A series of conjugated ferrocene-based organosilicon complexes with one, two, or threeferrocene units have been prepared via hydrosilylation of alkynes with ferrocenylsilanesusing Karstedt's catalyst (platinum-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane) and Rh(PPh
3)
3I. Reactionof 1,1'-bis(dimethylsilyl)ferrocene (
1) with 2 equiv of RC
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CR
1 (R = H, R
1 = Ph, SiMe
3, Fc{Fc = (
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-C
5H
5)Fe(
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-C
5H
4)}; R = SiMe
3, R
1 = Ph, Fc) gave Fe[(
5-C
5H
4)(Me)
2SiC(R)=CHR
1]
2complexes (type 1) with varying regiochemical distributions.
Addition of 2 equiv ofdimethylsilylferrocene (
2) to dialkynes R-C
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C-X-C
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C-R [R = H, X = C
6H
4 (1,4- and1,3-), SiMe
2; R = Me, X = Fc' {Fc' = (
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-C
5H
4)Fe(
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-C
5H
4)}; R = SiMe
3, X = C
6H
4 (1,4- and1,3-); R = Ph, X = nothing] resulted in Fc(Me)
2Si(R)C=C(H)-X-(H)C=C(R)Si(Me)
2Fccomplexes (type 2), again with varying regiochemical distributions. The platinum-promotedhydrosilylations resulted in
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-(
E) and
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-regioisomers, whereas the rhodium-catalyzedreactions gave primarily
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-(
Z) species with minor amounts of the
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-(
E) isomer. X-raycrystallographic studies of the predominant
adducts obtained from
1 and Me
3SiC
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CPh aswell as
2 and Me
3Si-C
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C-C
6H
4-C
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C-SiMe
3 (1,4-) using Karstedt's catalyst are described.Cyclic voltammetry shows single redox waves for most systems indicative of no interactionbetween the Fe-Fe centers. One complex, Fc(Me)
2Si(C=CH
2)-Fc'-Si(C=CH
2)(Me)
2Fc, showstwo reversible waves for the two different types of ferrocene center.