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Unusual demetalation of iron from [2]ferrocenophane skeleton of di-nuclear ferracycle carbonyl complex |
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| Authors: | Radhe Shyam Ji Mohd Tauqeer Amrendra K Singh Biswarup Pathak Mobin M Shaikh Pradeep Mathur |
| Institution: | 1. School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Indore, 453552 India;2. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076 India;3. School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Indore, 453552 India
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076 India |
| Abstract: | Photolysis of a hexane solution containing 1,1′- bis (trimethylsilylethynyl)ferrocene ( 1 ) and Fe (CO)5, under argon at 0 °C led to the formation of dinuclear complexes Fe (CO)2{η2:η2 – C (SiMe3) = C(C5H4)FeC(C5H4) = C (SiMe3)Fe (CO)3}–μ–CO] ( 2 ) and Fe (CO)2{η2:η2–C (SiMe3) = C(C5H5)–C(C5H5) = C (SiMe3)Fe (CO)3}–μ–CO] ( 3 ). DFT calculations support the experimentally observed demetalation of ferrocene unit of 2 to 3 in presence of water. These compounds were comprehensively characterized by IR and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and crystallographically ( 1 and 3 ). |
| Keywords: | Demetalation DFT Ferrocenophane iron carbonyl |