C–H···O Hydrogen Bonding in Pentamers of Isatin

Autor: David A. Turner, S. Alex Kandel, Angela M. Silski, Steven A. Corcelli, Joseph M. Coman, John C. Poutsma, Jacob P. Petersen, Zach M. Smith, Ryan D. Brown
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121:21520-21526
ISSN: 1932-7455
1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07444
Popis: Self-assembled monolayers of 1H-indole-2,3-dione (isatin), 3-methyl 2-oxindole, and 7-fluoroisatin are observed on the Au(111) surface via scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). We observed that isatin forms pentamers with density functional theory providing support for a cyclic structure stabilized by both N–H···O and C–H···O hydrogen bonds between neighboring molecules. The C–H···O bond is made between the 7-position C–H acting as the hydrogen bond donor and the 3-position carbonyl as the hydrogen bond acceptor, and calculations show that the isatin pentamer structure is 12 kJ/mol more stable than the dimer. When the 3-position carbonyl is removed and replaced with a methyl group (3-methyl 2-oxindole), we observe a monolayer with a mixture of catemer chains and pentameric clusters that are qualitatively different from those of isatin. Pentamer formation is completely broken when the 7-position hydrogen is removed and replaced with fluorine; the monolayer of 7-fluoroisatin is composed of a mixture of close...
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