Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.10, 1404-1405, 2005
Synthesis of dimethyl-substituted BDH-TTP derivative DMDH-TTP as a diastereomeric mixture, and the formation of metallic salts involving only meso-DMDH-TTP
The synthesis of DMDH-TTP [2-(4,5-dimethyl-1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidene)-5-(1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidene)-1, 3,4,6-tetrathia- pentalene] as a mixture of meso- and trans-forms has been accomplished, electrocrystallization of which with n-Bu4NX (X = AsF6 and BF4) provides single crystals of the metallic AsF6 and BF4 salts incorporating only meso-DMDH-TTP as donor components.