Self-Assembly, Chromic Properties, and Nanostructure Formation of Tetrathiafulvalene-Fused Dodecadehydro[18]annulenes

Multifunctional dodecadehydrotris(tetrathiafulvaleno)[18]annulenes 1b–1d, which have six peripheral butylthio substituents or six ester substituents, were synthesized together with the correspondin...