The properties of new 2,2'-ethanediylidene(1,3-dithiole)derivatives
5,
6, and
8-11 arereported.
Cy
cli
c voltammetri
c studies establish that they areeffi
cient donor mole
cules, withthe extended
conjugation resulting in stabilization of di
cations,relative to tetrathiafulvaleneTTF (
1). Radi
cal
cations are generated by oxidation ofthe neutral
compounds withtrifluoroa
ceti
c a
cid or anhydrous silver per
chlorate indi
chloromethane, and their ESR andproton ENDOR spe
ctra are reported. The bulk of the spin populationresides in the
centralS
2C=C-C=CS
2 part of the
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chars/pi.gif" BORDER=0 >-system.The X-ray
crystal stru
cture of donor
6 revealsthatthe 2,2'-ethanediylidene(1,3-dithiole) framework is planar.Donor
6 forms a
crystalline 1:1
charge-transfer
complex with TCNQ, the X-ray
crystal stru
cture of whi
chshows a mixedsta
ck stru
cture. A solution of this
complex in a
cetonitrileexhibits ESR spe
ctra of both radi
calions,
6·+ and TCNQ
·-.Stati
c sus
ceptibility data are reported for TCNQ
complexes ofsomeof these donors.