title: Electrochemically controlled proton-transfer-catalyzed reactions at liquid-liquid interfaces: nucleophilic substitution on ferrocene methanol.
abstract: The generation of α-ferrocenyl carbocations from ferrocenyl alcohols for S(N)1 substitution at the water-organic solvent interface is initiated by the transfer of protons into the organic phase. The proton flux, and hence the reaction rate, can be controlled by addition of a suitable "phase-transfer catalyst" anion or by external polarization with a potentiostat, providing a new method for the synthesis of ferrocene derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Aalto University, Finland.
authors.forename: Pekka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peljo
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Lasse
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Murtomäki
authors.forename: Christoffer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johans
authors.forename: Hubert H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Girault
authors.forename: Kyösti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kontturi
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D000075163:Metallocenes; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011522:Protons; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D000075163:Metallocenes; D011522:Protons; C004998:ferrocene; D000432:Methanol