Thin-layer electrochemistry of ferrocenylbenzene derivatives : Intramolecular electronic communication
Thin-layer electrochemistry of ferrocenylbenzene derivatives : Intramolecular electronic communication
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DOI:
10.1016/j.electacta.2008.05.043
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发表时间:
2008-11
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6.6
通讯作者:
Michael C. P. Wang;Yunchao Li;N. Merbouh;Hua-Zhong Yu
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作者:
Michael C. P. Wang;Yunchao Li;N. Merbouh;Hua-Zhong Yu
Three arylferrocene derivatives, ferrocenylbenzene (MFcB), 1,3-diferrocenylbenzene (DFcB), and 1,3,5-triferrocenylbenzene (TFcB), were prepared and their redox properties systematically explored by thin-layer cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential-pulse voltammetry (DPV). In contrast to conventional CV measurements that produced only a single pair of redox waves for all three compounds, the thin-layer technique discriminated between the multistep electron-transfer processes of DFcB and TFcB. In particular, two and three pairs of symmetric peaks were observed, respectively, when CV curves were recorded at a graphite electrode coated with a DFcB-containing and a TFcB-containing thin film of nitrobenzene and immersed in aqueous sodium perchlorate solution. These results demonstrate that the ferrocenyl moieties attached to the meta-positions of a benzene ring communicate electronically with each other, as a result of their distinct face-to-face orientations.