Effect of the Nature of the Solvent on the Formation of Ferrocene Cations during the Protonation of Acetil- and 1,1'-Diacetylferrocene with Perchloric Acid and Their Oxidation with Iodine

Abstract

It is established that the rate of the formation of ferrocenium cations in reaction mixture acetylferrocene (1,1'-diacetylferrocene) + I2 + HClO4 as a result of the protonation of metal complexes (MCs) and their oxidation with iodine in dioxane and acetonitrile depends on different mechanisms and is described by kinetic equations obtained by analyzing schemes of the process. The observed difference is due to different roles of the protonation of metal complexes and their oxidation with iodine in these solvents.