J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1998 2467 An expedient, cost effective large scale synthesis of tetrathiafulvalene Ronald L. Meline and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer * Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019. E-Mail: elsenbaumer@ uta.edu TTF is synthesized (85% yield) in two steps from 4,5- bis(benzoylthio)-1,3-dithiole-2-thione and isolated in high purity without the use of chromatography. ...