Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, PO Box 87-0336, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA
Abstract:
A novel four-membered 1,3-ditelluretane dialdehyde 8/9 was synthesized from trimethylsilylethynyl tellurolate. The dialdehyde was transformed into extended tetrathiafulvalenes (14 and 15). These are the first examples of ditelluretane spaced TTF derivatives.