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DOI: 10.1055/s-1997-1363
Convergent Synthesis of Rigid Macrocycles Containing One or Two Tetrathiafulvalene Units
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Publication Date:
31 December 2000 (online)

The synthesis of rigid tetrathiafulvalenenophanes containing one or two tetrathiafulvalene units is presented, together with a stepwise convergent synthesis of macrocyclic bis-tetrathiafulvalenes via several open dimeric tetrathiafulvalenes. These systems were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, which revealed that intramolecular interaction between the electroactive units only took place if the units were fixed in a rigid conformation. The X-ray structure of 10a confirmed the cis configuration of a concave molecule, which is packed in antiparallel stacks.
tetrathiafulvalenophanes - macrocyclic tetrathiafulvalenes - dimeric donor systems - intramolecular interaction - rigid macrocycles