Synthesis of ferrocenethiols containing oligo (phenylenevinylene) bridges and their characterization on gold electrodes

SP Dudek, HD Sikes, CED Chidsey

Index: Dudek; Sikes; Chidsey Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001 , vol. 123, # 33 p. 8033 - 8038

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Abstract

Ferrocene-terminated oligo (phenylenevinylene)(OPV) methyl thiols have been prepared by orthogonal coupling of phenylene monomers. Ethoxy substituents on the phenyl rings improve the solubility of OPV, enabling the synthesis of longer oligomers. Self-assembled monolayers containing a mixture of a ferrocene OPV methyl thiol and a diluent alkanethiol were deposited on gold. A cyclic voltammetric study of monolayers containing oligomers ...