Solvent-drop Assisted Mechanochemical Synthesis of the Black and Green Polymorphs of the Tetrathiafulvalene-chloranil Charge Transfer Salt
This work describes the synthesis of the green and black polymorphic forms of the tetrathiafulvalene-chloranil (TTF-CA) charge transfer salt as pure phases, by solvent-assisted mechanochemistry. Both materials were characterized using laboratory and high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), elemental analysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The high-resolution XRPD pattern of the TTF-CA black polymorph was indexed with a triclinic lattice a = 10.756(5) {angstrom}, b = 11.057(4) {angstrom}, c = 6.614(2) {angstrom}, {alpha} = 101.36(2){sup o}, {beta} = 93.69(3){sup o}, {gamma} = 89.37(3){sup o}, V = 769.6(5) {angstrom}{sup 3}. The chemical stability of these phases upon heating was investigated using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), elemental analysis and X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), indicating that both polymorphs undergo chemical decomposition, and ruling out the transition to an air-stable high temperature polymorph.
- Research Organization:
- BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY (BNL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1042318
- Report Number(s):
- BNL--97996-2012-JA
- Journal Information:
- Synthetic Metals, Journal Name: Synthetic Metals Journal Issue: 11-12 Vol. 161; ISSN 0379-6779; ISSN SYMEDZ
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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