Miscellaneous applications of ferrocene‐based peptides/amides

This article provides a critical review of the different applications of ferrocene‐based peptides/amides in biological as well as in non‐biological systems. Ferrocene‐based peptides/amides find many applications in different fields such as materials science, medicine, organic synthesis, bio‐organometallic and biological chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, nonlinear optics, in polymer science as redox active polymers and dendrimers, in molecular recognition as biosensors and in electrochemistry). Extensive research is being done on ferrocene‐based peptides/amides but we will highlight the various applications of ferrocene‐based peptides/amides for the period 2006–2010. The main factors that govern the potential biological and non‐biological applications are an electroactive core, a conjugated linker that can act as a chromophore and lower the oxidation potential of the ferrocene part, an amino acid or peptide derivative that can interact with other molecules via hydrogen bonding or any secondary bonding, and symmetric and asymmetric substitution on the ferrocene moiety. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

二茂铁及其衍生物在传感器上的应用进展

二茂铁是一类具有夹心结构的有机金属配合物,有良好的氧化 还原特性,可有效改善传感器电极上的电子传递效率。 本文评述了近年来二茂铁及其衍生物在酶生物传感器、免疫传感器和离子传感器上的研究状况,并对其今后的发展方向做出展望。     

Progress on the synthesis and catalytic and anti‐migration properties of ferrocene‐based burning rate catalysts

Burning rate catalysts are of great importance in solid composite propellants for their unique property of accelerating combustion speed. Among various kinds of burning rate catalysts, ferrocene and its derivatives exhibit excellent catalytic effects and have become the most widely used burning rate catalysts. However, these simple ferrocenyl compounds trend to migrate in solid composite propellants during storage, which causes great damage to the propellants, equipment and environment and can even affect personal safety. The exploration of novel anti‐migratory ferrocene‐based compounds has become an advanced research hotspot in the field of burning rate catalysis. This review focuses on recent progress on the synthesis and catalytic properties of ferrocene‐based polymers and ferrocene derivatives as burning rate catalysts. Two main aspects of anti‐migratory exploration, i.e. synthesis of ferrocene‐based polymers and modification of the side groups of ferrocene, are summarized. Ferrocene‐based polymers can be obtained via condensation polymerization, addition polymerization, ring‐opening polymerization, polymer reactions, etc. Ferrocenyl compounds with active groups and ferrocene‐based metal coordination compounds were developed instead of the methods of lengthening the carbon chain of side groups and improving molecular polarity. Also, possible mechanisms of burning rate catalytic activity and migration are discussed and analyzed. Finally, the key points of the development of ferrocene‐based burning rate catalysts and solid composite propellants are proposed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

共聚法和嫁接法制备二茂铁杂化介孔材料及其催化性能

 以桥联硅氧烷 1,1'-双[(2-三乙氧基硅基) 乙基]二茂铁 (BTEF) 和正硅酸乙酯为前驱体, 以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为结构导向剂, 采用共聚法制备了二茂铁功能化的周期介孔有机硅烷材料 (PMO-Fc). 同时以 BTEF 为修饰剂, 以甲苯为分散剂, 采用嫁接法制备了 Fc-MCM-41 杂化介孔材料. 采用 N2 物理吸附、X 射线衍射、透射电镜和红外光谱等手段对材料进行了表征, 评价了其催化苯羟化反应活性. 结果表明, PMO-Fc 具有有序的二维六方形孔道结构, 较大的比表面积和孔体积, 在苯羟化反应中表现出比 Fc-MCM-41 更高的催化活性, 苯酚的选择性和收率分别为 65.3% 和 20.2%.     

Resolution of Cycloplatinated Ferrocenylketimines

Ferrocene derivatives especially the chiral and optically active 1,2-disubstituted ferrocenes are the most extensively investigated metallocenes. The common way to obtain the planar chirality in the ferrocene moiety is the usage of a chiral precursor. Sokolov et al have reported the asymmetric cyclopalladation with the salts of optically active carboxylic acids as nucleophilic catalysts, however, this method was suitable only when the reaction experienced the diastereomeric transition states^[1]. The only report,of the resolution of cyclometallated ferrocene derivatives was given by Nonoyama and his coworkers^[2]. They resolved dimethyl-aminomethylferrocene to optically pure enantiomers using the (S)-proline as chiral auxiliary and separated the diastereomers by solubility difference.     

