Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

On-surface synthesis of enetriynes

  • Nan Cao,
  • Biao Yang,
  • Alexander Riss,
  • Johanna Rosen,
  • Jonas Björk,
  • Johannes V. Barth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36828-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Enetriynes, which belong to the enyne family, are characterized by a distinct electron-rich carbon-bonding scheme. Here, the authors report the formation of enetriynes with high selectivity by tetramerization of terminal alkynes on Ag(100).