TITLE:
Ligand Exchange Reaction of Ferrocene with Heterocycles
AUTHORS:
Yutaka Okada, Hiroshi Huruya, Yasuhiro Imori
KEYWORDS:
Ferrocene, Ligand Exchange Reaction, Heterocycle
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Vol.5 No.4,
December
24,
2015
ABSTRACT: The ligand exchange reaction with heterocycles containing nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atoms was carried out. For the reaction with heterocycles, the order of the reactivity was S-heterocycles > N-heterocycles > O-heterocycles. Furthermore, when the results for the heterocycles were compared to those for the corresponding hydrocarbons, the hydrocarbons had a higher reactivity. These results mean that the reactivity would be mainly governed by the electron density of these arenes.