Abstract Hetero nuclear bimetallocene compounds, ferrocenylruthenocene (FcRc), ferrocenylosmocene (FcOc), ruthenocenylosmocene (RcOc) and 1-ferrocenyl-4-ruthencoenylbenzene (FcPhRc) were synthesized by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling or Negishi coupling reaction. When these compounds were oxidized with I2, mixed-valence compounds, [(C5H5)FeII(C5H4-C5H4)OsIV-I(C5H5)]I3 (1), [(C5H5)RuII(C5H4-C5H4)OsIV-I(C5H5)]I3 (3) and [(C5H5)FeIII(C5H4-Ph-C5H4)RuIV-I(C5H5)](I3)2 (4), were obtained. The valence state was investigated by using 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and variable-temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy. FcOc was also oxidized by [(C5H5)2RuIV-Cl]PF6, and the ferrocenylosmocenium-Cl adduct [(C5H5)FeII(C5H4-C5H4)OsIV-Cl(C5H5)]PF6 (2) was obtained. The valence detrapping described as FeII-OsIV$ \rightleftharpoons $ FeIII-OsIII was observed by 1H NMR measurement in high-temperature solution. The valence detrapping was also observed in solid state by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy.
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