title: Mechanochemical and silica gel-mediated formation of highly electron-poor 1-cyanocarbonylferrocene.
abstract: Simple manual grinding of solid cyanomethylferrrocene (1) and silica gel provides a facile one-pot access route to prepare unexpected and highly electron-poor metallocene, 1-cyanocarbonylferrocene (2). Electrochemical measurements supported by computational studies reveal that 2 exhibits the highest Fe(II)/Fe(III) oxidation potential reported for mono-substituted ferrocenes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain. isabel.cuadrado@uam.es.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nieto
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bruña
authors.forename: M Merced
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Montero-Campillo
authors.forename: Josefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perles
authors.forename: Ana Ma
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: González-Vadillo
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: Otilia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cuadrado