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Macrocyclic stibine-bridged [1.1.1] and [1.1.1.1]ferrocenophanes
Arunabha Thakur1, Shantabh Bedajna1, Mohammadjavad Karimi1
1Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. francois@tamu.edu.
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Our interest in the design of antimony-bridged ferrocenophanes has led us to revisit the reaction of 1,1'-dilithioferrocene with PhSbCl2, leading to the isolation of the corresponding [1.1.1] and [1.1.1.1]ferrocenophanes, whose macrocyclic structure has been verified by X-ray diffraction. The [1.1.1]ferrocenophane has been used as a ligand for gold(I) halides, affording, in the case of the chloride derivative, a complex that exhibits carbophilic reactivity.
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