Some Fe(II) ferrocenylacetylide complexes, [(Cp orCp*)(PP)FeC
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CFc], were prepared bythe photolysis of the corresponding carbonyl complexes [(Cp orCp*)(CO)
2FeC
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CFc] in thepresence of diphosphines (PP = dppe, dppm, dmpe). The cyclicvoltammograms showedtwo quasi-reversible waves at -0.47 to -0.84 and +0.08 to +0.12V. The one-electron-oxidized species were isolated as relatively stable solids from thereaction of the neutralFe(II) complexes with DDQ or FcHPF
6. The oxidizedcomplexes exhibited an intervalencetransfer band at 1295-1595 nm, and the interaction parameters werecalculated from theposition (
2 = (0.98-2.44) × 10
-2).This suggests that these are highly electrondelocalizedmixed-valence complexes. The IR spectra (
CC =1956-1976 cm
-1), the ESR spectra(appearance of one broad signal), and the Mössbauer spectra (QS= 2.00-2.26 mm s
-1)support the above suggestion. The structure of[Cp(dppe)FeC
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CFC] was determined bysingle-crystal X-ray diffraction.