A Scanning Probe Microscopy Study of Annulated Redox‐Active Molecules at a Liquid/Solid Interface: The Overruling of the Alkyl Chain Paradigm

Overruled! The self-assembly of a novel group of fused donor–acceptor molecules (1) comprising hexaazatriphenylene and tetrathiafulvalene branches was studied by STM at the liquid/solid interface. A 2D assembled chiral porous network with C3 symmetry was found, which is dictated by strong interactions of the extended π-conjugated cores of the fused units with the HOPG substrate overruling the directional forces of alkyl chains.