TENTACLED AROMATICS - FROM CENTRAL-RING TO OUTER-RING IRON SANDWICH COMPLEXES

Authors
FILLAUT JL ASTRUC D
Citation
Jl. Fillaut et D. Astruc, TENTACLED AROMATICS - FROM CENTRAL-RING TO OUTER-RING IRON SANDWICH COMPLEXES, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (17), 1993, pp. 1320-1322
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
17
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1320 - 1322
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1993):17<1320:TA-FCT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Hexamethoxyphenylethylbenzenes synthesized by hexaalkoxybenzylation of C6Me6 via their complexation to the Fe(C5H5)+ electron-withdrawing gr oup are readily cleaved by BBr3 to yield hexaphenols, leading to hexa- and hepta-iron sandwich complexes with six equivalent redox centres.