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Yanning Tang1, Barbara Ejlli2,3, Kaifeng Niu1
1Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Ren'ai road No. 199, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
Abstract:
We describe the on-surface dehalogenative homocoupling of benzylic bromides, namely bis-bromomethyl- and bis-gem-(dibromomethyl) naphthalene as a potential route to either hydrocarbon dimers or conjugated polymers on Au(111). While bis-gem-(dibromomethyl) naphthalene affords different dimers with naphthocyclobutadiene as the key intermediate, bis-bromomethyl naphthalene furnishes a poly(o-naphthylene vinylidene) as a non-conjugated polymer which undergoes dehydrogenation toward its conjugated derivative poly(o-naphthylene vinylene) upon mild annealing. A combination of scanning tunneling microscopy, non-contact atomic force microscopy and density functional theory calculations provides deep insights into the prevailing mechanisms.
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