Alkylferrocene-based burning-rate catalysts (BRCs) show conspicuous migration tendency and volatility during prolonged storage and fabrication process of a composite solid propellant. To enhance anti-migration ability of the BRCs, forty novel ionic coordination compounds, [M(L) 4 (H 2 O) 2 ] m X n (M = Mn 2+ , Co 2+ , Cu 2+ , Ni 2+ , Zn 2+ , Fe 2+ , Pb 2+ , Cr 3+ , Bi 3+ , or Cd 2+ ; L = ferrocenylmethyl imidazole or ferrocenylmethyl-1,2,4-triazole; X = picrate or trinitroresorcinolate), were synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, UV/Vis, and elementary analysis. Additionally, the crystal structures of six compounds were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The TG analyses revealed that the new compounds show high thermal stability. Cyclic voltammetry stud-ARTICLE Scheme 1. Molecular structure of the new ionic ferrocenyl transitionmetal coordination compounds.
Experimental SectionMaterials and Equipment: AP, RDX, and HMX were provided by Xi'an Modern Chemistry Institute. N,N-Dimethylmethylferrocene was purchased from Meryer (Shanghai) Chemical Technology Co, Ltd. Both ferrocenylmethylimidazole and ferrocenylmethyl-1,2,4-triazole were synthesized as described previously. [7d,8] Additional reagents and chemicals were of AR grade and were used as received. Elemental analyses were performed with a Vario EL III Elemental Analyzer, Germany. DSC and TG studies were undertaken with a HS-1 model from Beijing Henven Scientific Instruments and Q50 model from TA of USA, respectively, operating at 5 K·min -1 in a nitrogen atmosphere (50 mL·min -1 ) with sample masses of ca. 3.0 mg. The UV/Vis absorption spectra of all the new compounds in DMSO solution (1.0 ϫ 10 5 mol·L -1 ) were recorded with a UV-2450 spectrophotometer (Shimadzu Corporation). Cyclic voltammograms were recorded with a CHI660C analyzer. Redox potentials were measured at a scan rate of 100 mV·s -1 in DMSO containing 0.1 mol·L -1 nBu 4 PF 6 as the supporting electrolyte. An Ag/Ag + reference electrode and a platinum working electrode were used. Prior to experiments, the system was purged with purified nitrogen gas to exclude dissolved oxygen from the solution.
Synthesis of Compounds 1-40:The ligands ferrocenylmethyl-1,2,4triazole (FcMTz) and ferrocenylmethylimidazole (FcMIz) were used for the synthesis of compounds 1-20 and 21-40, respectively. Picric acid (PA) was employed in the synthesis of 1-10 and 21-30, trinitroresorcinol (TNR) was used in the preparation of 11-20 and 31-40. The transition metal salts used herein were sulfates of Mn 2+ , Co 2+ , Cu 2+ , Ni 2+ , Zn 2+ , Fe 2+ and nitrates of Pb 2+ , Cr 3+ , Bi 3+ , Cd 2+ . The synthetic procedures for all the complexes were similar and the synthesis of 1 is detailed as a typical procedure. Meanwhile, during the preparation of the Pb II and Bi III compounds, 1 ϫ 10 -2 mol·L -1 nitric acid solution of their nitrates instead of their aqueous solution was used for proventing hydrolysis.To a 100 mL round-bottle flask containing an aqueous solution of MnSO 4 ·H 2 O (30 mL, 0.169 g, 1 mmol) whilst sti...