Friedel-Crafts functionalization of the cyclopentadienyl ligand in buckymetallocenes

Yutaka Matsuo, Yoichiro Kuninobu, Shingo Ito, Masaya Sawamura, Eiichi Nakamura

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Abstract

Acylated buckyferrocene and ruthenocene, Fe(η5-C 60Me5)(η5-C5H4COR) (R = Me, Ph, and CHCHPh) and Ru(η5-C60Me 5)(η5-C5H4COR) (R = Me and Ph), were obtained by Friedel-Crafts acylation of the parent buckymetallocenes with the corresponding acid chlorides and aluminum chloride in carbon disulfide at ambient temperature. The electron withdrawing and sterically hindered nature of the acyl groups were revealed by X-ray crystallography, infrared spectroscopy and electrochemical measurements. The possibility of further derivatizing the acylated products was illustrated by the conversion of the acetyl buckyruthenocene into the corresponding hydroxy and acetoxy compounds Ru(η5-C60Me5)(η5-C 5H4CH(OH)Me) and Ru(η5-C 60Me5)(η5-C5H 4CH(OAc)Me). This journal is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7407-7412
Number of pages6
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume43
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 28 2014
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Inorganic Chemistry

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