Ferroceneboronic Acid | CAS 12152-94-2 | ≥95%

Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling

• Coupling partner for the introduction of ferrocenyl fragments into organic frameworks via palladium-catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura reactions — enabling direct access to ferrocene-containing biaryl and heteroaryl scaffolds
• Applied in the synthesis of ferrocene-appended conjugated systems, donor-acceptor architectures, and functional organometallic materials where the redox-active ferrocene unit is incorporated into a larger π-system
• Used in coupling reactions with organic triflates, aryl halides, and heteroaryl partners under standard palladium catalysis conditions

Electrochemistry & Sensing

• Redox-active electrochemical probe exploiting the reversible Fe(II)/Fe(III) oxidation couple — modulated by the electron-withdrawing boronic acid group relative to unsubstituted ferrocene
• Applied in the development of electrochemical sensors for saccharides, diols, and other cis-diol-containing analytes — the boronic acid unit provides selective, reversible covalent binding while the ferrocene unit provides the electrochemical readout
• Used as a self-reporting boronic acid probe in supramolecular recognition systems where binding events are transduced as measurable changes in the ferrocene redox potential

HPLC & GC/MS Derivatisation

• Established cyclic boronating reagent for GC/MS analysis — reacts with vicinal diols and carbohydrates to form cyclic boronate esters that are amenable to chromatographic separation and mass spectrometric detection
• Applied as an HPLC labelling reagent for electrochemical detection of diol-containing compounds, exploiting the ferrocene unit as an amperometric label

Materials Science & Organometallic Chemistry

• Building block for the synthesis of ferrocene-containing polymers, dendrimers, and supramolecular assemblies where the boronic acid group enables dynamic covalent bond formation with diol-functionalised partners
• Applied in the preparation of ferrocene-appended subporphyrins and other macrocyclic architectures studied for their unique electronic and electrochemical properties
• Precursor for ferrocenyl boronate esters (pinacol, MIDA) used in iterative cross-coupling strategies and complex organometallic molecule assembly