Observation of a Large Current on the Cyclic Voltammetry of Acylaminoferrocenes in the Solid State: An Efficient Electron-Transfer Pathway through Continuous NH···O=C Hydrogen-Bond Chains and π-Conjugation
Optimization of the reaction was first performed from acetamide on the basis of the achievements in the benzene series. Next, the identified conditions (use of copper(I) iodide, N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine, tripotassium phosphate in dioxane at 90 °C for 14 h) were applied to different aliphatic/aromatic primary and cyclic/acyclic secondary amides in order to determine the scope of the reaction, thus easily