organic compounds
9-(Dicyanomethylidene)fluorene–tetrathiafulvalene (1/1)
aCentro de Química del Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria, San Manuel, 72570 Puebla, Pue., Mexico, and bDEP Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UANL, Guerrero y Progreso S/N, Col. Treviño, 64570 Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
*Correspondence e-mail: sylvain_bernes@hotmail.com
The title compound, C16H8N2·C6H4S4, crystallizes with the fluorene derivative placed in a general position and two half tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) molecules, each completed to a whole molecule through an inversion center. The fluorene ring system is virtually planar (r.m.s. deviation from the mean plane = 0.027 Å) and the dicyano group is twisted from the fluorene plane by only 3.85 (12)°. The TTF molecules are also planar, and their central C=C bond lengths [1.351 (8) and 1.324 (7) Å] compare well with the same bond length in neutral TTF (ca 1.35 Å). These features indicate that no charge transfer occurs between molecules in the crystal; the compound should thus be considered a cocrystal rather than an organic complex. This is confirmed by the in which no significant stacking interactions are observed between molecules.
Related literature
For organic conductors based on TTF and a π*-acceptor molecule, see: Saito & Ferraris (1980); Wright (1995). For structures of dicyanofulvenes, see: Andrew et al. (2010). For the accurate structure of TTF, see: Batsanov (2006). For charge-transfer complexes related to the title cocrystal, see: Salmerón-Valverde et al. (2003); Salmerón-Valverde (2008).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: XSCANS (Siemens, 1996); cell XSCANS; data reduction: XSCANS; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL-Plus; molecular graphics: SHELXTL-Plus and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL-Plus.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536812008124/qm2055sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812008124/qm2055Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812008124/qm2055Isup3.mol
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812008124/qm2055Isup4.cml
Solutions of DCF (7.8 mg, 0.034 mmol) in hot CH3CN (2.5 ml) and TTF (7 mg, 0.034 mmol) in CH3CN (1.8 ml) were mixed and transferred in a test tube (12 × 1.5 cm). Solvent was slowly evaporated in the dark, over 10 days. After all solvent had evaporated, most of the crystals collected on the wall of the test tube were starting components, which present characteristic colors: yellow for TTF and orange for DCF. However, few green crystals of TTF.DCF were produced, with an approximate yield of 25%.
All H atoms were placed in idealized positions and refined as riding to their carrier C atoms, with C—H bond lengths fixed to 0.93 Å. Isotropic displacement parameters for H atoms were calculated as Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(carrier C atom).
There is a vast literature dealing with the organic charge-transfer complexes based on the emblematic π-donor tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and TTF derivatives. Generally, research in this field is carried out with the hope of obtaining organic materials exhibiting metallic conductivity. It is now known that two essential conditions are required for obtaining such conductivity: i) partial oxidation and reduction of the donor and acceptor molecules, respectively. The difference between the redox potentials of the molecules should be less than ca. 0.34 V (Saito & Ferraris, 1980); ii) molecules must be stacked in the solid state, forming one-dimensional or pseudo one-dimensional crystal structures. The mode of stacking and distances separating molecules along a stack must be suitable for charge-transfer (Wright, 1995). The title compound was formed by mixing TTF and a potential π*-acceptor molecule derived from fluorene, namely 9-(dicyanomethylene)fluorene (DCF hereafter). The X-ray structure of the resulting compound, TTF.DCF, shows that condition ii) is not present in the structure.
The ═C bond length in this group, 1.352 (5) Å, is similar to those found in other dicyanomethylene derivatives (e.g. Andrew et al., 2010). The same is observed for TTF molecules, giving r.m.s. deviations of 0.037 and 0.020 Å for TTF-1 (S15···C19 and symmetry related atoms) and TTF-2 (S20···C24 and symmetry related atoms), respectively. The central C═C bond lengths are 1.351 (8) and 1.324 (7) Å, no longer that the same bond in neutral TTF, ca. 1.35 Å (Batsanov, 2006). These features indicate that molecules are not involved in charge-transfer in the solid state. This is fully confirmed with the (Fig. 2). TTF and DCF are segregated in different layers parallel to the (001) plane (Fig. 2, inset), the separation between planes being c/2 = 7.1 Å. In the TTF layers, molecules are arranged in a herringbone pattern, avoiding π-π interactions. In the DCF layers, two molecules related by inversion are parallel and the separation between mean-planes for each molecule is relatively short, 3.401 Å. However, DCF molecules are slipped along the stack, and the distance between the centroids of two inversion-related DCF is 3.834 (1) Å. Such an arrangement does not favor π-π interactions for this component.
