Synthesis of two-dimensional phenylene-boroxine networks through in vacuo condensation and on-surface radical addition.

We report on covalent two-dimensional phenylene-boroxine hybrid-networks that were synthesized under ultra-high vacuum conditions from doubly functionalized monomers through thermally activated condensation prior to deposition and successive heterogeneously catalyzed radical addition on Ag(111). Structural properties were characterized in situ by high resolution Scanning-Tunneling-Microscopy (STM).