ABSTRACT:A soluble charge-transfer (CT) complex of ff-conjugated donor polymer with 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) was formed when TCNQ was added to a dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution of a ll'-conjugated poly(dithiafulvene) (2). In DMSO, 2 reacted with TCNQ to produce a dark green solution. After the precipitated TCNQ was filtered, the filtrate was evaporated to obtain a dark green powder. The resulting CT complex was soluble in acetonitrile, DMSO, N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF), acetone, and MeOH, and partially soluble in tetrahydrofuran (THF). The UV-Vis absorption spectra suggested a formation of the CT complex containing about 1 : 1 ratio of dithiafulvene unit to TCNQ. The UV-Vis absorption and FT-IR analyses indicated that the anion radical ofTCNQ was initially formed by the charge-transfer reaction when TCNQ was added to the solution of 2, and the remaining TCNQ was interacted with 2 as a partially charge-transferred form. In the 1 H NMR spectra, the broad peak attributed to the benzylidene proton of 2 was shifted to a lower magnetic field proportional to the TCNQ feed ratio against the dithiafulvene unit of 2. The CT complex has a conductivity of2 X 10--4 S cm-- The formation of CT complexes by chemical oxidation can be accomplished only if the redox potentials of the donors and acceptors are carefully balanced. The electrical conductivity of the solid state ofTTF-TCNQ along the stacking direction is about three orders of magnitude higher than that in the perpendicular direction, and therefore TTF-TCNQ behaves as a quasi-one-dimensional metal. Such low-dimensional conductors have been predicted by Peierls to undergo a lattice distortion at low temperatures resulting in a metal-insulator transition.