Hexamethoxyphenylethylbenzenes synthesized by hexaalkoxybenzylation of C6Me6viatheir complexation to the Fe(C5H5)+ electron-withdrawing group are readily cleaved by BBr3 to yield hexaphenols, leading to hexa- and hepta-iron sandwich complexes with six equivalent redox centres.
J. Fillaut and D. Astruc, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 1320 DOI: 10.1039/C39930001320
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