The electrical conductivity of alkylthio-substituted tetrathiafulvalene (TTCn-TTF) single crystal has been measured in a vacuum of 10−4 Pa with the two probe method. The room temperature dark conductivity of TTC10-TTF reaches 10−5 S cm−1, a value that is extraordinarily high compared with those of other organic semiconductors constructed with a single component. The cause of this high conductivity is that the central tetrathiafulvalene skeleton has been fastened strongly with the four long alkyl chains.

Angle-resolved ultraviolet photoemission spectra using synchrotron radiation were measured for oriented thin films of bis(1,2,5-thiadiazolo)-p-quinobis(1,3-dithiole) (BTQBT) on graphite. From the photon energy dependence of normal emission spectra, the energy-band dispersion of π-bands were observed for the highest (HOMO) and next highest (NHOMO) bands. This is the first observation of intermolecular dispersion in a single-component organic molecular crystal. The results demonstrate that the BTQBT molecules have a strong intermolecular interaction, which can be derived from the introduction of a covalent interaction between sulfur atoms in addition to the usual intermolecular interaction by van der Waals forces.

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ChemInform Abstract The title compound (V) is prepared by consecutive treatment of tetrathiafulvalene (I) with LDA, tellurium powder (II), and methyl iodide (IV).