An aryl-fused redox-active tetrathiafulvalene with enhanced mixed-valence and radical-cation dimer stabilities.
Molecular recognition of stable organic radicals is a relatively novel, but important structural binding motif in supramolecular chemistry. Here, we report on a redox-switchable veratrole-fused tetrathiafulvalene derivative VTTF which is ideally suited for this purpose and for the incorporation into stimuli-responsive systems. As revealed by electrochemistry, UV/Vis measurements, X-ray analysis, and electrocrystallisation, VTTF can be reversibly oxidised to the corresponding radical-cation or dication which shows optoelectronic and structural propterties similar to tetrathiafulvalene and tetrakis(methylthio)tetrathiafulvalene. However, theoretical calculations, variable temperature EPR, and…
CCDC 1581480: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
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CCDC 1586984: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Related Article: Hendrik V. Schröder, Felix Witte, Marius Gaedke, Sebastian Sobottka, Lisa Suntrup, Henrik Hupatz, Arto Valkonen, Beate Paulus, Kari Rissanen, Biprajit Sarkar, Christoph A. Schalley|2018|Org.Biomol.Chem.|16|2741|doi:10.1039/C8OB00415C