Ziganshina Albina Y, Ko Young Ho, Jeon Woo Sung, Kim Kimoon
National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Supramolecules and Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31 Hyojadong, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Apr 7(7):806-7. doi: 10.1039/b316651a. Epub 2004 Feb 23.
The first stable pi-dimer of a tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) cation radical encapsulated in the cavity of cucurbit[8]uril has been isolated at room temperature and fully characterized; it shows absorption bands at 400, 540 and 760 nm, characteristic of the TTF cation radical dimer.