Synthesis, reactivity and spectroscopy of ferrocene-functionalised porphyrins, with a conjugated connection between the ferrocene and the porphyrin core

Abstract

Several new ferrocene-functionalised porphyrins and a ruthenocene-functionalised porphyrin have been synthesized and studied using electrochemistry, electronic absorbance and resonance Raman spectroelectrochemical techniques. The porphyrin and ferrocene are observed to have limited effect on each other with the properties of the porphyrin dominating the spectroscopy of these molecules.