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Novel Building Blocks for the Synthesis of Organic Metals
Author(s) -
Enkelmann Volker
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199111211
Subject(s) - acceptor , molecule , block (permutation group theory) , charge (physics) , organic molecules , materials science , solid state , nanotechnology , chemical physics , chemistry , crystallography , physics , organic chemistry , condensed matter physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
To combine individual molecules according to a building‐block system such that the resulting crystals have special electrical, optical or magnetic properties is the fondest wish of many chemists. But even the planned cultivation of crystals with predeterminated structure is still not possible. To achieve high conductivities in charge‐transfer complexes, for example, the donor and acceptor molecules must crystallize in separate stacks with uniform interstack distances. Hünig et al. have developed valuable acceptor molecules, more recently of the inverse Wurster type (aromatic ground state, quinoid oxidized form), which can give fresh impetus to the area of organic metals ( Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 30 (1991) 561, 563).