CAN catalysis and click chemistry routes in the synthesis of carborane-containing ferrocenes

CAN-catalyzed reactions between alpha-ferrocenyl ethanol or ferrocenyl methanol and S-, N- and O-carborane nucleophiles are reported. This approach is an efficient and simple procedure for the preparation of carborane derivatives containing ferrocenyl units. Energy and geometry optimizations of some carboranylthio-, carboranylamino- and carboranyloxy-substituted ferrocenes have been calculated using the density functional theory. A series of new ferrocene-containing carborane 1,2,3-triazoles have been synthesized in good yields through a facile copper-mediated 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of alkynyl ferrocenes with [(o-carboran-1-yl)methyl]azide. Molecular structure of carborane-substituted ferrocenyl triazole was established by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. Representative examples of all ferrocenyl carboranes prepared were characterized by IR, H-1 and B-11 NMR spectroscopy. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.