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J Am Chem Soc. 2004 May 26;126(20):6460-9. doi: 10.1021/ja0382056.

Local and global chirality at surfaces: succinic acid versus tartaric acid on Cu110.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Vincent Humblot, Maria Ortega Lorenzo, Christopher J Baddeley, Sam Haq, Rasmita Raval

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  1. Contribution from the The Surface Science Research Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom.

PMID: 15149243 DOI: 10.1021/ja0382056

Abstract

A detailed comparison of tartaric acid (HOOC-CHOH-CHOH-COOH) and succinic acid (HOOC-CH(2)-CH(2)-COOH) molecules on a Cu(110) surface is presented with a view to elucidate how the two-dimensional chirality exhibited by such robust, chemisorbed systems is affected when both OH groups of the former molecule are replaced with H groups, a stereochemical change that leaves the metal-bonding functionalities of the molecule untouched but destroys both chiral centers. It is found that this change does not significantly affect the thermodynamically preferred chemical forms that are adopted, namely the doubly deprotonated bicarboxylate at low coverages (theta

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