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Ferrocenylmethyl-functionalized 5-membered heterocycles: Synthesis, solid-state structure and electrochemical investigations

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 152; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.poly.2018.06.038

ISSN

1873-3719

Autores

Deeb Taher, Asma Ghazzy, Firas F. Awwadi, Wissam Helal, Khaled Al Khalyfeh, Marcus Korb, Alexander Hildebrandt, Eduard Kovalski, Heinrich Lang,

Tópico(s)

Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization

Resumo

Treatment of Fe(η5-C5H4CH2OH)2 (1) with two equivalents of ClC(O)R (2) (a, R = 2-cC4H3O; b, R = 2-cC4H3S; c, R = 2-cC4H3Se; d, R = 3-cC4H3S) produced the corresponding ferrocenylmethyl carboxylates Fe(η5-C5H4CH2OC(O)R)2 (3a–d), while the reaction of FcCH2OLi (Fc = Fe(η5-C5H5)(η5-C5H4)) with 2,5-(ClC(O))2-cC4H2X (5) (a, X = O; b, X = S; c, X = Se) in a 2:1 molar ratio gave 2,5-(FcCH2OC(O))2-cC4H2X (6a–c). Compounds 3a–d and 6a–c were characterized by elemental analysis, NMR (1H and 13C{1H}) and IR spectroscopy. The molecular structures of 3a,b,d in the solid state were determined by single crystal X-ray structure analysis. Compound 3a crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c, while 3b,d crystallize in the triclinic space group P-1¯. The ester groups and the heteroatoms are in an anti arrangement with respect to each other. Cyclic voltammetry measurements for 3a–d and 6a–c show reversible electrochemical processes (Fc/Fc+) between 165 and 176 mV for 3a–d, and 94 and 116 mV for 6a–cb, using [NnBu4][B(C6F5)4] as the supporting electrolyte. It was found that for 3a, a somewhat higher Fc/Fc+ redox potential (E0′) is observed when compared with the more electron-rich systems 3b,c,d. The molecular electronic structures of the title compounds were additionally investigated by DFT calculations, revealing different degrees of HOMO–LUMO energy gaps within the series, due to a lowering of the LUMO energy, depending on the nature of the heterocyclic ring.

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