Cover Feature: Click Chemistry in Ultra‐high Vacuum – Tetrazine Coupling with Methyl Enol Ether Covalently Linked to Si(001) (Chem. Eur. J. 31/2021)

Abstract

Let it click in UHV: a click chemistry reaction suitable for application under ultra‐high vacuum (UHV) conditions was developed based on enolether/tetrazine coupling. It is orthogonal to the strain‐promoted cycloaddition of cyclooctynes to azides and allows for tailored layer‐by‐layer synthesis on highly reactive semiconductor surfaces such as Si(001) seen through the window of a UHV apparatus. More information can be found in the Communication by M. Dürr et al. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005371).