Donor-acceptor complex of a new bis-TTF donor containing a pyridine diester spacer with TCNQ as the acceptor: a disappointing system.

A new bis-TTF donor (TTF is tetrathiafulvalene) containing a pyridine diester spacer, namely bis{2-[(6,7-tetramethylene-3-methylsulfanyltetrathiafulvalen-2-yl)sulfanyl]ethyl} pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate-tetracyanoquinodimethane-dichloromethane (2/1/2), 2C(33)H(33)NO(4)S(12) x C(12)H(4)N(4) x 2 CH(2)Cl(2), has been synthesized and its electron-donating ability determined by cyclic voltammetry. The electrical conductivity and crystal structure of this donor-acceptor (DA) complex with TCNQ (tetracyanoquinodimethane) as the acceptor are presented. The TCNQ moiety lies across a crystallographic inversion centre. In the crystal structure, TTF and TCNQ entities are arranged in alternate stacks; this feature, together with the bond lengths of the TCNQ molecule, suggest that the expected charge transfer has not occurred and that the D and A entities are in the neutral state, in agreement with the poor conductivity of the material (sigma(RT) = 2 x 10(-6) S cm(-1)).

A bi-TTF with a bipyridine spacer: 4,4'-bis-[(3,6,7-trimethyl-sulfanyltetra-thia-fulvalen-2-yl)sulfanylmeth-yl]-2,2'-bipyridine.

The title compound, C(30)H(28)N(2)S(16), is a precursor to hybrid magnetic materials. The complete molecule is generated by a crystallographic inversion centre. In the crystal structure, the TTF core is not planar and adopts a chair conformation; the two C(3)S(2) rings are folded around the S⋯S hinges, the dihedral angles being 17.14 (8) and 13.46 (7)°. There is a short S⋯S contact [3.4863  (14) Å] in the crystal structure.

Co(II)-Co(II) paddlewheel complex with a redox-active ligand derived from TTF.

A new trimethyltetrathiafulvalene (Me3TTF) derivative Me3TTF-CH=CH-py bearing a pyridyl was synthesized and coordinated to a cobalt(II) benzoate dimer, having paddlewheel core structure, leading to a complex formulated as Co2(PhCOO)4(Me3TTF-CH=CH-py)2. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies of the complex performed at 293 and 100 K evidenced the existence of a weak metal-metal interaction. Magnetic studies revealed an antiferromagnetic behavior, which is explained as the result of the direct exchange between metal centers.

Metallic polycrystalline thin films of the single-component neutral molecular solid Ni(tmdt)2.

Metallic thin films of the single-component, neutral, molecular solid Ni(tmdt)2 have been prepared by electrocrystallization on passivated silicon substrates. Metallicity is achieved down to 6 K despite the polycrystalline morphology.

Synthesis and Downstream Reactions of 2-(Triphenylphosphino)-4,5-dicarbomethoxy-1,3-diselenole Tetrafluoroborate: X-ray Crystal Structure of a Nitroso Derivative of a 2-Ylidene-1,3-diselenole Stabilized by an Intramolecular O.Se Interaction.

The title 1,3-diselenole Wittig reagent 9 has been synthesised by a new, efficient route from readily-available starting materials and reacted with a variety of functionalized aldehydes to form the corresponding 2-ylidene-1,3-diselenones 12 in respectable yields. X-ray analysis of a nitrosated derivative 14e, prepared by the reaction of 12e with isoamyl nitrite, has provided the first direct evidence for the stabilization of such systems by intramolecular oxygen-selenium interactions.