Patent ID: 7645893
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: C07F,C08F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A substituted ferrocenium compound corresponding to the formula: R + A − , wherein R + is a cationic, substituted ferrocenium complex, comprising at least one pendant oleophilic substituent on at least one of the cyclopentadienyl groups thereof, and A − is an inert, compatible, noncoordinating, anion wherein the ferrocenium compound is selected from the group consisting of: (decyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, (dodecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, (tetradecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, (octadecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, di(1,2-bisdecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, di(1,2-bisdodecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, di(1,2-bistetradecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, di(1,2-bisoctadecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, di(1,3-bisdecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, di(1,3-bisdodecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, di(1,3-bistetradecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate; and, di(1,3-bisoctadecyl)ferrocenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate.