1,4,5,8-Tetrathiatetralin, a tetrathiafulvalene isomer
1,4,5,8-Tetrathiatetralin, a tetrathiafulvalene isomer
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1,4,5,8-四硫四氢化萘,四硫富瓦烯异构体
DOI:
10.1021/jo00870a051
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发表时间:
1976
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
A. Garito
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作者:
M. Mizuno;M. Cava;A. Garito
Sir: Tetrathiafulvalene (1) and its selenium analogs have been the subject of great interest, since they are valuable tt donors in the preparation of charge-transfer salts having metallic properties. 1 The hitherto unknown 1, 4, 5, 8-tetrathiatetralin (2) 2 is an isomer of 1 which differs structurally from the latter only in the arrangement of the two ethyne bridges. We now report the first synthesis of 2 and some physical and electrochemical properties of this substance. Electrochemical reduction of carbon disulfide to the dianion3, 3 followed by alkylation with 1, 2-dibromoethane, gave (18%) trithiocarbonate 4 as golden plates, mp 121.5-122.5 C. Hy-drolysis of 4 by hot ethanolic potassium hydroxide, followed by alkylationwith 1, 2-dibromoethane, gave (70%) the tetra-hydro derivative 5 of 2 as white needles, mp 154-156 C. Compound 5 was dehydrogenated by refluxing overnight with DDQ in xylene to give, after silica chromatography, the dihydro derivative 6 of 2 (45%) as pale yellow needles, mp 80-81 C, as well as 2 itself (37%) in the form of lemon yellow needles: mp 125-126 C; Xmaxcyclohexane 235 nm (e 8000), 248 (sh, 6100), 270 (sh, 5000).Although 2 may be viewed as a potentially aromatic 14-7-electron system, its NMR spectrum (CDCI3) shows a singlet at 6.46 ppm, a position very close to that (6.55) of the olefinic protons, of its dihydro derivative 6. This observation suggests that 2, like the parent monocyclic analog p-dithiin, 4 lacks aromatic stabilization and thus, may possess a nonplanar conformation.