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Ferrocenyl derivatives with one, two, or three sulfur-containing arms for self-assembled monolayer formation
Hu, Jian,Mattern, Daniell Lewis
, p. 2277 - 2281 (2007/10/03)
Self-assembled monolayers of electroactive molecules can form on gold electrodes if the molecules include a sulfur-containing group to coordinate with the gold surface. We have prepared a molecule with a tripod of sulfur groups that has the potential of fixing the geometry of the molecule relative to the gold surface. The target (3) contained the good one-electron donor ferrocene connected through a benzene spacer to an isobutane tripod, with each arm of the tripod ending in a methylthio group. Analogous compounds with one (1) and two (2) coordinating arms were also prepared.
