Electrocrystallization of 1,1,2-trichloroethane solutions of the redox-active secondary amide,3-methylamido-3',4'-ethylenedithiotetrathiafulvalene (EDT-TTF-CONHMe
1) in the presenceof
n-Bu
4NF supported on silica gel afforded a mixed-valence chloride salt, formulated (
1)
2[Cl·H
2O] from elemental analysis and X-ray crystal structure resolution. The chloride anionand water molecule are disordered on the same site, and coordinated to the
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-donor moleculeby two strong hydrogen bonds involving the amidic N-H and the aromatic C-H group
orthoto the amide, thereby qualifying a robust pair of tweezers-like cyclic motif. This efficientanion recognition effect is also observed in solution, as demonstrated by
1H NMR downfieldshifts of both the N-H and C-H hydrogen atom resonances, as well as by a cathodic shiftof the oxidation potential of
1 upon Cl
- complexation, establishing that the actualelectrocrystallized species is a solvated anionic chloride complex [(
1·Cl
-)(H
2O)
n] rather thanthe free amide. (
1)
2[Cl·H
2O] adopts a layered
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' '-type structure with segregation of thehydrophobic (EDT-TTF) and hydrophilic (amide, Cl
-, H
2O) fragments. The HOMO-HOMOintermolecular interaction energies for the donor layers are large and the Fermi surfaceexhibits a pronounced two-dimensional character. The EPR Dysonian line observed below120 K indicates an highly conducting system, confirmed by high room-temperatureconductivity of 120 S cm
-1 and metallic behavior down to 0.47 K, with a 167-fold increaseof the conductivity, but no indication however of a transition to a superconducting state, alikely consequence of the Cl
-/H
2O disorder.