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Inside Cover: Multi‐Ferrocenyl Aryl Ethers – Applying Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions to Aryl Fluorides (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 02/2017)
Author(s) -
Korb Marcus,
Lang Heinrich
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201601555
Subject(s) - chemistry , hexafluorobenzene , nucleophilic aromatic substitution , fluorine , aryl , nucleophilic substitution , ether , benzene , nucleophile , medicinal chemistry , halogen , organic chemistry , catalysis , alkyl
This cover feature shows the easy conversion of aryl fluorides to multi‐ferrocenyl ethers. By choosing the desired amount of hydrogen and fluorine “puzzle pieces” for the starting material, almost every product can be obtained by nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions. As shown, the fluorine atoms are exchanged by FcO “pieces”, enabling the attachment of up to five ferrocenyl ether groups to the benzene core of the starting compound, hexafluorobenzene. After the first substitution, the subsequent attack occurs at the para ‐fluorine atom. The products have nice shapes, and their synthesis is as much fun as putting pieces of a puzzle together. Details are discussed in the article by M. Korb and H. Lang on page 276 ff (DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600850 ).