Alkynylation of ferrocene by terminal alkynes. Part I. A simple one-step synthesis of ferrocenylacetylenes

Ferrocene reacts with terminal alkynes in the presence of copper and iron salts to give 1-ferrocenyl-2-R-alkynes (R - substituent). This direct cross-coupling of ferrocenyl and alkynyl moieties allows for the preparation of ferrocenyl substituted alkynes in one step directly from ferrocene and a terminal alkyne avoiding prior preparation of other derivatives of ferrocene. This new synthetic reaction does not require special conditions, is promoted by the action of common iron and copper salts, and tolerates the presence of functional groups in the alkyne.     

Attachment of Amine‐ and Maleimide‐Containing Ferrocene Derivatives onto Self‐Assembled Alkanethiol and Alkanedithiol Monolayers: Voltammetric Evaluation of Cross‐Linking Efficiencies and Surface Coverage of Electroactive Groups

Ferrocene derivatives containing primary amines and maleimide groups were attached covalently onto N‐hydrosuccinimidyl (NHS)‐terminated alkanethiol self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) and SAMs of alkanedithiol. The surface coverage and efficiencies of the two cross‐linking reactions were evaluated with cyclic voltammetry. All the ferrocene derivatives attached onto the alkanethiol or alkanedithiol SAMs exhibit reversible redox waves. The surface coverage of the aminated ferrocene groups was compared to that of N‐hydrosuccinimidyl (NHS)‐terminated alkanethiol SAM. The covalent attachment of β‐ferrocenylethylamine onto a 11,11′‐dithio‐bis(succinimidylundecanoate) SAM yielded an efficiency as high as 63.1%. The cross‐linking efficiency of this reaction was found to increase with the nucleophilicity of the amino groups. SAMs of longer alkyl chains favor the attachment of a greater number of ferrocene derivatives. As for the Michael‐type electrophilic addition between the sulfhydryl groups of the alkanedithiol SAMs and the ferrocenyl maleimide, the cross‐linking efficiencies were found to range from 6.5% to 25.7%, depending on the alkanedithiol chain length. The difference in the efficiencies between the two types of cross‐linking reactions might be partially attributable to the steric hindrance imposed by the SAMs and the relative sizes of the functional groups.     

二茂铁与化学教学

The author has been engaged in ferrocene chemistry research for a long time. This article describes the research hotspots of ferrocene chemistry and the presentation of ferrocene chemistry in undergraduate teaching. Ferrocene chemistry plays an important role in undergraduate chemistry laboratory courses and teaching reforms. It is a typical example of transforming basic research results into undergraduate teaching content.     

Thermotropic properties of ferrocene derivatives bearing a cholesteryl unit: structure–properties correlations

The synthesis and structural characterization of new liquid‐crystalline compounds containing ferrocene, azo‐aromatic and cholesteryl groups are reported. Taking into account the advantage brought by chirality, ferrocene and azo units, these structures could be good precursors for obtaining materials capable of responding to magnetic and electric fields or to UV‐light exposure. The influence of each structural unit (ferrocene, cholesterol, azo aromatic core and flexible chain length) has been studied by comparing analogous compounds possessing the same structure but without the element being analyzed. Ferrocene is a three‐dimensional bulky unit, so that, regardless of the substituents' nature, this unit could cause steric repulsions with neighboring molecules. These interactions could lead to a decrease of the transition temperature domain. Surprisingly, a decrease in the clearing point was not observed for the compounds discussed. This behavior was possible because ferrocene is connected to the mesogen via a flexible unit. As a consequence, both phenyl analogues and ferrocene derivatives presented liquid‐crystalline properties with similarly high clearing points, but above the thermal stability of derivatives with azo groups. Their melting points depend on the way the molecules are packed, with different crystalline states being detected in the case of ferrocene derivatives. In order to explain the liquid‐crystalline behavior of the compounds synthesized, molecular simulations were performed using the Hyperchem program. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Synthesis,spectroscopic and structural perspective of new ferrocenyl amides

Two new ferrocene derivatives with amide linkages were synthesized by the condensation of 4-ferrocenylaniline with n-alkyl acid chloride derivatives as pristine orange solids in good yields. FTIR and ¹H/¹³C NMR studies have confirmed the basic structure of the molecules with the involvement of intermolecular H-bonding, which together with the ferrocene-like packing ensures the stability of the crystal structure. Crystal structures for both compounds were solved by Rietveld refinements of high resolution X-ray powder diffraction data. The XRD results show that both compounds crystallize in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c. The primary feature of the crystal structure is a double layer of ferrocenyl groups stretched out in the b-c -plane perpendicular to the a-axis, with packing of the ferrocenyl groups occurring in a manner similar to that of pure ferrocene. Despite the close structural similarity, both compounds differ in the optimized geometry of respective Ferrocene conformers. The Cp rings are eclipsed for one Ferrocene conformer and close to staggered for the other, owing to the low energy barrier for the rotation of a cyclopentadienyl ring relative to the rest of the molecule.     