includes one DCF molecule, placed in a general position, and two half-TTF molecules, each close to an inversion center, generating the TTF.DCF chemical composition (Fig. 1). The DCF moiety is almost planar, with a r.m.s. deviation of 0.027 Å for the mean plane of the fluorene ring (13 C atoms). The dicyanomethylene plane is twisted by 3.85 (12)° from the fluorene ring, and the CSpectroscopic data (Salmerón-Valverde, 2008) are consistent with the observed ═C bond in TTF, which is known to be sensitive to charge-transfer, is also unaffected when the cocrystal TTF.DCF is formed (νC═C: 1527 cm-1). In solution, no charge-transfer band is observed in the visible region for TTF.DCF, at any dilution in CH3CN.
In the solid state, the IR vibration of the cyano groups in TTF.DCF is not shifted with respect to the same vibration in pure DCF (2224 cm-1), while a significant shift is expected for an actual (Salmerón-Valverde et al., 2003). In the same way, the central CFor organic conductors based on TTF and a π*-acceptor molecule, see: Saito & Ferraris (1980); Wright (1995). For structures of dicyanofulvenes, see: Andrew et al. (2010). For the accurate structure of TTF, see: Batsanov (2006). For charge-transfer complexes related to the title cocrystal, see: Salmerón-Valverde et al. (2003); Salmerón-Valverde (2008).
Data collection: XSCANS (Siemens, 1996); cell
XSCANS (Siemens, 1996); data reduction: XSCANS (Siemens, 1996); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008).C16H8N2·C6H4S4 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 432.58 | F(000) = 444 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.443 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Melting point: 403 K |
a = 7.9919 (11) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 9.3696 (14) Å | Cell parameters from 57 reflections |
c = 14.195 (2) Å | θ = 4.0–12.2° |
α = 94.525 (12)° | µ = 0.49 mm−1 |
β = 103.687 (12)° | T = 296 K |
γ = 103.252 (12)° | Plate, green |
V = 995.3 (2) Å3 | 0.22 × 0.20 × 0.03 mm |
Bruker P4 diffractometer | 1541 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: X-ray | Rint = 0.062 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 2.3° |
2θ/ω scans | h = −9→3 |
Absorption correction: ψ scan (XSCANS; Siemens, 1996) | k = −10→10 |
Tmin = 0.650, Tmax = 0.688 | l = −16→16 |
5766 measured reflections | 2 standard reflections every 48 reflections |
3493 independent reflections | intensity decay: 14% |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.048 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.119 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0414P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 0.95 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
