AND/NOT sensing of fluoride and cyanide ions by ferrocene-derivatised Lewis acids.

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A study was conducted to perform colorimetric sensing of fluoride and cyanide ions by ferrocene-derivatized Lewis acids. The study used a two-component sensor system, which offers a colorimetric solution to solve the problem of discriminating between fluoride and cyanide. The air-stable ferrocene-funmctionalized borane FcBMes2 was synthesized in 60% isolated yield from FcBBr2 and excess mesityllithium, representing an overall conversion of about 50% for the simple two-step synthesis from ferr...

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Authors: Broomsgrove, A; Addy, D; Bresner, C; Fallis, I; Thompson, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 7525-7529
• Publication date: 2008-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801381
• EISSN: 1521-3765
• ISSN: 0947-6539
• Language: English
• Keywords: Fluorides; Ferrous Compounds; Electrodes; Crystallography, X-Ray; Cyanides; Acids; Ions; Models, Molecular; Molecular Structure