title: Template-controlled Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions on a Au(111) surface.
abstract: We employed three metal-coordination structures as templates to control the Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions on a Au(111) surface catalyzed by loaded Pd. We used scanning tunnelling microscopy to resolve the products formed at the successive reaction steps and identified three vital characteristics for an efficient template: high accessibility of reaction sites, structural rigidity and thermal stability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China. phnlin@ust.hk.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guoqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lyu
authors.forename: Deng Yuan
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Pei Nian
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Nian
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lin