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Current Organic Chemistry

Author(s): R. Alan Aitken* and Fiona M. Fotherby

DOI: 10.2174/1385272827666230622155205

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Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Dihydrotetrathiafulvalenes

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Abstract

Although less well known than their fully unsaturated analogues, dihydrotetrathiafulvalenes (dihydro-TTFs) has been of considerable recent interest as components of organic conducting materials. In this article, the various methods for their synthesis are reviewed and this is followed by a survey of their structure and properties, including those of charge transfer salts, and an account of their reactions.

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