57Fe NMR spectroscopy of ferrocenes bearing pi-acceptor substituents

Ferrocene derivatives bearing pi-acceptor substituents in 1- or 1,1'-positions such as carbonyl group(s) (1, 2), a sulfinyl group (4) or boryl group(s) (5, 6, 9) and related [3]ferrocenophanes (3, 7, 10, 12, 13) and a [4]ferrocenophane (8) were studied by 57Fe NMR spectroscopy. The deshielding effect of the respective pi-acceptor substituent can be partially or fully compensated by distortion of the ferrocene geometry. Both aspects become apparent by comparing delta57Fe data of the [n]ferrocenophanes with those of related non-cyclic derivatives.     

Thermodynamics of ferrocene dissolution in water-methanol solutions

The polythermal solubility of ferrocene in water-methanol solutions in a wide range of their compositions was studied. Ferrocene solubility grows as temperature and methanol content increase. Thermodynamic functions of ferrocene transfer from water into water-methanol solutions were calculated. The results obtained were compared with the data on neon solubility in the same solvent.     

Tris(2‐aminoethyl)amine‐based ferrocene‐terminated dendrimers as burning rate catalysts for ammonium perchlorate‐based propellant decomposition

Ferrocene‐based derivatives show potential application as burning rate catalysts (BRCs) for solid composite propellants. However, migration problems of simple ferrocene‐based derivatives limit their application as BRCs in solid composite propellants. To overcome the migration problems of ferrocene‐based BRCs and to enhance the burning rate of ammonium perchlorate (AP)‐based propellants, zero‐ to second‐generation tris(2‐aminoethyl)amine‐based ferrocene‐terminated dendrimers (G0, G1 and G2) were synthesized. The structures of G0, G1 and G2 were confirmed using ¹H NMR, Fourier transform infrared and UV–visible spectroscopies. The electrochemical behavior of G0, G1 and G2 was investigated using cyclic voltammetry. It was found that G0, G1 and G2 showed redox behavior due to the presence of ferrocene and this redox behavior was diffusion controlled over the investigated scan range. The burning rate catalytic effect of G0, G1 and G2 on thermal decomposition of AP was investigated using thermogravimetry and differential thermogravimetry. G0, G1 and G2 showed good catalytic effect on the thermal decomposition of AP. Anti‐migration studies showed that migration of G0, G1 and G2 was much slower than that of 2,2‐bis(ethylferrocenyl)propane (catocene) and ferrocene.     

二茂铁席夫碱的合成及细胞毒活性

为了研究二茂铁席夫碱对癌细胞毒性,以二茂铁甲醛或乙酰基二茂铁与3-取代-4-氨基-1,2,4-三唑-5-硫酮或酰肼缩合,得到6个新型的含二茂铁基的缩胺类席夫碱和4个酰腙类席夫碱.利用1H NMR,IR,MS谱和元素分析对化合物结构进行了表征.体外细胞测试结果表明,所有化合物对Hela (宫颈癌细胞)均有一定的抑制生长活性,而且杂环缩胺类席夫碱2的细胞毒活性要强于酰腙类席夫碱4.     

Chiral ferrocene amines derived from amino acids and peptides: synthesis, solution and X-ray crystal structures and electrochemical investigations

For the recognition of all but the simplest naturally occurring molecules, electrochemical sensors based on ferrocene will certainly require chiral centers. To advance the necessary chemistry, this work describes the synthesis and properties of ferrocene derivatives of enantiomerically pure amino acids, peptides, and other chiral amines. Ferrocene aldehyde is condensed with amino acid esters to yield the corresponding Schiff bases 2, which are reduced by NaBH4 in methanol to the ferrocene methyl amino acids 3. An X-ray single-crystal analysis was carried out on the phenylalanine derivative 3a (monoclinic space group P2(1), a = 10.301(1) A, b = 9.647(1) A, c = 18.479(2) A, beta = 102.98(2) degrees, Z = 4). Further peptide chemistry at the C terminus proceeds smoothly as demonstrated by the synthesis of the ferrocene labeled dipeptide Fc-CH2-Phe-Gly-OCH3 5 (Fc = ferrocenyl ((eta-C5H4)Fe(eta-C5H5))). We also report the synthesis of the C,N-bis-ferrocene labeled tripeptide Phe-Ala-Leu and its electrochemical characterization. Starting from the enantiomerically pure ferrocene derivative 9, which was synthesized from ferrocene aldehyde and L-1-amino-ethylbenzene, two diastereomers 10 were obtained by peptide coupling with N-Boc protected D- and L-alanine. There was, however, only very little diastereomeric induction if 0.5 equiv of a racemic mixture of alanine were used. This suggests that amino acid activation rather than coupling is the rate-determining step. A combination of NOESY (nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy) spectra and molecular modeling furnished detailed insights into the solution structures of 3, 9, and 10 and was used to rationalize their different reactivity.     

