Two methylated bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (ET) derivatives, Me2ET and Me4ET were stereoselectively synthesized to examine the effect of methylation on conformations of dihydrodithiin rings and molecular arrangements in the crystalline state. Since the donating ability of Me2ET and Me4ET are similar to that of ET, the methylated ET derivatives are considered to be appropriate to investigate the “lattice pressure” effect on ET radical salts by changing the volume of donor molecules. The upper limit of an activation energy for the ring inversion of the dimethylated dihydrodithiin in solution was estimated to be 32 kJ mol−1 by 13C NMR spectroscopy. The X-ray structure analyses revealed that orientations of methyl groups are fixed to axial in Me2ET and to equatorial in Me4ET, accompanied by the change of molecular stacking. The “volume of a methyl group” was evaluated by comparing the molecular volumes of Me2ET and Me4ET with that of ET, and the effective volume for the axial methyl group turns out to be 15% larger than that of the equatorial. The solid state 13C NMR (CP/MAS) spectra of ET and its derivatives showed that the chemical shifts of resonance lines reflect the conformations of dihydrodithiin rings in crystals.
立体选择性合成了两种甲基化双(乙撑二
硫)
四硫富瓦烯 (ET) 衍
生物 Me2ET 和 Me4ET,以研究甲基化对二氢二
硫环构象和结晶态分子排列的影响。由于Me2ET和Me4ET的供体能力与ET相似,因此甲基化的ET衍
生物被认为适合通过改变供体分子的体积来研究对ET自由基盐的“晶格压力”效应。通过 13C NMR 光谱估计溶液中二甲基化二氢二
硫因环反转的活化能上限为 32 kJ mol−1。 X射线结构分析表明,Me2ET中甲基的取向固定为轴向,Me4ET中甲基的取向固定为赤道,并伴随着分子堆积的变化。通过比较Me2ET和Me4ET与ET的分子体积来评估“甲基的体积”,结果发现轴向甲基的有效体积比赤道上的有效体积大15%。 ET及其衍
生物的固态13C NMR(CP/MAS)谱表明,共振线的
化学位移反映了晶体中二氢二
硫因环的构象。