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Nanotechnology, due to its ability to address individual chemical moieties in real space, displays a strong potential to establish novel chemical reaction schemes far beyond the conventional ?test-tube approach‘. The formation of chemical bonds depends strongly on the spatio-temporal conditions within an ensemble of starting molecules. We found that by using nanostructured surfaces on metallic single crystals, a significant increase of the reaction rate can be obtained, even with simple linear hydrocarbons exhibiting very poor chemical reactivity.