Spontaneous redox synthesis of the charge transfer material TTF4[SVMo11O40]

Inorg Chem. 2012 Dec 3;51(23):12929-37. doi: 10.1021/ic302045m. Epub 2012 Nov 12.

Abstract

The charge-transfer material TTF-SV(IV)Mo(11)O(40) (TTF = tetrathiafulvalene) was prepared by a spontaneous redox reaction between TTF and the vanadium-substituted polyoxometalate (n-Bu(4)N)(3)[SV(V)Mo(11)O(40)] in both solution and solid state phases. Single crystal X-ray diffraction gave the stoichiometry TTF(4)[SVMo(11)O(40)]·2H(2)O·2CH(2)Cl(2), with the single V atom positionally disordered with eight Mo atoms over the whole α-Keggin polyanion [SVMo(11)O(40)](4-). Raman spectra support the 1+ charge assigned to the oxidized TTF deduced from bond lengths, and elemental and voltammetric analysis also are consistent with this formulation. Scanning electron microscopy images showed a rod-type morphology for the new charge-transfer material. The conductivity of the solid at room temperature is in the semiconducting range. The TTF and (n-Bu(4)N)(3)[SV(V)Mo(11)O(40)] solids also undergo a rapid interfacial reaction, as is the case with TTF and TCNQ (TCNQ = tetracyanoquinodimethane) solids. EPR spectra at temperatures down to 2.6 K confirm the presence of two paramagnetic species, V(IV) and the oxidized TTF radical. Spectral evidence shows that the TTF-SV(IV)Mo(11)O(40) materials prepared from either solution or solid state reactions are equivalent. The newly isolated TTF-SV(IV)Mo(11)O(40) material represents a new class of TTF-polyoxometalate compound having dual electrical and magnetic functionality derived from both the cationic and anionic components.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molybdenum / chemistry*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Sulfur / chemistry*
  • Thermodynamics
  • Vanadium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Vanadium
  • Sulfur
  • Molybdenum
  • tetrathiafulvalene
  • Oxygen