The Preparation and Some Properties of 1,4,7-Trithia7- and 1,5,9-Trithia9ferrocenophanes and Their Copper(I), Silver(I), Mercury(II), and Palladium(II) Complexes

Abstract 1,5,9-Trithia9ferrocenophane was prepared by the reaction of 1,1′-bis(3-chloropropylthio)ferrocene with sodium sulfide. The complexes of 1,5,9-trithia9ferrocenophane, along with 1,4,7-trithia7ferrocenophane, with copper(I), silver(I), mercury(II), and palladium(II) salts were prepared. Some interaction between the iron atom and the metal atoms coordinated to the thia-crown moiety was suggested from their spectral data in the solution for the complexes of 1,4,7-trithia7ferrocenophane with mercury(II) and palladium(II) salts and the complex of 1,5,9-trithia9ferrocenophane with silver(I) tetrafluoroborate.