Bottom-Up Synthesis of Metalated Carbyne Ribbons via Elimination Reactions

J Am Chem Soc. 2023 Mar 22;145(11):6203-6209. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c12292. Epub 2023 Mar 10.

Abstract

Elimination reactions are one of the most important reactions in organic synthesis, especially in the formation of alkenes and alkynes. Herein, based on scanning tunneling microscopy, we report the bottom-up synthesis of one-dimensional carbyne-like nanostructures, metalated carbyne ribbons with the incorporation of Cu or Ag atoms, through α- and β-elimination reactions of tetrabromomethane and hexabromoethane on surfaces. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate a width-dependent band gap modulation within these ribbon structures, which is affected by interchain interactions. Moreover, mechanistic insights into the on-surface elimination reactions have also been provided in this study.