an extensive description of all tools and strategies reported to date and to put them into perspective. We specifically define the different approaches available and group them into a few general categories. In the last part, we demonstrate the effective maturation of the on-surface synthesis field by reporting systems that are getting closer to application-relevant levels thanks to the use of advanced control strategies.
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- Sylvain Clair
- Aix
Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IM2NP, Marseille, France
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- Donostia
International Physics Center, San
Sebastián 20018, Spain
- Centro
de Física de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU-MPC, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
- Ikerbasque,
Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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Sánchez‐Grande A, de la Torre B, Santos J, Cirera B, Lauwaet K, Chutora T, Edalatmanesh S, Mutombo P, Rosen J, Zbořil R, Miranda R, Björk J, Jelínek P, Martín N, Écija D. On‐Surface Synthesis of Ethynylene‐Bridged Anthracene Polymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201814154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ana Sánchez‐Grande
- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 78371 Olomouc Czech Republic
- Institute of PhysicsThe Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 16200 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 78371 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Institute of PhysicsThe Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 16200 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of PhysicsThe Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 16200 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, IFMLinköping University 58183 Linköping Sweden
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 78371 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
- Departamento de Física de la Materia CondensadaFacultad de CienciasUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, IFMLinköping University 58183 Linköping Sweden
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 78371 Olomouc Czech Republic
- Institute of PhysicsThe Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 16200 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
- Departamento de Química OrgánicaFacultad de Ciencias QuímicasUniversidad Complutense 28040 Madrid Spain
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, C/ Faraday 9Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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Sánchez-Sánchez C, Martínez JI, Ruiz del Arbol N, Ruffieux P, Fasel R, López MF, de Andres PL, Martín-Gago JÁ. On-Surface Hydrogen-Induced Covalent Coupling of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons via a Superhydrogenated Intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:3550-3557. [PMID: 30623650 PMCID: PMC6459369 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The activation, hydrogenation, and covalent coupling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are processes of great importance in fields like chemistry, energy, biology, or health, among others. So far, they are based on the use of catalysts which drive and increase the efficiency of the thermally- or light-induced reaction. Here, we report on the catalyst-free covalent coupling of nonfunctionalized PAHs adsorbed on a relatively inert surface in the presence of atomic hydrogen. The underlying mechanism has been characterized by high-resolution scanning tunnelling microscopy and rationalized by density functional theory calculations. It is based on the formation of intermediate radical-like species upon hydrogen-induced molecular superhydrogenation which favors the covalent binding of PAHs in a thermally activated process, resulting in large coupled molecular nanostructures. The mechanism proposed in this work opens a door toward the direct formation of covalent, PAH-based, bottom-up synthesized nanoarchitectures on technologically relevant inert surfaces.
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- Carlos Sánchez-Sánchez
- ESISNA group, Materials Science Factory, Institute of Material Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
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- ESISNA group, Materials Science Factory, Institute of Material Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
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- ESISNA group, Materials Science Factory, Institute of Material Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology,nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600 Duebendorf (Switzerland)
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology,nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600 Duebendorf (Switzerland)
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern (Switzerland)
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- ESISNA group, Materials Science Factory, Institute of Material Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
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- ESISNA group, Materials Science Factory, Institute of Material Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
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- ESISNA group, Materials Science Factory, Institute of Material Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
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Urgel JI, Mishra S, Hayashi H, Wilhelm J, Pignedoli CA, Di Giovannantonio M, Widmer R, Yamashita M, Hieda N, Ruffieux P, Yamada H, Fasel R. On-surface light-induced generation of higher acenes and elucidation of their open-shell character. Nat Commun 2019; 10:861. [PMID: 30787280 PMCID: PMC6382834 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08650-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Acenes are an important class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which have recently gained exceptional attention due to their potential as functional organic semiconductors. Fundamentally, they are important systems to study the convergence of physico-chemical properties of all-carbon sp2-frameworks in the one-dimensional limit; and by virtue of having a zigzag edge topology they also provide a fertile playground to explore magnetism in graphenic nanostructures. The study of larger acenes is thus imperative from both a fundamental and applied perspective, but their synthesis via traditional solution-chemistry route is hindered by their poor solubility and high reactivity. Here, we demonstrate the on-surface formation of heptacene and nonacene, via visible-light-induced photo-dissociation of α-bisdiketone precursors on an Au(111) substrate under ultra-high vacuum conditions. Through combined scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy and non-contact atomic force microscopy investigations, together with state-of-the-art first principles calculations, we provide insight into the chemical and electronic structure of these elusive compounds.
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- José I Urgel
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
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Jancarik A, Levet G, Gourdon A. A Practical General Method for the Preparation of Long Acenes. Chemistry 2019; 25:2366-2374. [PMID: 30508267 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
The field of long acenes, the narrowest of the zig-zag graphene nanoribbons, has been an area of significant interest in the past decade because of its potential applications in organic electronics, spintronics and plasmonics. However the low solubility and high reactivity of these compounds has so far hindered their preparation on large scales. We report here a concise strategy for the synthesis of higher acenes through Diels-Alder condensation of arynes with a protected tetraene ketone. After deprotection by cleavage of the ketal, the obtained monoketone precursors cleanly yield the corresponding acenes through quantitative cheletropic thermal decarbonylation in the solid state, at moderate temperatures of 155 to 205 °C. This approach allows the preparation of heptacene, benzo[a]hexacene, cis- and trans-dibenzopentacene and offers a valuable new method for the synthesis of even larger acenes.
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- Andrej Jancarik
- CEMES-CNR, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France.,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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Selective on-surface covalent coupling based on metal-organic coordination template. Nat Commun 2019; 10:70. [PMID: 30622253 PMCID: PMC6325127 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07933-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Control over on-surface reaction pathways is crucial but challenging for the precise construction of conjugated nanostructures at the atomic level. Herein we demonstrate a selective on-surface covalent coupling reaction that is templated by metal-organic coordinative bonding, and achieve a porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanoribbon structure. In contrast to the inhomogeneous polymorphic structures resulting from the debrominated aryl-aryl coupling reaction on Au(111), the incorporation of an Fe-terpyridine (tpy) coordination motif into the on-surface reaction controls the molecular conformation, guides the reaction pathway, and finally yields pure organic sexipyridine-p-phenylene nanoribbons. Emergent molecular conformers and reaction products in the reaction pathways are revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy, density functional theory calculations and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, demonstrating the template effect of Fe-tpy coordination on the on-surface covalent coupling. Our approach opens an avenue for the rational design and synthesis of functional conjugated nanomaterials with atomic precision. Synthesizing precise conjugated nanostructures on a surface requires fine control over the covalent reaction pathways. Here, the authors show that reversible coordinative bonds can be used to template on-surface C-C coupling reactions, guiding the formation of porous organic nanoribbons.
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