Thirteen bis(π-arene)iron(Ⅱ) compounds were synthesized.They are [Ar FelB
12H
12(Ar=C
6H
6;MeC
6H
5;EtC
6H
5;n-PrC
6H
5;t-Pr-C
6H
5;p-Me
2C
6H
4,o-Me
2C
6H
4; 1,2,4-Me
3C
6H
3;1,3,5-Me
3C
6H
3;and 1,2,4,5-MeC
6h
2)and [Ar
2Fe][PF6]
2(Ar=p-Me
2C
6H
4;and
These compounds have all been identified by elemental analysis and IRspectra,some of them by MS and
1HNMR.The thermal behavior of these compounds has been investigated by DTA-TGmethod and IRspectroscopy,and their thermal stability was described.