Synthesis of racemic and chiral BEDT-TTF derivatives possessing hydroxy groups and their achiral and chiral charge transfer complexes

• Sara J. Krivickas,
• Chiho Hashimoto,
• Junya Yoshida,
• Akira Ueda,
• Kazuyuki Takahashi,
• John D. Wallis and
• Hatsumi Mori

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1561–1569, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.172

• chirality, but also the introduced intermolecular hydrogen bonds involving the hydroxymethyl groups, perchlorate anion, and the included solvent H2O. Keywords: BEDT-TTF; chiral molecular crystal; hydrogen bonding; hydroxy group; molecular conductors; Introduction The chiral crystals without an inversion