Structural influences on the electrochemistry of 1, 1′-di (hydroxyalkyl) ferrocenes. Structure of [Fe {η 5-C 5 H 4–CH (OH)–(CH 2) 3 OH} 2]

R Claus, JP Lewtak, TJ Muller, JC Swarts

Index: Claus, Ron; Lewtak, Jan P.; Muller, Theunis J.; Swarts, Jannie C. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 740, p. 61 - 69

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 2

Abstract

A series of 1, 1′-di (hydroxyalkyl) ferrocenes,[Fc′{(CH2) nOH} 2], with n= 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (3) and 4 (4) and Fc′= Fe (η5-C5H4) 2, was synthesized. The electrochemistry of the di (hydroxyalkyl) ferrocenes was studied by cyclic voltammetry in CH2Cl2/0.1 M [NnBu4][PF6] utilizing a glassy carbon working electrode. The ferrocenyl group showed reversible electrochemistry with the formal reduction potential,[Formula: see text], inversely ...