Abstract
We report in this communication the study of the intramolecular electron transfer through a 2,7-diethynylfluorenyl spacer in the Fe(II)/ Fe(III) mixed-valent (MV) complex [(eta(2)-dppe)(eta(5)-C5Me5)FeC C(2,7-C21H24)C CFe-(eta(5)-C5Me5)(eta(2)-dppe)][PF6] (1[PF6]). The complex is generated in situ by comproportionation from its homovalent dinuclear Fe(II) and Fe(III) parents (1 and 1[PF6](2)). It is shown that electronic delocalization is much more effective through a 2,7-fluorenyl than through a 4,4'-biphenyl bridging unit.