RSC Advances A systematic study of the variation of tetrathiafulvalene (TTF), TTF+• and TTF2+ reaction pathways with water in the presence and absence of light Journal: RSC Advances Manuscript ID: RA-ART-08-2014-008038.R1 Article Type: Paper Date Submitted by the Author: 12-Sep-2014 Complete List of Authors: Adeel, Shaimaa; Monash University, Chemistry Li, Qi; Monash University, Chemistry Nafady, Ayman; Monash University, Chemistry Zhao, Chuan; Monash University, Chemistry Siriwardana, Amal; Monash University, Chemistry Bond, Alan; Monash University, Chemistry Martin, Lisandra; Monash University, Chemistry Page 1 of 21 RSC Advances A systematic study of the variation of tetrathiafulvalene (TTF), TTF +• and TTF 2+ reaction pathways with water in the presence and absence of light Shaimaa M. Adeel, [a] Qi Li, [a] Ayman Nafady, [a,b] Chuan Zhao, [a,c] Amal I. Siriwardana, [a,d] Alan M. Bond* [a] and Lisandra L Martin* [a] [a] School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia * To whom correspondence should be addressed, Email:
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[email protected] [b] Current Address: King Saud University, College of Science, Department of Chemistry, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia [c] Current Address: School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia [d] Current Address: Tecnalia, Parque Tecnológico de San Sebastián, Mikeletegi Pasealekua, 2, E- 20009 Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain Keywords: TTF, electrochemistry, photoreduction, water oxidation 1 RSC Advances Page 2 of 21 Abstract The chemistry of the strongly electron donating tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) molecule is exceptionally well known, but detailed knowledge of the chemistry of its technologically important one (TTF +• ) and two (TTF 2+ ) electron oxidised redox partners is limited.