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Molecular, Crystal, and Thin-Film Structures of Octathio[8]circulene: Release of Antiaromatic Molecular Distortion and Lamellar Structure of Self-Assembling Thin Films

โœ Scribed by Takuya Fujimoto; Rie Suizu; Hirofumi Yoshikawa; Kunio Awaga


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
495 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0947-6539

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โœฆ Synopsis


Carbon-sulfur compounds [1] have been studied extensively as key materials in organic/molecular electronics. A variety of poly-and oligothiophenes have been synthesized by organic synthesis and electrochemistry to elucidate their electronic properties. [2][3][4] TTF (= 1,4,5,8-tetrathiafulvalene) is a very important molecular skeleton as a donor for organic metals and superconductors; (7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane)] was the first organic metal to be developed into organic superconductors in the salts of TMTSF (= tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene), BEDT-TTF (bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene). [5] In these materials, intermolecular Sโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขS contacts play a crucial role in bringing about multidimensional electronic structures that are advantageous to electrical conduction. Cyclic oligothiophenes and thiocirculenes possess promising molecular structures from this perspective; the sulfur atoms are exposed to the outside of the molecular rings. Intermolecular Sโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขS contacts are naturally expected in their crystals. In addition, their molecular structures are of considerable interest because they involve the radialene framework that has been a theoretical and experimental matter of concern with regard to exocyclic double bonds, aromaticity, and p-conjugation. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Recently, Nenajdenko et al. synthesized octathio[8]circulene (2) from the parent compound, tetrathiophene (1), and 2 named "sulflower". [14] They obtained 2 as a red powder and estimated molecular and crystal structures from powder X-ray diffraction data, concluding the presence of a closed packing structure in the solid state with short intermolecular Sโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขS contacts. [14] Although the synthesis of 2 has attracted much attention, there is no single-crystal X-ray analysis; the


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