Peng Huo Yan-Hong Li Li-Jun Xue Ting Chen Lei Yu Qin-Yu ZhuJie Dai
a College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 1904-1910
A series of tetrathiafulvalene (electron donor, D) charge-transfer salts with three methyl bipyridiniums (electron acceptor, A) in the basic formulas MV(HL)2 (1), MeBpe(HL)2 (2) and MeBpa(HL)2 (3) (L = dimethylthio-tetrathiafulvalene-bicarboxylate, MV = methyl viologen, MeBpe = 1,2-bi(4-pyridinium) ethene and MeBpa =1,2-bi(4-pyridinium) ethane) was synthesized and their structures were characterized by X-ray single crystal analysis. The three bipyridiniums allow the exploration of the effect of different conjugated systems on molecular packing and charge-transfer interactions. A type of –DDDD– stacking column with edge-to-edge short D⋯A⋯D contacts is found in MV compound 1, while in π-extended MeBpe compound 2, a –DADDAD– type of stacking column with face-to-face short D⋯D and A⋯D stacking is formed, which shows the most effective cation–anion interaction. No effective interaction is found for the non-conjugated MeBpa compound 3. The charge-transfer from an anion to a cation measured by UV-vis, CV and ESR is in the order of 2 > 1 ≫ 3, which is greatly in accordance with the order of the cation's conjugated state and CT interaction. It is known that charge-transfer is a key factor in obtaining photoelectric materials. Photocurrent responses of these compounds are consequently studied and the results agree with the intensity of charge-transfer. This is a systematic study of the effect of different π-conjugated systems on charge-transfer properties in terms of crystal structures.
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