A comparison of the kinetic parameters (E_α, g(α), and A_α) and thermodynamic parameters (ΔS, ΔH, and ΔG) for Step 4, 5, and 6 observed for the thermal decomposition of FO₁₁ and ferrocene carboxaldehyde (FcCHO).

Parameters	Material	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6
Steps (K)	FO11	439–515	440–568	515–625
	FcCHOa	472–512	452–641	585–678
E α (kJ mol−1)	FO11	52–67	82–137	128–209
	FcCHOa	40–81	45 – 105	165 – 235
g(α)b	FO11	[−ln (1 − α)]1/2, A2	[−ln (1 − α)]2/3, A3/2	[−ln (1 − α)]2/3, F3/2
	FcCHOa	[−ln (1 − α)]1/3, A3	[−ln (1 − α)]2/3, A3/2	1 − (1 − α)1/2, R2/F1/2
A α at α = 0.5 (min−1)	FO11	8.4 × 104	3.8 × 109	2.1 × 1016
	FcCHOa	2.3 × 105	9.2 × 105	4.5 × 1013
Av. ΔS (J mol−1 K−1)	FO11	−154.8	−74.4	36.6
	FcCHOa	−150.6	−126.8	−15.3
Av. ΔH (kJ mol−1)	FO11	52.9	101.3	175.0
	FcCHOa	58.7	83.3	181.6
Av. ΔG (kJ mol−1)	FO11	128.4	141.9	154.1
	FcCHOa	137.6	162.6	191.8

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^bFor symbols used, refer to Table S1.