Michael S Inkpen et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 42(8), 2813-2816 (2012-12-13)
We report the large scale syntheses and 'oxidative purification' of fcI(2), fcBr(2) and FcBr (fc = ferrocene-1,1'-diyl, Fc = ferrocenyl). These valuable starting materials are typically laborious to separate via conventional techniques, but can be readily isolated by taking advantage