胺烷基二茂铁衍生物的合成方法

胺烷基二茂铁衍生物由于在有机合成中的特殊用途而受到化学家们的重视，成为二茂铁衍生物中的一个重要研究领域。本文介绍从不同起始原料出发，合成胺烷基二茂铁衍生物的方法。     

Attachment of ferrocene nanotubes on beta-cyclodextrin self-assembled monolayers with molecular recognitions

Ferrocene nanotubes were fabricated by binding carboxylic acid-derivatized ferrocenes onto template peptide nanotubes via hydrogen bonding. When these ferrocene-functionalized nanotubes were incubated with beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) coated on patterned Au substrates in solution, the ferrocene nanotubes recognized and attached onto the beta-CD SAMs via host-guest molecular recognition. The ferrocene nanotubes were also observed to recognize the certain cavity size of CD. The attachment/detachment of nanotubes on the beta-CD SAMs was controlled electrochemically by tuning the redox states of ferrocene nanotubes. This electric field-responsive building block may be applied to build nanometer-sized switching components in electronics and sensors.     

Synthesis of Ferrocene Based Naphthoquinones and its Application as Novel Non‐enzymatic Hydrogen Peroxide

At present, a highly sensitive hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) sensor is fabricated by ferrocene based naphthaquinone derivatives as 2,3‐Diferrocenyl‐1,4‐naphthoquinone and 2‐bromo‐3‐ferrocenyl‐1,4‐naphthoquinone. These ferrocene based naphthaquinone derivatives are characterized by H‐NMR and C‐NMR. The electrochemical properties of these ferrocene based naphthaquinone are investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) on modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The modified electrode with ferrocene based naphthaquinone derivatives exhibits an improved voltammetric response to the H₂O₂ redox reaction. 2‐bromo‐3‐ferrocenyl‐1,4‐naphthoquinone show excellent non‐enzymatic sensing ability towards H₂O₂ response with a detection limitation of 2.7 μmol/L a wide detection range from 10 μM to 400 μM in H₂O₂ detection. The sensor also exhibits short response time (1 s) and good sensitivity of 71.4 μA mM^?1 cm^?2 and stability. Furthermore, the DPV method exhibited very high sensitivity (18999 μA mM^?1 cm^?2) and low detection limit (0.66 μM) compared to the CA method. Ferrocene based naphthaquinone derivative based sensors have a lower cost and high stability. Thus, this novel non‐enzyme sensor has potential application in H₂O₂ detection.     

Heterocyclic Esters of 1,1'-Ferrocenedicarboxylic Acid

Acylation of hydroxyl-containing heterocyclic compounds with 1,1'-ferrocenedicarbonyl chloride afforded diheteryl-1,1'-ferrocenedicarboxylates. Bisaldehyde-containing diesters were obtained by acylation of hydroxybenzaldehydes. The condensation of the latter with 2-naphthylamine or 4-phenylazoaniline resulted in the formation of the corresponding azomethines. The reduction of bisaldehyde-containing diesters furnished ferrocene-containing diols. Ferrocene tetrahydrobenzo[a]acridine-11-(7H)-one derivatives were synthesized as a result of the three-component cascade heterocyclization of ferrocene bisaldehyde-containing diesters with 2-naphthylamine and dimedone.     

含二茂铁的β-内酰胺的研究进展

β-内酰胺类抗生素是目前最具应用价值的抗生素, 其结构特征具有β-内酰胺环的基元结构, 该类化合物的设计、合成和立体化学研究一直是有机合成化学研究的前沿和热点领域. 二茂铁凭借其独特的结构和多样的性质, 在生物和医药方面均有广泛的应用价值. 因此, 二茂铁修饰的β-内酰胺是一类结构新颖且具有潜在生物活性的化合物. 对该类化合物的深入研究, 将对新型抗生素的研发提供重要的指导意义. 综述了近年来青霉烷类和头孢烯类β-内酰胺及单环类β-内酰胺这两大类含二茂铁取代的β-内酰胺衍生物的合成与生物活性的研究进展.