Theoretical study of benzene, toluene, and dibromobenzene at a Si(111)7×7 surface
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Abstract
Abstract Theoretical Austin model 1 (AM1) calculations on the adsorption of benzene and toluene on Si(111)7×7 are presented. Both physisorbed and chemi‐sorbed states have been calculated for up to three adsorbed molecules per half unit cell of the Si(111)7×7 surface. Secondly, theoretical calculations on the induced attachment of benzene as well as rationalization of the dynamics of the halogenation reaction of 1,2‐ and 1,4‐dibromobenzene on Si(111)7×7 are reviewed. The main incentive for this study was the interpretation of recent experimental scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) results from the Toronto laboratory on a new electron‐induced or photo‐induced attachment process for benzene on Si(111), and, particularly, experimental results related to the thermal dissociative reactions of 1,2‐ and 1,4‐dibromobenzene on a Si(111)7×7 surface. The central objective is to relate the reagent geometry in 1,2‐dibromobenzene and 1,4‐dibromobenzene to the Br‐Br pair distance of dibrominated Si(111)7×7. For benzene, we propose a possible path for the conversion from the normal strained di‐sigma‐bound state (S) at Si(111) to a more strongly bound state (B) consisting of a phenyl plus an H‐atom adsorbed species. For 1,2‐ and 1,4‐dibromobenzene dibromination of silicon, evidence has been found for two mechanisms of reaction. One reaction pathway involves intermediate binding of the organic molecule on the Si surface through C‐Si bonds, analogous to the benzene S structure. The second dynamical pathway involves intermediate binding through weak Br. Si attachment followed by formation of pairs of covalently‐bound Br‐Si. The outcomes from the two dynamical pathways are consistent with the observed STM patterns for pairs of Br‐Si at Si(111) 7×7 due to the reaction of 1,2‐ and 1,4‐dibromobenzene.
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