Rui-jun Xie, Limin Han, Ning Zhu
Sep 9, 2011
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Journal of Coordination Chemistry
Abstract
Diferrocenylmethane (1) and 2-acetyl(diferrocenyl)methane (2) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, and NMR. The molecular structures of 1 and 2 were determined using X-ray single crystal diffraction. The effect of acetyl group on electronic communication between two ferrocenyl units of 2 was investigated through cyclic voltammetry and density functional theory calculation. The acetyl did not influence electronic communication between two ferrocenyl units. The key factor that effected electronic communication of carbon-bridged diferrocenyl derivatives was charge density of the bridged carbon.