The acylation of ferrocene is a commonly performed reaction in undergraduate inorganic laboratories because it demonstrates Friedel-Crafts acylation and it introduces students to metal-arene complexes. With increased concern about the negative impacts that many chemical reactions are having on our environment, green chemistry has become more of an emphasis in classrooms and laboratories.  Various procedures that have already been presented as being greener than the traditional acylation of ferrocene will be compared to one another using qualitative and quantitative methods. The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry and green chemistry mass metrics will be used to evaluate the greenness of each of these reaction pathways.  The green star representation of these pathways will visually show the greenness of each pathway.

Acylation of ferrocene: Which is greener?

245th National Meeting (2013)

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