Tuning of tetrathiafulvalene properties: versatile synthesis of N-arylated monopyrrolotetrathiafulvalenes via Ullmann-type coupling reactions

• Vladimir A. Azov,
• Diana Janott,
• Dirk Schlüter and
• Matthias Zeller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 860–868, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.96

• ; pyrrolotetrathiafulvalene; Ullmann-type coupling; X-ray crystallography; Introduction For the last four decades tetrathiafulvalenes [1][2] (Figure 1) 1 have been the subject of extensive studies due to their outstanding electron-donating properties and ability to induce reversible electrochemically-induced switching