Supramolecular assemblies and charge-transfer complexes of new nucleobase-functionalized tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivatives were investigated. Stille-type cross-coupling reaction between tributylstannylated TTF and iodinated nucleobase derivatives yielded mono-and bisnucleobase-substituted TTF derivatives. The electrochemical measurements revealed that the uracil-and cytosine-substituted derivatives possessed strong electron-donating abilities comparable to that of pristine TTF, and the electron-deficient features of adenine and guanine caused high potential shifts of the oxidation waves. In the solution-state electronic spectra, the intramolecular charge-transfer absorption bands were observed at a low-energy region. In the crystal structures, the donor molecules constructed supramolecular polymers by the complementary hydrogen-bonds inherent in nucleobases; a one-dimensional zigzag chain in the adenine-substituted derivative and a linear chain in the bis(uracil)-substituted derivative. The tetracyanoquinodimethane complexes of uraciland cytosine-substituted derivatives possessed a mixed valence state exhibiting high conductivities (room-temperature conductivities = 10). In the cyananilic acid complexes, cytosine-and adenine-substituted TTF acted as electron-donors and proton-acceptors to yield simultaneous charge-and proton-transfer complexes.In the research of conducting charge-transfer (CT) complexes and salts based on tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), 1 hydrogen-bond (H-bond) interaction has been utilized as a powerful tool in controlling the molecular arrangement for the construction of effective conduction paths.2,3 From this viewpoint, the self-assembling ability of biological molecules such as amino acids and peptides has been introduced into TTF systems. 4 Complementary Hbonds of nucleobases (Chart 1) are the most important driving force in the formation of DNA duplexes 5 and have been utilized in supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering. 6,7 The robust and directional H-bonds of nucleobases were also utilized in CT complexes and salts to control the molecular arrangements. The nucleobase-annelated TTF derivatives, of which betainic neutral radicals obtained by the deprotonation of nucleobase moiety and following oxidation of the TTF moiety exhibited high conductivities (room-temperature conductivity (· RT ) = 10 ¹5 10 ¹1 S cm
¹1), formed self-assembled pairs by complementary H-bonds. 8 In protonated cytosinium salts with TCNQ derivatives, the self-assembling ability of hemiprotonated cytosinium by the robust H-bonds constructed segregated TCNQ layers exhibiting high conductivities (· RT = 10 ¹4 10 S cm ¹1 ). 9 Conductive self-supporting films have been also reported in the deoxyguanosine-substituted TTF derivatives under carrier doping with TCNQ (· RT = 10 ¹2 10 ¹3 S cm ¹1 ).
10In addition to these supramolecular aspects of H-bonds, our recent investigations of H-bond-functionalized TTF derivatives revealed the electronic effects of H-bond interactions disclo...