Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
In order to explore novel molecular conductors based on hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) interaction, we have been much interested in an imidazole-ring system as redox-active molecule and as an intriguing functionality of H-bond. In addition to the strong and directional feature of H-bond to accumulate and order molecular aggregation, we focus on realization of an exotic electronic modulation effect of H-bond in purely organic charge-transfer (CT) complexes and salts. We designed and synthesized novel H-bonded CT salts of TCNQ with mono- and di-protonated 4,4'-biimidazolium, and demonstrated high potential of 4,4'-biimidazole system in molecular conductors from the viewpoint of crystal engineering and electronic modulation. Crystal structure analyses of these CT salts unambiguously turned out an an importance of H-bonding modes depending on the protpnated states for stacking partially ionized TCNQ molecules to gain high electrical conductivity. Recently, we designed a TTF-imidazole (TTF-Im) dyad as a simple modification of TTF with H-bonding functionality. The p-chloranil CT complex of TTF-Im was obtained as black needle-like crystals and possessed a H-bonded D-A-D triad, realizing a control of D-A ratio and a partially ionized state of TTF-Im molecule. Together with these structural and electronic properties, side-by-side S…S contacts on TTF moiety gives a three-dimensional network of intermolecular interactions. The static paramagnetic susceptibility of the polycrystalline sample and temperature dependence of electrical conductivity for single crystal along the π-stacking direction confirms the metallic behavior down to 180 K with room temperature conductivity of 124 Scm^<-1>, demonstrating the first disclosure of a purely organic molecular metal based on the H-bonded CT complex.
All 2006 2005 2004 Other
All Journal Article (47 results)
Bull.Chem.Soc.Jpn. (印刷中)
Cryst.Growth Des. (印刷中)
J.Am.Chem.Soc. 128
Pages: 2530-2530
Chem.Phys.Lett. 418
Pages: 142-142
Chem.Phys.Lett. 420
Pages: 432-432
J.Low Temp.Phys. (印刷中)
Multifunctional Conducting Molecular Materials(Saito, G., Wudl, F., Haddon, R.C., Tanigaki, K., Enoki, T., Katz, H.E., Eds)(Royal Society of Chemistry), London, U.K. (in press)(印刷中)
Cryst.Growth Des. 6
Pages: 1043-1047
Pages: 142-147
J.Low Temp.Phys (印刷中)
Inorg.Chem.(Communication) 44
Pages: 8197-8197
Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 44
Pages: 7277-7277
Bull.Chem.Soc.Jpn. 78
Pages: 2014-2014
10016845250
Polyhedron 24
Pages: 2632-2632
Pages: 2625-2625
Pages: 2618-2618
Pages: 2326-2326
Pages: 2200-2200
Pages: 2194-2194
Angew.Cher.Int.Ed. 44
Pages: 6564-6564
Chem.Lett. 34
Pages: 1326-1326
Synth.Met. 152
Pages: 433-433
Tetrahedron 61
Pages: 6056-6056
J.Org.Chem. 70
Pages: 2739-2739
Pages: 7277-7280
Pages: 6564-6568
J.Org.Chem. 印刷中
Polyhedron 印刷中
Synth.Met. 印刷中
Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 43
Pages: 6343-6343
Org.Lett. 6
Pages: 1397-1397
Chem.Lett. 33
Pages: 188-188
10012042920
J.Phys.IV 114
Pages: 471-471
Bull.Chem.Soc.Jpn. (in press)
Multifunctional Conducting Molecular Materials (Saito, G., Wudl, F., Haddon, R.C., Tanigaki, K., Enoki, T., Katz, H.E., Eds.) (Royal Society of Chemistry, London, U.K.) (in press)
J.Low Temp.Phys. (in press)