Transforming surface coordination polymers into covalent surface polymers: Linked polycondensed aromatics through oligomerization of N-heterocyclic carbene intermediates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2414-2417

  Matena, Manfred ^a   Riehm, Till ^c   Stöhr, Meike ^a   Jung, Thomas A ^b   Gade, Lutz H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

N heterocyclic carbenes; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Scanning probe microscopy; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ABS RESINS;

EID: 47949092937     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704072     Document Type: Article

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