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Dechlorinated Ullmann Coupling Reaction of Aryl Chlorides on Ag(111): A Combined STM and XPS Study
Jingxin Dai1, Wenhui Zhao1, Lingbo Xing1
1BNLMS, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Abstract:
Surface-assisted Ullmann coupling was widely applied to construct various molecular nanostructures on surfaces due to its reliability and controllability. By using 4,4''-dichloro-1,1':3',1''-terphenyl (DCTP) as the precursor, covalently bonded zig-zag oligophenylene chains and hexagonal hyperbenzene rings, e. g., [18]-honeycombenes, were successfully fabricated on Ag(111) via dechlorinated Ullmann coupling reaction. Stepwise annealing was applied to investigate the reaction process in detail. Scanning tunneling microscopy and synchrotron X-ray photoemission spectroscopy were utilized to explore the thermal evolution of the DCTP molecules on Ag(111) under ultrahigh vacuum conditions, evidencing the existence of intact DCTP molecules, chemisorbed Cl atoms, covalently bonded DCTP dimers as well as organometallic C-Ag-C-containing intermediates. These results may help understand dechlorinated Ullmann coupling reaction of aryl chlorides on metal surfaces.
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