3493 reflections | Δρmax = 0.21 e Å−3 |
254 parameters | Δρmin = −0.21 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
0 constraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.0125 (17) |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
C16H8N2·C6H4S4 | γ = 103.252 (12)° |
Mr = 432.58 | V = 995.3 (2) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 7.9919 (11) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.3696 (14) Å | µ = 0.49 mm−1 |
c = 14.195 (2) Å | T = 296 K |
α = 94.525 (12)° | 0.22 × 0.20 × 0.03 mm |
β = 103.687 (12)° |
Bruker P4 diffractometer | 1541 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Absorption correction: ψ scan (XSCANS; Siemens, 1996) | Rint = 0.062 |
Tmin = 0.650, Tmax = 0.688 | 2 standard reflections every 48 reflections |
5766 measured reflections | intensity decay: 14% |
3493 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.048 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.119 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.95 | Δρmax = 0.21 e Å−3 |
3493 reflections | Δρmin = −0.21 e Å−3 |
254 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
C1 | 0.0179 (5) | 0.9147 (5) | 0.3451 (3) | 0.0587 (11) | |
H1A | −0.0058 | 0.9988 | 0.3201 | 0.070* | |
C2 | −0.0704 (6) | 0.7737 (5) | 0.2941 (3) | 0.0718 (14) | |
H2A | −0.1543 | 0.7635 | 0.2345 | 0.086* | |
C3 | −0.0341 (7) | 0.6488 (5) | 0.3318 (4) | 0.0767 (14) | |
H3A | −0.0935 | 0.5557 | 0.2967 | 0.092* | |
C4 | 0.0888 (6) | 0.6601 (5) | 0.4206 (4) | 0.0694 (13) | |
H4A | 0.1116 | 0.5755 | 0.4452 | 0.083* | |
C4A | 0.1776 (5) | 0.7992 (5) | 0.4723 (3) | 0.0538 (11) | |
C4B | 0.3151 (5) | 0.8434 (5) | 0.5651 (3) | 0.0521 (11) | |
C5 | 0.3937 (6) | 0.7596 (5) | 0.6298 (4) | 0.0643 (12) | |
H5A | 0.3570 | 0.6567 | 0.6188 | 0.077* | |
C6 | 0.5283 (6) | 0.8334 (6) | 0.7112 (4) | 0.0721 (14) | |
H6A | 0.5844 | 0.7783 | 0.7541 | 0.087* | |
C7 | 0.5818 (6) | 0.9857 (6) | 0.7309 (3) | 0.0676 (13) | |
H7A | 0.6712 | 1.0319 | 0.7869 | 0.081* | |
C8 | 0.5017 (5) | 1.0703 (5) | 0.6668 (3) | 0.0589 (11) | |
H8A | 0.5372 | 1.1732 | 0.6799 | 0.071* | |
C8A | 0.3686 (5) | 1.0006 (5) | 0.5833 (3) | 0.0495 (10) | |
C9 | 0.2619 (5) | 1.0585 (5) | 0.5019 (3) | 0.0448 (10) | |
C9A | 0.1426 (5) | 0.9265 (4) | 0.4344 (3) | 0.0485 (10) | |
C10 | 0.2732 (5) | 1.2023 (5) | 0.4915 (3) | 0.0489 (10) | |
C11 | 0.1603 (6) | 1.2507 (4) | 0.4121 (3) | 0.0545 (11) | |
N12 | 0.0739 (5) | 1.2952 (4) | 0.3509 (3) | 0.0719 (11) | |
C13 | 0.3997 (6) | 1.3228 (5) | 0.5590 (3) | 0.0577 (12) | |
N14 | 0.5000 (5) | 1.4216 (4) | 0.6109 (3) | 0.0782 (12) | |
S15 | 0.28023 (18) | 0.60731 (16) | −0.03391 (10) | 0.0884 (5) | |
