Synthesis and properties of novel TTF with flexible linker

Abstract

etrathiafulvalene (TTF) is known as donor component of molecular conductor. High conductive molucular conductor possesses face-to-face interaction in TTF columns. The face-to-face interaction is observed in oxidized some TTF dimers with several linkers but few examples of TTF trimer are reported. And so we synthesize and characterized novel TTF dimer 1a-4a and trimer 1b-4b with flexible linkers.