Chirality control of a single carbene molecule by tip-induced van der Waals interactions
- Non-covalent interactions such as van der Waals interactions and hydrogen bonds are crucial for the chiral induction and control of molecules, but it remains difficult to study them at the single-molecule level. Here, we report a carbene molecule on a copper surface as a prototype of an anchored molecule with a facile chirality change. We examine the influence of the attractive van der Waals interactions on the chirality change by regulating the tip-molecule distance, resulting in an excess of a carbene enantiomer. Our model study provides insight into the change of molecular chirality controlled by van der Waals interactions, which is fundamental for understanding the mechanisms of chiral induction and amplification.
| Author: | Yunjun CaoORCiDGND, Joel Mieres-PérezORCiDGND, Julien F. RowenORCiDGND, Elsa Sanchez-GarciaORCiDGND, Wolfram SanderORCiDGND, Karina MorgensternORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-110739 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39870-y |
| Parent Title (English): | Nature communications |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/03/19 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2023/07/26 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | Open Access Fonds |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Issue: | Artikel 4500 |
| First Page: | 4500-1 |
| Last Page: | 4500-7 |
| Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie I |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / Chemie, Kristallographie, Mineralogie |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| faculties: | Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |
