ON-SURFACE MOLECULAR REACTIONS

During the last decades, the bottom–up strategy of on-surface molecular reactions has been extensively investigated in order to fulfill controllable fabrication of covalent interlinking nanostructures/nanomaterials at atomic scale. A variety of organic reactions have been introduced to substrates, such as Ullmann coupling, Glaser coupling, cyclodehydrogenation and so on. In this paper, these on-surface molecular reactions will be reviewed from three aspects: the precursor, surface and external stimuli. Finally, a summary of past achievements and an outlook of future scientific challenges will be discussed.

Identification of the Acetaldehyde Oxide Criegee Intermediate Reaction Network in the Ozone-Assisted Low-Temperature Oxidation of trans-2-Butene

Uni- and bi-molecular reactions involving Criegee intermediates (CIs) have been the focus of many studies due to the role these molecules play in atmospheric chemistry. The reactivity of CIs is...

Inducing Molecular Reactions by Selective Vibrational Excitation of a Remote Antenna with Near-Infrared Light

We demonstrate here that selective vibrational excitation of a moiety, remotely attached in relation to the molecular reaction site, might offer a generalized strategy for inducing bond-breaking/bond-forming reactions with exquisite...