Unusual Scaffold Rearrangement in Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons Driven by Concerted Action of Single Gold Atoms on a Gold Surface.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 61(50): e202208010, 2022 Dec 12.
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ABSTRACT
Chemical transformation of polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules following different reaction strategies has always been the focus of organic synthesis. In this work, we report the synthesis of a PAH molecule, formation of which consists of an unusual C-C bond cleavage accompanied by a complex π-conjugated molecular scaffold rearrangement. We demonstrate that the complex chemical transformation is steered by concerted motion of individual Au0 gold atoms on a supporting Au(111) surface. This observation underpins the importance of single-atom catalysis mediated by adatoms in on-surface synthesis as well as catalytic activity of single Au0 atoms facilitating cleavage of covalent carbon bonds.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
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2022
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