On-Surface Heptagon Contraction Enables Rearrangement Driven Selective C–C Coupling
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Main result
Here, we report a rearrangement-driven coupling reaction on Au(111) in which a heptagon undergoes a [7 → 6 + 1] contraction before intermolecular bond formation, thereby generating reactive termini for subsequent covalent growth.
Appeared: Thursday, September 24. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Peer-reviewed journal.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c13084