Céline Réthoré

Tetrathiafulvalene based phosphino-oxazolines: a new family of redox active chiral ligands

Reaction of the lithium salt of EDT-TTF-2-(4-methyl)oxazoline with chloro-diphenylphosphine afforded the novel redox active chiral chelating ligands, EDT-TTF-phosphino-oxazolines, for which a palladium (II) dichloride complex was synthesized and structurally characterized.

Order versus disorder in chiral tetrathiafulvalene-oxazoline radical-cation salts: structural and theoretical investigations and physical properties.

Electrocrystallization experiments with the chiral ethylenedithio-tetrathiafulvalene-methyl-oxazoline (EDT-TTF-OX) donors (R)-, (S)-, and (rac)-1 have provided two series of mixed-valence salts with the PF(6) (-) and [Au(CN)(2)](-) anions. Within each series the cell parameters are the same for the three R, S, and rac compounds, except for the space group, which is centrosymmetric triclinic P

Radical cation salts of BEDT-TTF, enantiopure tetramethyl-BEDT-TTF, and TTF-Oxazoline (TTF-Ox) donors with the homoleptic TRISPHAT anion

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Chiral molecular metals : Syntheses, structures, and properties of the AsF6-salts of racemic (±)-, (R)-, and (S)-tetrathiafulvalene-oxazoline derivatives

for the racemic forms and noncentrosymmetric P1 for the enantiopure salts. In the racemic salt [(rac)-1](2)PF(6) the two enantiomers crystallize disordered on the same crystallographic site with a site occupational factor of 0.6:0.4, whereas this type of disorder is not possible in the enantiopure salts. Both s-cis and s-trans conformations, when taking into account the mutual orientation of the TTF and oxazoline moieties, are present in this first series. In sharp contrast, in the series of salts [1](2)[Au(CN)(2)], only the s-trans conformation is observed with no structural disorder. Theoretical calculations at the DFT level of theory revealed a very small energy difference between the two stable planar s-cis and s-trans conformations, which are both energy minima in either neutral or oxidized states. Single-crystal conductivity measurements showed metallic-like behavior for all the salts down to 220-250 K with a smooth increase in resistivity at lower temperatures. The conductivity at room temperature is 5 S cm(-1) for [(rac)-1](2)PF(6), in which disorder was observed, whereas for [(R)-1](2)PF(6) and [(S)-1](2)PF(6) the average value is around 100 S cm(-1). In the second series of salts the conductivity at room temperature is 125-130 S cm(-1) for [(rac)-1](2)[Au(CN)(2)] and [(R)-1](2)[Au(CN)(2)]. Extended Hückel band structure calculations revealed identical features for the three salts of the [1](2)[Au(CN)(2)] series and are consistent with the electronic structures of quasi-one-dimensional conductors.

O⋯S vs. N⋯S intramolecular nonbonded interactions in neutral and radical cation salts of TTF-oxazoline derivatives: synthesis, theoretical investigations, crystalline structures, and physical properties

The synthesis and crystal structures of five radical cation salts based on the organic donors bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF), racemic ethylenedithio-methyl-oxazoline-tetrathiafulvalene (EDT-TTF-MeOx) and the enantiopure (S,S,S,S) and (R,R,R,R) tetramethyl-bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (TMBEDT-TTF) and the D3-symmetric anion tris(tetrachlorobenzenediolato)phosphate(V) (TRISPHAT) are reported. The salts are formulated as [BEDT-TTF][(rac)-TRISPHAT]·CH2Cl2 (1), [BEDT-TTF][(rac)-TRISPHAT]·2CH3CN (2), [(rac)-EDT-TTF-Ox][(rac)-TRISPHAT]·CH3CN (3), [(S,S,S,S)-TMBEDT-TTF][(rac)-TRISPHAT]·2CH3CN (4), and [(R,R,R,R)-TMBEDT-TTF][(rac)-TRISPHAT]·2CH3CN (5). The donors are fully oxidized and self-assemble in dyads inserted in the channels generated by the packing of the TRISPHAT anions. Magnetic and EPR measurements performed on compounds 1 and 2 clearly indicate weak interactions within the dimers in compound 1, characterized by a very narrow line in the EPR spectrum, while the radicals are strongly coupled in compound 2.