Abstract

Reaction of a 1,3-bis(ferrocenylchalcogeno)propane, FcE(CH2)3E'Fc (L: E, E' = Se or Te; Fc = [Fe(eta5-C5H5)(eta5-C5H4)]), with a palladium(II) or platinum(II) precursor [M(NCMe)4](PF6)2 (M = Pd or Pt) in acetonitrile at room temperature led in good yield to the bis-chelate complexes [ML2](PF6)2. The structures of FcSe(CH2)3SeFc and all six complexes have been determined by X-ray crystallography. Electrochemical studies showed that electronic communication between ferrocenyl groups, absent in all three bis(ferrocenylchalcogeno)propanes, is established on complexation only for E = Se and E' = Se or Te, when the through-bond Fe...Fe distance is reduced to 13.17 A or less.

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