A clickable form of ferrocene
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Ethynylferrocene

Item No. 43793

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Technical Information
Formal Name
ethynyl-ferrocene
CAS Number
1271-47-2
Molecular Formula
C12H10Fe
Formula Weight
210.1
Purity
≥95%
Formulation (Request formulation change)
A solid
Solubility(Learn about Variance in Solubility)
DMSO: Soluble: ≥10 mg/mlEthanol: Soluble: ≥10 mg/ml
SMILES
C#C[C-]12[Fe+2]3456789([CH-]%10[CH]6=[CH]7[CH]8=[CH]9%10)[CH]1=[CH]3[CH]4=[CH]52
InChi Code
InChI=1S/C7H5.C5H5.Fe/c1-2-7-5-3-4-6-7;1-2-4-5-3-1;/h1,3-6H;1-5H;/q2*-1;+2
InChi Key
BXSUNBWPHNMDRM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Shipping & Storage Information
Storage
-20°C
Shipping
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere
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    Product Description

    Ethynylferrocene is a clickable form of the redox catalyst ferrocene.1 It has been used to label ssDNA to measure DNA hybridization rates and to immobilize oligonucleotides to silicon-modified surfaces to detect complementary DNA strands.1,2

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    References & Product Citations
    Product Description References

    1. Hu, Q., Deng, X., Kong, J., et al. Simple and fast electrochemical detection of sequence-specific DNA via click chemistry-mediated labeling of hairpin DNA probes with ethynylferrocene. Analyst 140(12), 4154-4161 (2015).

    2. Ciampi, S., James, M., Michaels, P., et al. Tandem "click" reactions at acetylene-terminated Si(100) monolayers. Langmuir 27(11), 6940-6949 (2011).