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Measurement of a linear free energy relationship one molecule at a time.


ABSTRACT: A systematic study of the dehydrogenation of substituted thiophenols by controlled charge injection from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) reveals a pronounced dependence of the reaction yield on the position and the chemical nature of the substituent. We evaluate the dehydrogenation rate of para-halo-substituted species within a linear free energy relationship, namely the Hammett equation. The resultant rho value of 1.4 can faithfully predict the reaction rates of molecules that are meta-halo-substituted or para-methyl-substituted. The positive sign of rho suggests a negatively charged transition state at the core of the STM-induced process, and the magnitude of the rho value indicates that the presence of the substrate does not preclude substantial substituent effects. The applicability of the Hammett equation to single-molecule chemistry offers facile prediction of the rate of STM-based single-molecule chemistry in a field, which so far has been addressed by focusing on involved quantum-mechanical modeling of its underlying processes.

SUBMITTER: Rao BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC539770 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Measurement of a linear free energy relationship one molecule at a time.

Rao B V BV   Kwon K-Y KY   Liu A A   Bartels L L  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20041215 52


A systematic study of the dehydrogenation of substituted thiophenols by controlled charge injection from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) reveals a pronounced dependence of the reaction yield on the position and the chemical nature of the substituent. We evaluate the dehydrogenation rate of para-halo-substituted species within a linear free energy relationship, namely the Hammett equation. The resultant rho value of 1.4 can faithfully predict the reaction rates of molecules that  ...[more]

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