New substituted tetrathiafulvalene-quinone dyads: the influences of electron accepting abilities of quinone units on the metal ion-promoted electron-transfer processes

J Org Chem. 2008 Jun 6;73(11):4271-4. doi: 10.1021/jo800581t. Epub 2008 Apr 30.

Abstract

The metal ion-promoted electron transfer occurs to all new dyads 1, 2, 3, and 4, even one of them, dyad 4, which has a rather weak electron acceptor unit. The results also indicate that the metal ion-promoted electron transfer within the dyads is influenced by the electron accepting abilities of quinone units; dyad 2 with the strongest electron acceptor among the four dyads shows the strongest absorption and ESR signals attributed to TTF.+ in the presence of metal ions.