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Keller, Tristan J. ; Sterzenbach, Christopher ; Bahr, Joshua ; Schneiders, Taria L. ; Bursch, Markus ; Kohn, Julia ; Eder, Theresa ; Lupton, John M. ; Grimme, Stefan ; Höger, Sigurd ; Jester, Stefan-S.

Nanopatterns of molecular spoked wheels as giant homologues of benzene tricarboxylic acids

Keller, Tristan J., Sterzenbach, Christopher, Bahr, Joshua, Schneiders, Taria L., Bursch, Markus, Kohn, Julia, Eder, Theresa, Lupton, John M. , Grimme, Stefan, Höger, Sigurd and Jester, Stefan-S. (2021) Nanopatterns of molecular spoked wheels as giant homologues of benzene tricarboxylic acids. Chemical Science 12, pp. 9352-9358.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 23 Dec 2021 05:58
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.51255


Abstract

Molecular spoked wheels with D3h and Cs symmetry are synthesized by Vollhardt trimerization of C2v-symmetric dumbbell structures with central acetylene units and subsequent intramolecular ring closure. Scanning tunneling microscopy of the D3h-symmetric species at the solid/liquid interface on graphite reveals triporous chiral honeycomb nanopatterns in which the alkoxy side chains dominate the ...

Molecular spoked wheels with D3h and Cs symmetry are synthesized by Vollhardt trimerization of C2v-symmetric dumbbell structures with central acetylene units and subsequent intramolecular ring closure. Scanning tunneling microscopy of the D3h-symmetric species at the solid/liquid interface on graphite reveals triporous chiral honeycomb nanopatterns in which the alkoxy side chains dominate the packing over the carboxylic acid groups, which remain unpaired. In contrast, Cs-symmetric isomers partially allow for pairing of the carboxylic acids, which therefore act as a probe for the reduced alkoxy chain nanopattern stabilization. This observation also reflects the adsorbate substrate symmetry mismatch, which leads to an increase of nanopattern complexity and unexpected templating of alkoxy side chains along the graphite armchair directions. State-of-the-art GFN-FF calculations confirm the overall structure of this packing and attribute the unusual side-chain orientation to a steric constraint in a confined environment. These calculations go far beyond conventional simple space-filling models and are therefore particularly suitable for this special case of molecular packing.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleChemical Science
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
Volume:12
Page Range:pp. 9352-9358
Date9 June 2021
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Lupton > Group John Lupton
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10.1039/D1SC01381EDOI
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgPartially
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-512558
Item ID51255

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