Ferrocene Introduced into 5-Methylresorcinol-Based Organic Aerogelsстатья
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Аннотация:The polycondensation sol–gel reaction of 5-methylresocinol and formaldehyde withadditional compounds in reaction media is a relatively simple way to produce modifiedaerogels. In order to obtain aerogels with a large surface area and high porosity, the conditionsfor gel formation, the solvent exchange process before drying, and the supercritical dryingprocess were optimized. A successful attempt was made to introduce ferrocene units into5-methylresocinol-formaldehyde-based aerogels. The resulting aerogels are amorphous substrates,and no aggregated ferrocene units were found in their structures. All of the aerogel samples that wereobtained are structurally similar despite differences in the original ferrocene units and their initialconcentration. It was found that the inclusion limit of ferrocene structural blocks into an aerogelis ~6% wt. The structures of the inclusions in which all of the Fe atoms in the aerogel substrateswere present in ferrocene/ferrocenium at an approximate ratio of 60/40 to 55/45 were confirmed byX-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Aerogels with ferrocene/ferroceniuminclusions are likely to exhibit reversible redox activity in reactions with gaseous reagents.