1′-Trimethylsilylethynyl-, 1′-ethenyl- and 1′-formyl-1- ethynylferrocenes: Syntheses and electrochemical properties

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2013.01.093

Efficient syntheses of 1′-trimethylsilylethynyl-, 1′-ethenyl-, and 1′-formyl-1-ethynylferrocenes are reported. The majority of these compounds exhibit chemically reversible ferrocene-based oxidation processes from cyclic voltammetry and thereby constitute