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The mechanism of the formation of Si-C bonded monolayers on silicon by reaction of 1-alkenes with hydrogen-terminated porous silicon surfaces has been studied by both experimental and computational means. We propose that monolayer formation occurs via the same radical chain process as at single-crystal surfaces:1 a silyl radical attacks the 1-alkene to form both the Si-C bond and a radical center on the β-carbon atom. This carbon radical may then abstract a hydrogen atom from a neighboring Si-H bond to propagate the chain. Highly deuterated porous silicon and FTIR spectroscopy were used to provide evidence for this mechanism by identifying the IR bands associated with the C-D bond formed in the proposed propagation step. Deuterated porous silicon surfaces formed by galvanostatic etching in 48% DF/D2O:EtOD (1:1) electrolytes showed a 30% greater density of Si-D sites on the surface than Si-H sites on hydrogen-terminated porous silicon surfaces prepared in the equivalent H-electrolyte. The thermal reaction of undec-1-ene and the Lewis acid catalyzed reaction of styrene on a deuterated surface both resulted in alkylated surfaces with the same C-C and C-H vibrational features as formed in the corresponding reactions at a hydrogen-terminated surface. However, a broad band around 2100 cm-1 was observed upon alkylating the deuterated surfaces. Ab initio and density functional theory calculations on small molecule models showed that the integrated absorbance of this band was comparable to the intensity expected for the C-D stretches predicted by the chain mechanism. The calculations also indicate that there is substantial interaction between the hydrogen atoms on the β-carbons and the hydrogen atoms on the Si(111)-H surface. These broad 2100 cm-1 features are therefore assigned to C-D bands arising from the involvement of surface D atoms in the hydrosilylation reactions, while the line broadening can be explained partly by interaction with neighboring surface atoms/groups. © 2005 American Chemical Society.
Author(s): De Smet LCPM, Zuilhof H, Sudholter EJR, Lie LH, Houlton A, Horrocks BR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Year: 2005
Volume: 109
Issue: 24
Pages: 12020-12031
Print publication date: 23/06/2005
ISSN (print): 1520-6106
ISSN (electronic): 1520-5207
Publisher: American Chemical Society
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp044400a
DOI: 10.1021/jp044400a
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