1-Trimethylsilylethynyl-, 1-ethenyl- and 1-formyl-1- ethynylferrocenes: Syntheses and electrochemical properties

Grelaud, Guillaume; Argouarch, Gilles; Cifuentes, Marie; Paul, Frederic; Humphrey, Mark

1-Trimethylsilylethynyl-, 1-ethenyl- and 1-formyl-1- ethynylferrocenes: Syntheses and electrochemical properties

Date

2013

Authors

Grelaud, Guillaume

Argouarch, Gilles

Cifuentes, Marie

Paul, Frederic

Humphrey, Mark

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Efficient syntheses of 1′-trimethylsilylethynyl-, 1′-ethenyl-, and 1′-formyl-1-ethynylferrocenes are reported. The majority of these compounds exhibit chemically reversible ferrocene-based oxidation processes from cyclic voltammetry and thereby cons