名称:
From diacetylferrocene to 1,1′-ferrocenyldiimines: Substituent effects on synthesis, molecular structure, electrochemical behavior and optical absorption property
摘要:
A series of 1,1'-ferrocenyldiimines [Fe{(eta(5)-C5H4)-C(Me)N-R)(2)], where R = n-hexyl 1a, cyclohexyl 1b, phenyl 1c, 4-methoxyphenyl 1d, 3-methoxyphenyl 1e, 4-nitrophenyl 1f, and 3-nitrophenyl 1g, have been synthesized by reactions of ca. 1:2 M ratio of 1,1'-diacetylferrocene and the corresponding amines. While ca. 1:1 M ratio of the starting materials was employed, acetylferrocenylimines [Fe{(eta(5)-C5H4)-C(CH3)=O}{(eta(5)-C5H4)-C(CH3)=N-R}], where R = 4-nitrophenyl 2f, and 3-nitrophenyl 2g, were obtained. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis revealed that the two cyclopentadienyl rings in 1d, le, 1g, 2f, and 2g were antiperiplanar staggered, anticlinal eclipsed, anticlinal eclipsed/synclinal eclipsed, synclinal eclipsed, and synclinal eclipsed to each other in solid state, respectively. All synthesized ferrocene derivatives exhibited a reversible one-electron redox process in their cyclic voltammograms, and the values of their redox potentials relied on the R groups. The correlation between the redox potential and the Hammett substituent constant, sigma(p) was quite well, with a correlation coefficient of 0.98. The UV-vis spectra showed that their optical property was also substituent dependent. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.