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Imine Metathesis by Silica-Supported Catalysts Using the Methodology of Surface Organometallic Chemistry
Published on: October 18, 2019
Hydrogen-bond mediated transitional adlayer of glycine on Si(111)7 x 7 at room temperature
L Zhang1, A Chatterjee, M Ebrahimi
1WATLab and Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
Abstract:
The growth of glycine film by thermal evaporation on Si(111)7 x 7 at room temperature has been studied by X-ray photoemission. In contrast to common carboxylic acids, glycine is found to adsorb on Si(111)7 x 7 dissociatively through cleavage of a N-H bond instead of O-H bond. The intricate evolution of the observed N 1s features at 399.1, 401.4, and 402.2 eV with increasing film thickness demonstrates the existence of a transitional adlayer between the first adlayer and the zwitterionic multilayer. This transitional adlayer is estimated to be 1-2 adlayer thick and is characterized by the presence of intermolecular N...HO hydrogen bond. An intramolecular proton transfer mechanism is proposed to account for the adsorption process through the amino group.
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