Abstract

The reaction of 2,2'-dibromo-biphenyl on a Ag(111) surface leads to the formation of planar acenes with a high-regioselectivity rather than nonplanar saddle-shaped tetraphenylene as the typical product in solution chemistry. The regioselective aryl-aryl coupling reaction is attributed to the hydrogen repulsion between the reactants on the confined two-dimensional surface.

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