STUDIES ON NEW TETRATHIAFULVALENE (TTF) DONORS - SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

A series of new tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivatives and related compo unds with halogen substituents were synthesized. The compounds were ch aracterized by elemental analysis, H-1 NMR spectra, electron ionizatio n (EI) or negative-ion fast atom bombardment mass spectra (FAB-MS) ana lysis, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra and UV-Vis spectral analysis. The electronic absorption spectral studies on the new TTF de rivatives revealed that the energy differences between the pi-orbitals of the new TTF derivatives were smaller than that between BEDT-TTF (b is(ethylenedithio)-tetrathiafulvalene).