title: Avoiding problem reactions at the ferrocenyl-alkyne motif: a convenient synthesis of model, redox-active complexes for molecular electronics.
abstract: A much improved route to 1,1'-bis(arylethynyl)ferrocenes comprising accessible thiolates on the aryl ring is reported. Unanticipated reactions between AcCl, TBAF-BBr3 and ferrocenyl-alkynes are also discussed, offering a rationale for previous synthetic difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. n.long@imperial.ac.uk t.albrecht@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Inkpen
authors.forename: Andrew J P
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Long