On-surface synthesis of phthalocyanines with extended π-electron systems.

ABSTRACT: Expanded phthalocyanines are a promising class of materials for optoelectronic applications, owing to their unique properties and versatile metal coordination reactivity. The expansion of their π-electron systems and resulting red-shifted absorption are of particular interest for achieving broader applications. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis of metallo-phthalocyanines with extended electron systems and an open-chain polycyanine from ortho-dicarbonitrile precursors on Ag(111) and Au(111), studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The larger 6,7-di(2-naphthyl)-2,3-naphthalenedicarbonitrile (NND) undergoes spontaneous cyclotetramerization on the Ag(111) surface forming the corresponding silver naphthalocyanines (Ag-NPc), contrasting p

SUBMITTER: Heuplick LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11628558 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature