Crystal Structure and Electrochemical Properties of Ferrocenyl Aminophosphonic Esters

Abstract

A series of novel compounds of aminophosphonates bearing the ferrocenyl moiety are obtained. X-ray Crystallography of 2c reveals that it belongs to monoclinic system with space group P2(1)/c, R1 = 0.0620, wR2 = 0.1516. The cyclic voltammetric behavior of these compounds show one pair of quasi-reversible and redox waves in the potential range of 0.0–1.0 V and it is controlled by diffusion. The diffusion coefficient decrease with increasing in the molecular weight of the compounds and the size of the molecules. CCDC: 679937

Keywords:

• aminophosphonates
• crystal structure
• electrochemical properties
• ferrocene

The authors thank Luoyang Normal College for the diffraction measurements and Henan Province Natural Science Foundation (No. 06110214000). This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20771093).