C16 | 0.1970 (7) | 0.6242 (6) | 0.0666 (4) | 0.0943 (17) | |
H16A | 0.0993 | 0.6633 | 0.0638 | 0.113* | |
C17 | 0.2751 (7) | 0.5805 (6) | 0.1473 (4) | 0.0866 (16) | |
H17A | 0.2330 | 0.5867 | 0.2028 | 0.104* | |
S18 | 0.45887 (18) | 0.51072 (15) | 0.14801 (9) | 0.0832 (5) | |
C19 | 0.4457 (5) | 0.5248 (5) | 0.0235 (3) | 0.0636 (13) | |
S20 | 0.26100 (15) | 1.13111 (14) | 0.99343 (9) | 0.0784 (4) | |
C21 | 0.3288 (6) | 1.0451 (6) | 0.9025 (3) | 0.0742 (14) | |
H21A | 0.4389 | 1.0845 | 0.8909 | 0.089* | |
C22 | 0.2207 (6) | 0.9222 (5) | 0.8498 (3) | 0.0693 (13) | |
H22A | 0.2525 | 0.8725 | 0.8001 | 0.083* | |
S23 | 0.01752 (15) | 0.85519 (14) | 0.87520 (8) | 0.0661 (4) | |
C24 | 0.0573 (5) | 0.9972 (4) | 0.9734 (3) | 0.0517 (11) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.062 (3) | 0.048 (3) | 0.066 (3) | 0.012 (2) | 0.016 (3) | 0.008 (2) |
C2 | 0.072 (3) | 0.063 (3) | 0.068 (3) | 0.007 (3) | 0.010 (3) | −0.002 (3) |
C3 | 0.086 (4) | 0.050 (3) | 0.086 (4) | 0.004 (3) | 0.024 (3) | −0.007 (3) |
C4 | 0.081 (3) | 0.051 (3) | 0.078 (4) | 0.020 (3) | 0.022 (3) | 0.012 (3) |
C4A | 0.060 (3) | 0.041 (3) | 0.068 (3) | 0.017 (2) | 0.028 (2) | 0.008 (2) |
C4B | 0.050 (3) | 0.060 (3) | 0.054 (3) | 0.018 (2) | 0.024 (2) | 0.013 (2) |
C5 | 0.072 (3) | 0.061 (3) | 0.076 (3) | 0.031 (3) | 0.031 (3) | 0.028 (3) |
C6 | 0.068 (3) | 0.098 (4) | 0.073 (4) | 0.042 (3) | 0.032 (3) | 0.040 (3) |
C7 | 0.062 (3) | 0.088 (4) | 0.058 (3) | 0.025 (3) | 0.018 (2) | 0.023 (3) |
C8 | 0.057 (3) | 0.061 (3) | 0.063 (3) | 0.017 (2) | 0.019 (2) | 0.016 (3) |
C8A | 0.048 (2) | 0.054 (3) | 0.056 (3) | 0.018 (2) | 0.022 (2) | 0.016 (2) |
C9 | 0.045 (2) | 0.048 (3) | 0.049 (2) | 0.017 (2) | 0.020 (2) | 0.007 (2) |
C9A | 0.049 (2) | 0.047 (3) | 0.053 (3) | 0.014 (2) | 0.020 (2) | 0.006 (2) |
C10 | 0.047 (3) | 0.049 (3) | 0.049 (3) | 0.012 (2) | 0.009 (2) | 0.004 (2) |
C11 | 0.064 (3) | 0.041 (3) | 0.059 (3) | 0.012 (2) | 0.022 (3) | −0.002 (2) |
N12 | 0.087 (3) | 0.057 (3) | 0.066 (3) | 0.023 (2) | 0.005 (2) | 0.004 (2) |
C13 | 0.065 (3) | 0.051 (3) | 0.062 (3) | 0.018 (3) | 0.020 (3) | 0.015 (2) |
N14 | 0.080 (3) | 0.064 (3) | 0.077 (3) | 0.011 (2) | 0.005 (2) | 0.002 (2) |
S15 | 0.0775 (9) | 0.0981 (11) | 0.0898 (10) | 0.0303 (8) | 0.0098 (8) | 0.0282 (8) |
C16 | 0.072 (4) | 0.096 (4) | 0.103 (4) | 0.022 (3) | 0.005 (3) | 0.002 (4) |
C17 | 0.075 (4) | 0.089 (4) | 0.086 (4) | 0.004 (3) | 0.022 (3) | −0.005 (3) |
S18 | 0.0863 (10) | 0.0853 (10) | 0.0709 (9) | 0.0159 (8) | 0.0105 (7) | 0.0185 (7) |
C19 | 0.064 (3) | 0.049 (3) | 0.063 (3) | 0.000 (2) | 0.000 (2) | 0.015 (2) |
S20 | 0.0612 (8) | 0.0889 (10) | 0.0702 (9) | −0.0083 (7) | 0.0218 (7) | −0.0093 (7) |
