Anodic co-oxidation of urazole and ferrocenes: first trapping of cyclopentadienols

Abstract

Cyclopentadien-5-ols, the major products resulting from decomposition of some ferrocenium cations by molecular oxygen, are regio- and stereo-selectively trapped by 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione.

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