On-surface synthesis of ethers through dehydrative coupling of hydroxymethyl substituents

• Published in: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP Vol. 24; no. 36; pp. 22122 - 22128
• Main Authors: Yan, Yuyi, Zheng, Fengru, Zhu, Zhiwen, Lu, Jiayi, Jiang, Hao, Sun, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 21.09.2022
• Subjects: Carbon; Chemical reactions; Dehydration; Density functional theory; Ethers; Functional groups; Nanostructure; Organic chemistry; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Silver; Surface reactions

On-surface synthesis has been a subject of intensive research during the last decade. Various chemical reactions have been developed on surfaces to prepare compounds and carbon nanostructures, most of which are centered on the carbon-carbon bond formation. Despite the vast progress so far, the diver...