Highly Selective On‐Surface Synthesis of sp <sup>2</sup> /sp‐Hybridized Heterochiral Triangular Nanorings
-hybridized heterochiral triangular nanorings. Subsequent annealing induces an elimination reaction, converting these rings into their sp-hybridized analogues while preserving chirality. In contrast, room-temperature deposition and postannealing predominantly produces linear chains. The structural evolution and selective reaction mechanisms are unequivocally characterized by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), bond-resolution STM, synchrotron radiation photoemission spectroscopy (SRPES), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This work establishes a novel strategy for the precise synthesis of chiral triangular nanorings, revealing the critical role of surface-mediated conformational control and dynamic covalent bonding in determining product topology and chirality.
Authors
- Liqian Liu
- J ZHU
- Xinrui Miao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-7720)
- Yue Huang
- Tianchen Qin
- Tao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6545-5028)
- Xiaoyang Zhao
- Zhipeng Zhang
- Jun Hu
Institutions
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (CN)
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (CN)
- South China University of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.6649441
- Primary Topic
- Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province