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Cyclodehydrofluorination of fluoroarenes on metal oxides: Toward bottom‐up synthesis of carbon nanostructures on insulating surfaces
Author(s) -
Amsharov Konstantin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.201600211
Subject(s) - oxide , intramolecular force , metal , aryl , materials science , molecule , nanostructure , carbon fibers , nanotechnology , nanomaterials , rational design , chemical engineering , photochemistry , chemistry , composite number , organic chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , alkyl , engineering
We report on thermal C–F bond activation in fluoroarenes by various metal oxides leading to effective C–C bond formation via cyclodehydrofluorination. We demonstrate that the transformation of the precursor molecule to the respective model nanographene/nanoribbon can be realized rather effectively on various metal oxides. It is found that intramolecular Aryl–Aryl cyclization via cyclodehydrofluorination can be performed at relatively mild condition. Our finding opens up a venue toward rational synthesis of carbon‐based nanomaterial by bottom‐up strategy directly on insulating metal oxide surfaces.