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Ferrocenyl Oligo(phenylene‐vinylene) Thiols for the Construction of Self‐Assembled Monolayers
Author(s) -
Amatore Christian,
Gazard Stephen,
Maisonhaute Emmanuel,
Pebay Cécile,
Schöllhorn Bernd,
SyssaMagalé JeanLaurent,
Wadhawan Jay
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.200700266
Subject(s) - chemistry , monolayer , ferrocene , phenylene , conjugated system , redox , self assembly , self assembled monolayer , polymer chemistry , electron transfer , combinatorial chemistry , electrochemistry , organic chemistry , electrode , polymer , biochemistry
A short and efficient preparation of conjugated oligo(phenylene‐ethylene) thiols bearing redox‐active ferrocene moieties is described. While minimising the number of synthetic steps, the proposed strategy permits the development of sets of oligomers with varying chain length. The redox properties of the compounds in solution are determined. Preliminary studies of self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold electrodes are discussed, and indicate that electron transfer through the SAMs is indeed rapid.(© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)