Hydroxymethyl-BEDT-TTF is converted by tosylation and elimination into exomethylene-BEDT-TTF whose exocyclic double bond leads to a small increase in the oxidation potential, and from which radical cation salts with perchlorate and triiodide have been prepared, the latter showing semiconductor properties. Allyloxymethyl-and allylthiomethyl-BEDT-TTF, the first BEDT-TTF derivatives with an alkene in the side chain, have been prepared, along with a 1:2 radical cation perchlorate salt of the former, an insulator which contains a donor dication.
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