Preservation of epoxy groups on surfaces in the covalent attachment of butadiene monoxide on Si(111)-(7×7): the effect of a vinyl substituent

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Sep 28;51(75):14195-8. doi: 10.1039/c5cc04713g. Epub 2015 Aug 3.

Abstract

Adsorption of butadiene monoxide on Si(111)-(7×7) has been scrutinized by high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The experimental results indicate that surface reaction occurs through a [2+2]-like cycloaddition, which is further supported by the DFT studies.