The ansa-metallocene [(C5Me4)2(CH2)4]Fe may be prepared from commercially available starting materials according to Ogasawara and co-workers (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 9069) in five steps.  Oxidation of this metallocene with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) should yield the title charge-transfer salt.  This material would represent a low-symmetry analog to the known metallocenium charge transfer salt [(C5Me5)2Fe][TCNE].  Progress towards the synthesis of this compound will be presented.

Toward the synthesis of the ansa-metallocenium charge transfer salt [((C5Me4)2(CH2)4)Fe]TCNE

244th National Meeting (2012)

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