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Nicholas M Harrison

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Chair of Computational Materials Science
 
 
 
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401LMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

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@article{Inkpen:2015:10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00811,
author = {Inkpen, MS and Du, S and Hildebrand, M and White, AJP and Harrison, NM and Albrecht, T and Long, NJ},
doi = {10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00811},
journal = {Organometallics},
pages = {5461--5469},
title = {The unusual redox properties of fluoroferrocenes revealed through a comprehensive study of the haloferrocenes},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00811},
volume = {34},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We report the synthesis and full characterization of the entire haloferrocene (FcX) and 1,1′-dihaloferrocene (fcX2) series (X = I, Br, Cl, F; Fc = ferrocenyl, fc = ferrocene-1,1′-diyl). Finalization of this simple, yet intriguing set of compounds has been delayed by synthetic challenges associated with the incorporation of fluorine substituents. Successful preparation of fluoroferrocene (FcF) and 1,1′-difluoroferrocene (fcF2) were ultimately achieved using reactions between the appropriate lithiated ferrocene species and N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide (NFSI). The crude reaction products, in addition to those resulting from analogous preparations of chloroferrocene (FcCl) and 1,1′-dichloroferrocene (fcCl2), were utilized as model systems to probe the limits of a previously reported “oxidative purification” methodology. From this investigation and careful solution voltammetry studies, we find that the fluorinated derivatives exhibit the lowest redox potentials of each of the FcX and fcX2 series. This counterintuitive result is discussed with reference to the spectroscopic, structural, and first-principles calculations of these and related materials.
AU  - Inkpen,MS
AU  - Du,S
AU  - Hildebrand,M
AU  - White,AJP
AU  - Harrison,NM
AU  - Albrecht,T
AU  - Long,NJ
DO  - 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00811
EP  - 5469
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1520-6041
SP  - 5461
TI  - The unusual redox properties of fluoroferrocenes revealed through a comprehensive study of the haloferrocenes
T2  - Organometallics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00811
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/32358
VL  - 34
ER  -
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