Anodic behaviour investigation of (ferrocenylmethyl)‎ trimethylammonium cation

الملخص EN

The quaternary ammonium salt (ferrocenylmethyl) trimethylammonium iodide 4 containing an amminomethyl group has been prepared by the amminomethylation of ferrocene 1 with the Mannich reagent followed by quaternisation with iodomethane.

The obtained tertiary ammine 3 and its methiodide 4 have been characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR.

Their electrochemical behaviours have been investigated by cyclic voltammetry, indicating that the quaternary salt 4 exhibit reversible one-electron oxidations of the ferrocene moiety, which is influenced by the aminomethy 1 group introduced to the ferrocene centre.

The same remakes were observed even at slow scan rates.