Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2009,5, No. 6, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.6
)ferrocenes 8, 10 and 11 exhibited two and three oxidation waves associated with two reduction waves.
Keywords: cyclic voltammetry; charge-transfer (CT) complexes; diacylferrocenes; electrochemical properties; ferrocene-π-extended-dithiafulvalenes [bis(1,3-DTF)Fc’s]; organic conductors; Introduction
In conclusion, a number of 1,1′-substituted diacylferrocenes 5a–e were synthesized by Friedel–Crafts reaction. Their structures were confirmed by spectral analyses and were in satisfactory agreements with those reported in literature. Some new 1,1′-bis(1,3-DTF)Fc’s and Fc-DTFs were made as