Pyrolysis of Poly(ferrocenylsilanes): Synthesis and Characterization of Ferromagnetic Transition Metal-Containing Ceramics and Molecular Depolymerization Products
Pyrolysis of Poly(ferrocenylsilanes): Synthesis and Characterization of Ferromagnetic Transition Metal-Containing Ceramics and Molecular Depolymerization Products
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DOI:
10.1021/cm00059a010
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发表时间:
1995-11
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
R. Petersen;D. Foucher;B. Tang;A. Lough;N. P. Raju;J. Greedan;I. Manners
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R. Petersen;D. Foucher;B. Tang;A. Lough;N. P. Raju;J. Greedan;I. Manners
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of a series of high molecular weight poly(ferroceny1silanes) [Fe(r-C5H&!3iRR)In 2a-d (a: R = R = Me; b: R = R = Ph; c: R = Me, R = H; d : R = Me, R = vinyl) indicated that these materials are thermally stable to ca. 300-350 "C under dinitrogen (heating rate 10 "C/min) and at more elevated temperatures yield the ceramic products 3a-d. Ceramic yields by TGA were in the range of 18% (for 2b) to 66% (for 2d) a t 600 "C and in the range of 17% (2b) to 45% (2c, 2d) a t 1000 "C. Pyrolysis of a 1 : l blend of the polymers 2c and 2d afforded the ceramic 3e in 62% yield a t 600 "C and the highest ceramic yield by TGA a t 1000 "C (56%). Controlled pyrolysis experiments in a tube furnace under N2 permitted the isolation of the black, lustrous ceramics 3a-e together with several molecular depolymerization products. The ceramics 3a (formed a t 600 and 1000 "C) and 3b and 3e (formed a t 600 "C) were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) and back-scattered electron imaging (BEI). These techniques indicated that these materials were iron silicon carbides. The ceramic 3a formed a t 600 "C was found to be amorphous, whereas the corresponding ceramic formed a t 1000 "C was shown to contain a-Fe crystallites by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). Mossbauer and magnetization measurements carried out on the ceramics 3a, 3b, and 3e indicated that the materials were soft ferromagnets. Identification of several volatile molecular byproducts produced during pyrolysis provided evidence for the operation of unusual decompositioddepolymerization pathways. The unsymmetrical dimer Fe(r-C5H4)2(~-SiMe2)2(r-C5H3)Fe(ll-C5H5) (4a) was formed during the pyrolysis of 2a, and this species was characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Cyclic voltammetry studies of 4a in CH2C12 showed that this species undergoes two reversible and sequential one-electron oxidations (separation A E 1 / 2 = 0.26 V) consistent with redox coupling between the iron centers. Triphenylsilylferrocene, Fe(r-C~H5)(r-C5H4SiPh3), was isolated as one of the volatile pyrolysis prodvcts derived fromo2b. Crystals of 4aoare monoclinic, space group P21/n, with a = 9.3842(2) A, b = 15.455(2) A, c = 15.6630(12) A; = 91.092(6)"; 2 = 4; V = 2271.2(11) A3.