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| Investigation of multilevel ion-pairing effect of triferrocenylmethane in organic phase |
| De-Bo Xianga,b, Hui-Bo Shaoa |
a Key Laboratory of Cluster Science (Ministry of Education of China), School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
b China Aviation Lithium Battery Co., Ltd., Henan 471003, China |
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Abstract The intramolecular electronic communication and multilevel ion-pairing effect of triferrocenylmethane (TriFcM) in organic phase was studied with the ‘‘thin-layer electrochemistry'' approach. Three pairs of symmetric peaks in cyclic voltammetry of TriFcM correspond to three one-electron electrochemical reaction processes and indicate strong intramolecular electronic communication, which could be used to study the multilevel ion-pairing effect. Three different formation constants of ion-pairs between the three ferroceniums of TriFcM and perchlorate in thin organic film were obtained and compared.
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Received: 22 May 2014
Published: 08 July 2014
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| Fund: The authors gratefully acknowledge the NSFC (No. 21173023), the 111 Project (No. B07012) in China and the TriFcM provided from professor Hua-Zhong Yu at Simon Fraser University in Canada. |
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Corresponding Authors:
Hui-Bo Shao
E-mail: hbs@bit.edu.cn
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