Synthesis of an End-Capped
Sexithiophene Bearing Fused
Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) Units

Kanibolotsky, Alexander L.; Kanibolotskaya, Lyudmila; Gordeyev, Sergey; Skabara, Peter J.; McCulloch, Iain; Berridge, Rory; Lohr, Jan E.; Marchioni, Filippo; Wudl, Fred

doi:10.1021/ol070366h.s001

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Synthesis of an End-Capped Sexithiophene Bearing Fused Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) Units

journal contribution

posted on 2007-04-12, 00:00 authored by Alexander L. Kanibolotsky, Lyudmila Kanibolotskaya, Sergey Gordeyev, Peter J. Skabara, Iain McCulloch, Rory Berridge, Jan E. Lohr, Filippo Marchioni, Fred Wudl

We report the synthesis of a novel end-capped sexithiophene derivative bearing two pendent, fused tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) units linked to the main chain through 1,4-dithiin heterocycles. Cyclic voltammetry and absorption spectroscopy are used to investigate the electronic properties of this hybrid electroactive material. The oligomer has a band gap of 2.1 eV, and the material can be oxidized through the sexithiophene and TTF units simultaneously.