Design and Construction of Endo-Functionalized Multiferrocenyl Hexagons via Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly and Their Electrochemistry

• DOI: 10.1021/jo201979d
• Publication Date: 2011-12-22T13:40:47Z
• Authors: Li-Jun Chen; Quan-Jie Li; Jiuming He; Hongwei Tan; Zeper Abliz; Hai-Bo Yang
• Keywords: Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Molecular Structure; Coordination Complexes; Metallocenes; Electrochemistry; Ferrous Compounds; Crystallography, X-Ray; 01 natural sciences; Iron Compounds; 0104 chemical sciences

The construction of a new family of endo-functionalized multiferrocenyl hexagons with various sizes via coordination-driven self-assembly is described. The structures of these novel metallacycles, containing several ferrocenyl moieties at their interior surface, are characterized by multinuclear NMR ((31)P and (1)H) spectroscopy, cold-spray ionization mass spectrometry (CSI-TOF-MS), elemental analysis, and molecular modeling. Insight into the structural and electrochemical properties of these endo-functionalized multiferrocenyl hexagons was obtained through cyclic voltammetry investigation.