Issue 41, 2014
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Dalton Transactions

Avoiding problem reactions at the ferrocenyl-alkyne motif: a convenient synthesis of model, redox-active complexes for molecular electronics†

Michael S. Inkpen, ORCID logo a   Andrew J. P. White,a   Tim Albrecht*a  and  Nicholas J. Long*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
E-mail: n.long@imperial.ac.uk, t.albrecht@imperial.ac.uk
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Abstract

A much improved route to 1,1′-bis(arylethynyl)ferrocenes comprising accessible thiolates on the aryl ring is reported. Unanticipated reactions between AcCl, TBAF–BBr3 and ferrocenyl-alkynes are also discussed, offering a rationale for previous synthetic difficulties.

Graphical abstract: Avoiding problem reactions at the ferrocenyl-alkyne motif: a convenient synthesis of model, redox-active complexes for molecular electronics

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4DT02359E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Aug 2014
Accepted
20 Aug 2014
First published
20 Aug 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 15287-15290

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Avoiding problem reactions at the ferrocenyl-alkyne motif: a convenient synthesis of model, redox-active complexes for molecular electronics

M. S. Inkpen, A. J. P. White, T. Albrecht and N. J. Long, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 15287 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02359E

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