The effect of para-substituents on the NC bond of aryl isocyanide molecules adsorbed on Au, Ag, Pt, and Pd surfaces was examined by vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopy. The frequency of NC stretching vibration, υNC, depended on the electronic property of the substituents. When the substituents were more electron-withdrawing and more electron-donating, υNC shifted to lower and higher frequencies, respectively. However, υNC shifted to lower frequency again when the substituents were too electron-donating. The strong dependence of υNC on metal substrates was also observed, reflecting the difference in metal d-band energies, which leads to the difference in the contributions of σ-donation and π back-donation of the NC–metal coupling.
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