C21 | 0.052 (3) | 0.101 (4) | 0.069 (3) | 0.012 (3) | 0.022 (3) | 0.012 (3) |
C22 | 0.061 (3) | 0.091 (4) | 0.065 (3) | 0.026 (3) | 0.029 (3) | 0.013 (3) |
S23 | 0.0628 (8) | 0.0728 (9) | 0.0583 (7) | 0.0136 (6) | 0.0153 (6) | −0.0042 (6) |
C24 | 0.049 (3) | 0.052 (3) | 0.052 (3) | 0.012 (2) | 0.0123 (19) | 0.002 (2) |
C1—C9A | 1.394 (5) | C9—C10 | 1.352 (5) |
C1—C2 | 1.395 (5) | C9—C9A | 1.482 (5) |
C1—H1A | 0.9300 | C10—C13 | 1.436 (6) |
C2—C3 | 1.386 (6) | C10—C11 | 1.442 (6) |
C2—H2A | 0.9300 | C11—N12 | 1.144 (5) |
C3—C4 | 1.382 (6) | C13—N14 | 1.147 (5) |
C3—H3A | 0.9300 | S15—C16 | 1.722 (6) |
C4—C4A | 1.386 (5) | S15—C19 | 1.752 (4) |
C4—H4A | 0.9300 | C16—C17 | 1.312 (6) |
C4A—C9A | 1.404 (5) | C16—H16A | 0.9300 |
C4A—C4B | 1.460 (6) | C17—S18 | 1.737 (5) |
C4B—C5 | 1.386 (5) | C17—H17A | 0.9300 |
C4B—C8A | 1.421 (5) | S18—C19 | 1.762 (4) |
C5—C6 | 1.384 (6) | C19—C19i | 1.351 (8) |
C5—H5A | 0.9300 | S20—C21 | 1.726 (5) |
C6—C7 | 1.378 (6) | S20—C24 | 1.759 (4) |
C6—H6A | 0.9300 | C21—C22 | 1.317 (6) |
C7—C8 | 1.392 (5) | C21—H21A | 0.9300 |
C7—H7A | 0.9300 | C22—S23 | 1.734 (4) |
C8—C8A | 1.388 (5) | C22—H22A | 0.9300 |
C8—H8A | 0.9300 | S23—C24 | 1.766 (4) |
C8A—C9 | 1.483 (5) | C24—C24ii | 1.324 (7) |
C9A—C1—C2 | 118.5 (4) | C10—C9—C9A | 127.4 (4) |
C9A—C1—H1A | 120.8 | C10—C9—C8A | 126.8 (4) |
C2—C1—H1A | 120.8 | C9A—C9—C8A | 105.8 (3) |
C3—C2—C1 | 120.4 (4) | C1—C9A—C4A | 120.6 (4) |
C3—C2—H2A | 119.8 | C1—C9A—C9 | 130.8 (4) |
C1—C2—H2A | 119.8 | C4A—C9A—C9 | 108.5 (4) |
C4—C3—C2 | 121.2 (4) | C9—C10—C13 | 123.1 (4) |
C4—C3—H3A | 119.4 | C9—C10—C11 | 123.8 (4) |
C2—C3—H3A | 119.4 | C13—C10—C11 | 113.1 (4) |
C3—C4—C4A | 119.1 (4) | N12—C11—C10 | 177.1 (5) |
C3—C4—H4A | 120.4 | N14—C13—C10 | 178.0 (5) |
C4A—C4—H4A | 120.4 | C16—S15—C19 | 94.7 (2) |
C4—C4A—C9A | 120.1 (4) | C17—C16—S15 | 118.3 (5) |
C4—C4A—C4B | 130.7 (4) | C17—C16—H16A | 120.9 |
C9A—C4A—C4B | 109.2 (4) | S15—C16—H16A | 120.9 |
C5—C4B—C8A | 120.8 (4) | C16—C17—S18 | 118.5 (5) |
C5—C4B—C4A | 131.0 (4) | C16—C17—H17A | 120.8 |
C8A—C4B—C4A | 108.2 (4) | S18—C17—H17A | 120.8 |
C6—C5—C4B | 118.1 (4) | C17—S18—C19 | 93.8 (2) |
C6—C5—H5A | 120.9 | C19i—C19—S15 | 123.0 (5) |
C4B—C5—H5A | 120.9 | C19i—C19—S18 | 122.5 (5) |
C7—C6—C5 | 122.2 (4) | S15—C19—S18 | 114.6 (2) |
C7—C6—H6A | 118.9 | C21—S20—C24 | 94.8 (2) |
C5—C6—H6A | 118.9 | C22—C21—S20 | 118.2 (4) |
C6—C7—C8 | 119.9 (4) | C22—C21—H21A | 120.9 |
C6—C7—H7A | 120.1 | S20—C21—H21A | 120.9 |
C8—C7—H7A | 120.1 | C21—C22—S23 | 118.4 (4) |
C8A—C8—C7 | 119.7 (4) | C21—C22—H22A | 120.8 |
C8A—C8—H8A | 120.1 | S23—C22—H22A | 120.8 |
C7—C8—H8A | 120.1 | C22—S23—C24 | 94.4 (2) |
C8—C8A—C4B | 119.3 (4) | C24ii—C24—S20 | 123.1 (4) |
