Synthesis of Novel Highly Soluble N-(3,5-Di-tert-butylbenzyl)-monopyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives

Abstract

Highly soluble bis-(2-cyanoethyl)-protected derivative (11) of monopyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalene containing a bulky 3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyl solubilizing group has been synthesized and characterized. It was successfully employed to prepare two aromatic conjugates of monopyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalenes (TTFs) and is proposed to be used for preparation of TTF-containing molecular tweezers.

Keywords:

• Molecular recognition
• molecular tweezers
• pyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalenes
• tetrathiafulvalenes
• thiolates

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr. T. Dülcks and D. Kemken for recording MS spectra.