TIPS‐TTF as a Precursor of Low‐Symmetry TTF Derivatives: Steric Protection Strategy in the Regioselective CH Modification of TTF

Abstract

AbstractTriisopropylsilyltetrathiafulvalene (TIPS‐TTF) has been devised as a promising platform for the synthesis of low‐symmetry TTF derivatives. The bulky TIPS group allows TIPS‐TTF to undergo palladium‐catalyzed direct diarylation as well as LDA‐mediated dilithiation exclusively on the roomier dithiole ring. Subsequent fluoride‐mediated protodesilylation provided vicinally difunctionalized TTF, which could undergo further functionalization.