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Andreas Kretschmann1, Marie-Madeleine Walz, Ken Flechtner
1Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Egerlandstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Abstract:
We demonstrate that adsorbed meso-tetraphenylporphyrin molecules can coordinate Zn atoms that are pre-deposited on an Ag(111) surface, forming a complex that is identical to directly deposited tetraphenylporphyrinato-zinc(II); this reaction, which we studied with XPS, is the first example of an oxidative dissolution of a metal by a large organic ligand under ultrahigh vacuum conditions.
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