Arado Oscar Díaz, Mönig Harry, Franke Jörn-Holger, Timmer Alexander, Held Philipp Alexander, Studer Armido, Fuchs Harald
Physikalisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Mar 21;51(23):4887-90. doi: 10.1039/c4cc09634g.
On-surface synthesis of a polyphenylene vinylene oligomer via reductive coupling of a terephthalaldehyde derivative on Au(111) is reported. Scanning tunneling microscopy and photoelectron spectroscopy experiments confirmed oxygen dissociation and its desorption from the surface. Density functional theory calculations provided a reasonable reaction mechanism involving reactive sites on the substrate.