Synthesis and properties of catechol-fused tetrathiafulvalene derivatives and their hydrogen-bonded conductive charge-transfer salts
作者:Hiromichi Kamo、Akira Ueda、Takayuki Isono、Kazuyuki Takahashi、Hatsumi Mori
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.06.020
日期:2012.8
Catechol-fused tetrathiafulvalene (TIT) derivatives have been designed and synthesized as a new type of pi-electron donor molecules having two phenolic hydroxyl groups. Cyclic voltammetry measurements and quantum chemical calculations demonstrated the electronic effect of the direct fusion of the catechol unit to the TTF pi-skeleton. In the charge-transfer (CT) salts with bromide or chloride anions, a one-dimensional hydrogen-bonded chain was formed by the intermolecular OH center dot center dot center dot X network between the catechol moieties and the halide anions. The slight dissimilarity of the hydrogen-bond distances for the two CT salts gave rise to the significant differences in their overall molecular arrangements and intermolecular interactions as well as the electrical resistivities. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.