1. Coronene-Based 2D Networks by On-Surface Skeletal Rearrangement of Sumanene Precursors.
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Pérez-Elvira E, Barragán A, Gallardo A, Santos J, Martín-Fuertes C, Lauwaet K, Gallego JM, Miranda R, Sakurai H, Urgel JI, Björk J, Martín N, and Ecija D
- Abstract
The design of novel low-dimensional carbon materials is at the forefront of modern chemistry. Recently, on-surface covalent synthesis has emerged as a powerful strategy to synthesize previously precluded compounds and polymers. Here, we report a scanning probe microscopy study, complemented by theoretical calculations, about the sequential skeletal rearrangement of sumanene-based precursors into a coronene-based organometallic network by stepwise intra- and inter-molecular reactions on Au(111). Interestingly, upon higher annealing, the formed organometallic networks evolve into two-dimensional coronene-based covalently-linked patches through intermolecular homocoupling reactions. A new reaction mechanism is proposed based on the role of C-Au-C motifs to promote two stepwise carbon-carbon couplings to form cyclobutadiene bridges. Our results pave avenues for the conversion of molecular precursors on surfaces, affording the design of unexplored two-dimensional organometallic and covalent materials., (© 2024 Wiley‐VCH GmbH.)
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- 2024
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