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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Salts of extended tetrathiafulvalene analogues: relationships between molecular structure, electrochemical properties
Pierre Frère1, Peter J Skabara
1Groupe Systemes Conjugues Lineaires, CIMMA, UMR-CNRS 6200, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex France. pierre.frere@univ-angers.fr
Abstract:
By considering the structures of many salts derived from extended TTF analogues, relationships between the molecular architecture of the donors with their electrochemical properties and their stacking mode in the salts are presented in this critical review. Three categories of donors corresponding to their extension modes have been considered. Firstly, for linearly extended TTFs the crucial role of the spacer in modifying the electrochemical properties and the packing mode in the salts is presented. Secondly, bidimentional extension of the donors obtained by linking several dithiafulvenyl units on a TTF core led to materials with increased dimensionality. Finally, the last class corresponds to the fusion, directly or across a benzene ring, of TTF frameworks. The former are the base of many salts with metallic behaviour. (148 references.).
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