Construction of Extended and Polymeric 1,3-Dithiolane and Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives using Cycloaddition of Bun 3P.CS2

Abstract

Cycloaddition of the adduct between Buⁿ ₃P and CS₂ to strained double bonds such as in norbornene gives novel zwitterionic products such as 5. This dissociates to the ylide 4 so that carrying out the reaction in the presence of an aldehyde leads to a Wittig reaction to give 2-alkylidene-1,3-dithiolanes. The compound 5 reacts with acetylenic dipolarophiles by cycloaddition accompanied by loss of Buⁿ ₃P to give dihydro-TTF derivatives. Both these reaction types also occur for norbornadiene and by using this together with dialdehydes or diacetylenes a range of new sulfur-rich extended and polymeric structures have been obtained.