{"title":"Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Double-Decker Buckyferrocenes","authors":"Yutaka Matsuo (537076), Kazukuni Tahara (1402816), Eiichi Nakamura (537079)","doi":"10.1021/ja061175x.s002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/ja061175x.s002","url":null,"abstract":"<i>D</i><sub>5</sub><i><sub>d</sub></i>- and <i>C</i><sub>5</sub><i><sub>v</sub></i>-symmetric double-decker buckyferrocene Fe<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>60</sub>R<sub>10</sub>)Cp<sub>2</sub> (R<sub>10</sub> = Me<sub>5</sub>Ph<sub>5</sub> and Me<sub>10</sub>) represents a new type of diiron complexes featuring conjugative connection of two ferrocene groups by a hoop-shaped [10]cyclophenacene. The compounds exhibit two-electron oxidation and two-electron reduction behavior, generating dicationic and dianionic species. The two iron atoms interact with each other through the π-conjugation of the cyclophenacene, as revealed by differential pulse voltammetric analysis of the <i>D</i><sub>5</sub><i><sub>d</sub></i> Fe<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>60</sub>Me<sub>10</sub>)Cp<sub>2</sub>.","PeriodicalId":523804,"journal":{"name":"Figshare","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147922209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}