Dehydrogenative Homocoupling of Alkyl Chains on Cu(110)

Liangliang Cai; Qiang Sun; Chi Zhang; Yuanqi Ding; Wei Xu

doi:10.1002/chem.201504152

Dehydrogenative Homocoupling of Alkyl Chains on Cu(110)

Chemistry. 2016 Feb;22(6):1918-1921. doi: 10.1002/chem.201504152. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

Authors

Liangliang Cai¹, Qiang Sun¹, Chi Zhang¹, Yuanqi Ding¹, Wei Xu²

Affiliations

¹ Tongji-Aarhus Joint Research Center for Nanostructures and Functional Nanomaterials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Caoan Road 4800, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China.
² Tongji-Aarhus Joint Research Center for Nanostructures and Functional Nanomaterials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Caoan Road 4800, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China. [email protected].

PMID: 26671846
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504152

Abstract

Through the interplay of high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy imaging and density functional theory calculations, the stepwise dehydrogenative homocoupling of alkyl chains on Cu(110) is demonstrated, proceeding from the intact chain, via the dehydrogenative intermediates, to the formation of the divers final coupling products.

Keywords: C−H activation; dehydrogenation; density functional theory; scanning tunneling microscopy; surface chemistry.