Structural Models of TTF and TCNQ Based on Electronic Components Linked by Plastic Tubes

• Published in: Journal of Chemical Education Vol. 100; no. 8; pp. 3089 - 3092
• Main Authors: Horikoshi, Ryo, Shirotani, Dai, Nakanishi-Masuno, Tsugumi, Shioyama, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Easton American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc 08.08.2023; American Chemical Society (ACS); American Chemical Society
• Subjects: Charge transfer; Chemical activity; Conductors; Educational activities; Electron tubes; Electronic components; Hydrogen; Molecules; Organic chemistry; Structural models; Students; Sulfur; Tetracyanoquinodimethane; First-Year Undergraduate/General; Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives; Structure; Physical Chemistry; Molecular Properties

A representative example of an organic conductor is the charge-transfer salt tetrathiafulvalene-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TTF-TCNQ). This conductor can be formed by combining TTF with TCNQ, which are both highly symmetric planar molecules that do not conduct electricity independently. In this Letter...