Exploiting Cooperative Catalysis for the On���surface Synthesis of Linear Heteroaromatic Polymers via Selective C���H Activation

Autor: Jesús I. Mendieta-Moreno, Pingo Mutombo, Sebastian Günther, Laerte L. Patera, Tim Kratky, Silvio Decurtins, Xunshan Liu, Pavel Jelínek, Jascha Repp, Ulrich Aschauer, Adam Matej, Shi-Xia Liu
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Liu, Xunshan; Matej, Adam; Kratky, Tim; Mendieta-Moreno, Jesús I.; Günther, Sebastian; Mutombo, Pingo; Decurtins, Silvio; Aschauer, Ulrich; Repp, Jascha; Jelinek, Pavel; Liu, Shi-Xia; Patera, Laerte L. (2022). Exploiting Cooperative Catalysis for the On-surface Synthesis of Linear Heteroaromatic Polymers via Selective C-H Activation. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 61(5), e202112798. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.202112798
DOI: 10.48350/161291
Popis: Regiospecific C-H activation is a promising approach to achieve extended polymers with tailored structures. While a recent on-surface synthetic approach has enabled regioselective homocoupling of heteroaromatic molecules, only small oligomers have been achieved. Herein, selective C-H activation for dehydrogenative C-C couplings of hexaazatriphenylene by Scholl reaction is reported for the first time. By combining low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), we revealed the formation of one-dimensional polymers with a double-chain structure. The details of the growth process are rationalized by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, pointing out a cooperative catalytic action of Na and Ag adatoms in steering the C-H selectivity for the polymerization.
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