Functionalised organosulfur donor molecules: Synthesis of racemic hydroxymethyl-, alkoxymethyl- and dialkoxymethyl-bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalenes

Nezire Saygili, R. James Brown, Peter Day, Robert Hoelzl, Poopathy Kathirgamanathan, Eileen R. Mageean, Turan Ozturk, Melanie Pilkington, Mohammed M.B. Qayyum, Scott S. Turner, Lars Vorwerg, John D. Wallis*

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Abstract

Short synthetic routes to racemic derivatives of bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene carrying one hydroxymethyl (HMET), alkoxymethyl or dialkoxymethyl side chain are reported along with cyclic voltammetry measurements and conversion of HMET to (2:1) radical cation salts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5015-5026
Number of pages12
JournalTetrahedron
Volume57
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jun 2001
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We should like to thank the EPSRC Mass Spectrometry Service for data, the EPSRC Chemical Data Service 27 and the EPSRC for a grant (GR/F/86021) and a studentship (R. J. B.). We thank Dr F. Turksoy of the Marmara Research Centre, Turkey for two cyclic voltammetry measurements, and we thank Professor Robin Clark of the Chemistry Dept, University College London for access to the Ramascope and Dr Steven Firth for assistance with the measurements.

FundersFunder number
EPSRC Mass Spectrometry Service
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilGR/F/86021

    Keywords

    • Bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalenes
    • Organic conductors
    • Radical cation salts
    • Synthesis

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