Characterization and spectroelectrochemical properties of a binuclear trans,trans-bis(ferrocenylidene)acetone [(C5H5)Fe(C5H4CHCH)]2CO
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Ft Ir
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The binuclear compound trans,trans-bis(ferrocenylidene)acetone [(C5H5)Fe(C5H4CHCH)]2CO (dFca) has been synthesized in quantitative yield and characterized by FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR, and mass spectroscopy. Cyclic voltammetry and coulometry measurements suggest that a reversible two-electron oxidative process takes place at 0.68 V vs. SSCE. FT-IR and UV–VIS spectroelectrochemical analyses show that this oxidative process occurs at the ferrocenyl centers. The compound is also found to be emissive in the solid state (λmax = 780 nm), and charge transfer assignments for the lowest singlet and triplet excited states are made. Keywords: ferrocenyl, spectroelectrochemistry, electronic charge transfer, emission spectroscopy.