Highly Ordered N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Cu(111)
Eloise Angove, Federico Grillo, Herbert Früchtl, Alex J. Veinot, Ishwar Singh, J. Hugh Horton, Cathleen M. Crudden, Christopher J. Baddeley
Abstract
are influenced by intermolecular and adsorbate-substrate interactions and facilitated by the flexibility of the methylene linkage between the N-heterocycle and the aromatic wingtip substituents.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCarbeneDensity functional theoryCrystallographyMoietyScanning tunneling microscopeAromaticityOverlayerIntermolecular forceStereochemistryComputational chemistryMaterials scienceMoleculeNanotechnologyCatalysisOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic ChemistryCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsCovalent Organic Framework Applications