ferrocene 102-54-5

1) It can be used to make synthetic ammonia catalysts, silicone resins and rubber curing agents.

2) It can be used as an energy-saving smoke suppressant and anti-knock agent for fuel. It is often used in various fuels, such as diesel, gasoline, heavy oil, coal, etc. Ferrocene addition ratio: Adding 0.1% ferrocene to automotive diesel can save 10-14% of fuel oil and reduce the smoke density in the exhaust gas by 30-80%. Adding 0.03% ferrocene to methanol can make an artificial liquefied gas with a combustion value of 3372-38656 KJ-KG, while adding 0.3% to heavy oil and 0.2% to coal can reduce fuel consumption and reduce smoke density by 30%. This is mainly because the iron decomposed from ferrocene is deposited on the surface of the spark plug, which enhances its thermal conductivity and makes the burning rate more sufficient.

3) It can replace the toxic tetraethylene lead in gasoline as an anti-knock agent to prepare high-grade unleaded gasoline to eliminate the pollution of fuel emissions to the environment and the harm to the human body.

4) Used as radiation absorber, heat stabilizer, light stabilizer and smoke retardant. (Some derivatives of ferrocene can prevent the degradation of polyethylene by light. When used for agricultural mulch, it can be naturally degraded and broken within a certain period of time without affecting farming and fertilization. In addition, it can also be used as a protective agent for polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyester fibers to improve the thermal stability of plastics, rubber, and fibers.)

5) It can be used as a burning rate catalyst for rocket propellants in the aerospace industry.

6) Antioxidant for rubber or polyethylene

7) Curing catalyst for polyester resin

8) It can be used to prepare silicone oil emulsion

Related applications:

The product itself has few applications, but a wide variety of derivatives can be synthesized using known methods, which greatly extends its application range.

1. Medicine

Some ferrocene salts have anti-cancer activity, such as the ferrocene analog of tamoxifen. The mechanism is that tamoxifen can bind to estrogen and its cytotoxicity can kill cancer cells.

2. Ligands

Chiral ferrocenephosphine ligands are used in some transition element catalyzed reactions. Such reactions are used industrially to synthesize drugs and agricultural chemicals.

Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf) is an important ligand in organic synthesis, and the mechanism of many coupling reactions is based on the formation of its palladium complex.

3. Materials Science

The easy sublimation property of this product can be used to deposit certain fullerenes or carbon nanotubes.

Aldehydes and phosphonium salts undergo a Wittig reaction in the presence of sodium hydroxide to produce vinyl ferrocene. The compound is polymerized to obtain a polymer similar to polystyrene, in which the phenyl group is replaced by a ferrocene group.