C8—C8A—C9 | 132.4 (4) | C24ii—C24—S23 | 122.8 (4) |
C4B—C8A—C9 | 108.3 (4) | S20—C24—S23 | 114.1 (2) |
C9A—C1—C2—C3 | −0.1 (6) | C4—C4A—C9A—C1 | 0.4 (6) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.5 (7) | C4B—C4A—C9A—C1 | 178.9 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C4A | −0.3 (7) | C4—C4A—C9A—C9 | −177.2 (4) |
C3—C4—C4A—C9A | −0.1 (6) | C4B—C4A—C9A—C9 | 1.3 (4) |
C3—C4—C4A—C4B | −178.2 (4) | C10—C9—C9A—C1 | 1.4 (6) |
C4—C4A—C4B—C5 | −2.0 (7) | C8A—C9—C9A—C1 | −178.0 (4) |
C9A—C4A—C4B—C5 | 179.7 (4) | C10—C9—C9A—C4A | 178.7 (4) |
C4—C4A—C4B—C8A | 176.8 (4) | C8A—C9—C9A—C4A | −0.7 (4) |
C9A—C4A—C4B—C8A | −1.4 (4) | C9A—C9—C10—C13 | −176.9 (4) |
C8A—C4B—C5—C6 | −1.5 (6) | C8A—C9—C10—C13 | 2.3 (6) |
C4A—C4B—C5—C6 | 177.3 (4) | C9A—C9—C10—C11 | 3.1 (6) |
C4B—C5—C6—C7 | 1.9 (6) | C8A—C9—C10—C11 | −177.6 (3) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | −1.1 (6) | C19—S15—C16—C17 | 1.9 (5) |
C6—C7—C8—C8A | −0.2 (6) | S15—C16—C17—S18 | 0.8 (6) |
C7—C8—C8A—C4B | 0.6 (5) | C16—C17—S18—C19 | −3.0 (5) |
C7—C8—C8A—C9 | −179.0 (4) | C16—S15—C19—C19i | 175.8 (5) |
C5—C4B—C8A—C8 | 0.3 (5) | C16—S15—C19—S18 | −3.9 (3) |
C4A—C4B—C8A—C8 | −178.7 (3) | C17—S18—C19—C19i | −175.6 (5) |
C5—C4B—C8A—C9 | 179.9 (3) | C17—S18—C19—S15 | 4.2 (3) |
C4A—C4B—C8A—C9 | 0.9 (4) | C24—S20—C21—C22 | 1.5 (4) |
C8—C8A—C9—C10 | 0.1 (6) | S20—C21—C22—S23 | 0.1 (6) |
C4B—C8A—C9—C10 | −179.5 (4) | C21—C22—S23—C24 | −1.5 (4) |
C8—C8A—C9—C9A | 179.4 (4) | C21—S20—C24—C24ii | 178.3 (5) |
C4B—C8A—C9—C9A | −0.2 (4) | C21—S20—C24—S23 | −2.4 (3) |
C2—C1—C9A—C4A | −0.3 (6) | C22—S23—C24—C24ii | −178.3 (5) |
C2—C1—C9A—C9 | 176.7 (4) | C22—S23—C24—S20 | 2.4 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (ii) −x, −y+2, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H8N2·C6H4S4 |
Mr | 432.58 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.9919 (11), 9.3696 (14), 14.195 (2) |
α, β, γ (°) | 94.525 (12), 103.687 (12), 103.252 (12) |
V (Å3) | 995.3 (2) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.49 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.22 × 0.20 × 0.03 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker P4 |
Absorption correction | ψ scan (XSCANS; Siemens, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.650, 0.688 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 5766, 3493, 1541 |
Rint | 0.062 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.595 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.048, 0.119, 0.95 |
No. of reflections | 3493 |
No. of parameters | 254 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.21, −0.21 |
Computer programs: XSCANS (Siemens, 1996), SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008).
