The study of chiral adsorption systems using synchrotron- based structural and spectroscopic techniques: stereospecific adsorption of serine on Au-modified chiral Cu{531} surfaces

Eralp, T., Cornish, A., Shavorskiy, A. and Held, G. (2011) The study of chiral adsorption systems using synchrotron- based structural and spectroscopic techniques: stereospecific adsorption of serine on Au-modified chiral Cu{531} surfaces. Topics in Catalysis, 54 (19-20). pp. 1414-1428. ISSN 1022-5528 doi: 10.1007/s11244-011-9757-z

Abstract/Summary

We apply modern synchrotron-based structural techniques to the study of serine adsorbed on the pure andAumodified intrinsically chiral Cu{531} surface. XPS and NEXAFS data in combination with DFT show that on the pure surface both enantiomers adsorb in l4 geometries (with de-protonated b-OH groups) at low coverage and in l3 geometries at saturation coverage. Significantly larger enantiomeric differences are seen for the l4 geometries, which involve substrate bonds of three side groups of the chiral center, i.e. a three-point interaction. The l3 adsorption geometry, where only the carboxylate and amino groups form substrate bonds, leads to smaller but still significant enantiomeric differences, both in geometry and the decomposition behavior. When Cu{531} is modified by the deposition of 1 and 2ML Au the orientations of serine at saturation coverage are significantly different from those on the clean surface. In all cases, however, a l3 bond coordination is found at saturation involving different numbers of Au atoms, which leads to relatively small enantiomeric differences.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/26268
Identification Number/DOI	10.1007/s11244-011-9757-z
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF)
Uncontrolled Keywords	Chiral surfaces – Serine – Bimetallic catalysts – X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy – X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Publisher	Springer
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