Oxygen Promoted On‐Surface Synthesis of Polyboroxine Molecules

We present a protocol for the on‐surface synthesis of polyboroxine molecules derived from boroxine molecules precursors. This process is promoted by oxygen species present on the Au(111) surface: oxygen atoms facilitate the detachment of naphthalene units of trinaphthyl‐boroxine molecules and bridge two unsaturated boroxine centers to form a boroxine‐O‐boroxine chemical motif. X‐ray spectroscopic characterization shows that, as the synthesis process proceeds, it progressively tunes the electronic properties of the interface, thus providing a promising route to control the electron level alignment.