Since their discovery in the 1960s, metal dithiolenes have generated significant interest because of their unique electronic and magnetic properties. These complexes are versatile species capable of a wide range of oxidation states, coordination geometries, and magnetic moments. In 2009, the Rasmussen group reported the synthesis of a planar p-extended nickel thiophenedithiolene complex, combining the aspects of conjugated organic materials with metal dithiolenes. This synthetic approach is currently being used to prepare a family of solution processable metal thiophenedithiolenes with different transition metals and thiophene ligands. Transition metals under investigation include nickel, cobalt, palladium, platinum and gold. Synthetic details will be presented, along with the optical, electrochemical and crystallographic properties of these metal-dithiolene based conjugated oligomers.

Synthesis and characterization of a family of p-extended metal thiophenedithiolenes

247th National Meeting (2014)

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