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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 type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Chemical Science | ||||
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry | ||||
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| Volume: | 12 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 9352-9358 | ||||
| Date | 9 June 2021 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Lupton > Group John Lupton | ||||
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-512558 | ||||
| Item ID | 51255 |
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