RT Journal Article T1 On-surface synthesis of organocopper metallacycles through activation of inner diacetylene moieties A1 Cirera, Borja A1 Riss, Alexander A1 Mutombo, Pingo A1 Urgel, José A1 Santos Barahona, José Manuel A1 Di Giovannantonio, Marco A1 Widmer, Roland A1 Stolz, Samuel A1 Sun, Qiang A1 Bommert, Max A1 Fasel, Roman A1 Jelínek, Pavel A1 Auwärter, Willi A1 Martín León, Nazario A1 Écija, David AB The design of organometallic complexes is at the heart of modern organic chemistry and catalysis. Recently, on-surface synthesis has emerged as a disruptive paradigm to design previously precluded compounds and nanomaterials. Despite these advances, the field of organometallic chemistry on surfaces is still at its infancy. Here, we introduce a protocol to activate the inner diacetylene moieties of a molecular precursor by copper surface adatoms affording the formation of unprecedented organocopper metallacycles on Cu(111). The chemical structure of the resulting complexes is characterized by scanning probe microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, being complemented by density functional theory calculations and scanning probe microscopy simulations. Our results pave avenues to the engineering of organometallic compounds and steer the development of polyyne chemistry on surfaces. PB Royal Society of Chemistry SN 2041-6520 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/93446 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/93446 LA eng NO Cirera, Borja, et al. «On-Surface Synthesis of Organocopper Metallacycles through Activation of Inner Diacetylene Moieties». Chemical Science, vol. 12, n.o 38, 2021, pp. 12806-11. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SC03703J. NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) NO Comunidad de Madrid NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) DS Docta Complutense RD 22 abr 2025