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Andrei S Draguicevic1, Guodong Ren2, Lauren Peck1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States.
Abstract:
Black phosphorus (bP), a two-dimensional van der Waals material with a phosphine-like basal plane, offers a promising but underexplored platform for surface organometallic chemistry. Here we demonstrate the first dual organometallic functionalization of bP using two chemically orthogonal protocols applied sequentially: (i) direct coordination of Re(CO)3Cl to the bP surface and (ii) tethering Re or Ru complexes via ortho-quinone anchors. Together, these strategies establish bP as a versatile platform for programmable, molecularly precise, multimetal architectures.
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