On-Surface Synthesis of Doubly-linked Porphyrin Polymers via Cycloaromatization of Isopropyl Substituents on Au(111)

Key Points

• The research aims to explore the synthesis of doubly-linked porphyrin polymers on a gold surface, investigating the polymerization process.
• Conducted surface-mediated synthesis on Au(111)
• Utilized thermally induced cycloaromatization
• Focused on polymerization of specific porphyrin structures
• Successfully synthesized doubly-linked porphyrin polymers
• Characterized the transformation process as hierarchical
• Showed effective polymerization via [3+3] cycloaromatization