The first electron-donor-acceptor paracyclophanes with ferrocene NLO-phores: Synthesis, absorption and electrochemical properties

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/cber.19971300508

As potential nonlinear optical materials, 12-nitro-4,7-bis(2-ferrocenylvinyl)[2.2]paracyclophane (1) and 12-nitro-4,5,7,8-tetrakis(2-ferrocenylvinyl)[2.2]paracyclophane (2) have been synthesized by Pd-catalyzed coupling reactions of vinylferro-cene with the precursor cyclophanes 9 and 13, respectively. The absorption and electrochemical properties of 1 and 2 are also described. VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.