Acknowledgements
SB thanks ICUAP (Instituto de Ciencias, BUAP, Mexico) for the use of the P4 diffractometer.
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There is a vast literature dealing with the organic charge-transfer complexes based on the emblematic π-donor tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and TTF derivatives. Generally, research in this field is carried out with the hope of obtaining organic materials exhibiting metallic conductivity. It is now known that two essential conditions are required for obtaining such conductivity: i) partial oxidation and reduction of the donor and acceptor molecules, respectively. The difference between the redox potentials of the molecules should be less than ca. 0.34 V (Saito & Ferraris, 1980); ii) molecules must be stacked in the solid state, forming one-dimensional or pseudo one-dimensional crystal structures. The mode of stacking and distances separating molecules along a stack must be suitable for charge-transfer (Wright, 1995). The title compound was formed by mixing TTF and a potential π*-acceptor molecule derived from fluorene, namely 9-(dicyanomethylene)fluorene (DCF hereafter). The X-ray structure of the resulting compound, TTF.DCF, shows that condition ii) is not present in the structure.
The asymmetric unit includes one DCF molecule, placed in a general position, and two half-TTF molecules, each close to an inversion center, generating the TTF.DCF chemical composition (Fig. 1). The DCF moiety is almost planar, with a r.m.s. deviation of 0.027 Å for the mean plane of the fluorene ring (13 C atoms). The dicyanomethylene plane is twisted by 3.85 (12)° from the fluorene ring, and the C═C bond length in this group, 1.352 (5) Å, is similar to those found in other dicyanomethylene derivatives (e.g. Andrew et al., 2010). The same is observed for TTF molecules, giving r.m.s. deviations of 0.037 and 0.020 Å for TTF-1 (S15···C19 and symmetry related atoms) and TTF-2 (S20···C24 and symmetry related atoms), respectively. The central C═C bond lengths are 1.351 (8) and 1.324 (7) Å, no longer that the same bond in neutral TTF, ca. 1.35 Å (Batsanov, 2006). These features indicate that molecules are not involved in charge-transfer in the solid state. This is fully confirmed with the crystal structure (Fig. 2). TTF and DCF are segregated in different layers parallel to the (001) plane (Fig. 2, inset), the separation between planes being c/2 = 7.1 Å. In the TTF layers, molecules are arranged in a herringbone pattern, avoiding π-π interactions. In the DCF layers, two molecules related by inversion are parallel and the separation between mean-planes for each molecule is relatively short, 3.401 Å. However, DCF molecules are slipped along the stack, and the distance between the centroids of two inversion-related DCF is 3.834 (1) Å. Such an arrangement does not favor π-π interactions for this component.
Spectroscopic data (Salmerón-Valverde, 2008) are consistent with the observed crystal structure. In the solid state, the IR vibration of the cyano groups in TTF.DCF is not shifted with respect to the same vibration in pure DCF (2224 cm-1), while a significant shift is expected for an actual charge-transfer complex (Salmerón-Valverde et al., 2003). In the same way, the central C═C bond in TTF, which is known to be sensitive to charge-transfer, is also unaffected when the cocrystal TTF.DCF is formed (νC═C: 1527 cm-1). In solution, no charge-transfer band is observed in the visible region for TTF.DCF, at any dilution in CH3CN.