Supporting Information Contents Figure S1. The crystalline structures of the studied compounds DPTTA, DPTTACH3 and DPTTACl Table S1. The optimized bond lengths (Å), bond angels (°), dihedral angles (°) of DPTTA in neutral and ionic states based on B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and its corresponding experimental values Table S2. The optimized bond lengths (Å), bond angels (°), dihedral angles (°) of DPTTACH3 in neutral and ionic states based on B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and its corresponding experimental values Table S3. The optimized bond lengths (Å), bond angels (°), dihedral angles (°) of DPTTACl in neutral and ionic states based on B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and its corresponding experimental values 1 DPTTA DPTTACH3 DPTTACl 2 Figure S1. The crystalline structures of the studied compounds DPTTA, DPTTACH3 and DPTTACl 3 Table S1. The optimized bond lengths (Å), bond angels (°), dihedral angles (°) of DPTTA in neutral and ionic states based on B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and its corresponding experimental values Expt Neutral Anion Cation R(C1-C2) 1.386 1.395 1.381 1.378 R(C2-C3) 1.401 1.408 1.425 1.426 R(C3-S4) 1.744 1.761 1.766 1.749 R(S4-C5) 1.749 1.769 1.775 1.768 R(C5-C6) 1.409 1.419 1.413 1.412 R(C6-C7) 1.367 1.380 1.394 1.386 R(C3-C7) 1.410 1.416 1.401 1.407 R(C5-C8) 1.405 1.411 1.421 1.420 R(C8-C9) 1.498 1.504 1.497 1.493 R(C9-C10) 1.387 1.403 1.406 1.406 R(C10-C11) 1.385 1.396 1.395 1.394 R(C11-C12) 1.375 1.396 1.397 1.397 R(C12-R) 0.951 1.087 1.088 1.086 A(C1-C2-C3) 136.47 136.97 137.54 136.80 A(S4-C5-C8) 125.01 124.74 124.45 124.99 D(C1-C2-C3-S4) 1.77 1.54 3.29 9.51 D(C3-S4-C5-C8) 178.02 179.10 178.66 178.05 D(S4-C5-C8-C9) 178.40 178.01 175.83 170.40 4 Table S2. The optimized bond lengths (Å), bond angels (°), dihedral angles (°) of DPTTACH3 in neutral and ionic states based on B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and its corresponding experimental values Expt Neutral Anion Cation R(C1-C2) 1.389 1.395 1.381 1.378 R(C2-C3) 1.404 1.408 1.425 1.426 R(C3-S4) 1.742 1.761 1.766 1.749 R(S4-C5) 1.754 1.770 1.775 1.768 R(C5-C6) 1.409 1.419 1.413 1.411 R(C6-C7) 1.377 1.380 1.394 1.387 R(C3-C7) 1.411 1.415 1.401 1.407 R(C5-C8) 1.406 1.412 1.421 1.421 R(C8-C9) 1.501 1.502 1.497 1.489 R(C9-C10) 1.396 1.402 1.406 1.406 R(C10-C11) 1.398 1.395 1.394 1.392 R(C11-C12) 1.388 1.401 1.401 1.402 R(C12-R) 1.508 1.511 1.512 1.509 A(C1-C2-C3) 136.80 137.00 137.54 136.81 A(S4-C5-C8) 124.60 124.78 124.48 125.03 D(C1-C2-C3-S4) 2.52 2.20 3.24 10.36 D(C3-S4-C5-C8) –176.46 –178.82 –178.27 –177.50 D(S4-C5-C8-C9) 175.79 177.15 175.81 175.53 5 Table S3. The optimized bond lengths (Å), bond angels (°), dihedral angles (°) of DPTTACl in neutral and ionic states based on B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and its corresponding experimental values Expt Neutral Anion Cation R(C1-C2) 1.381 1.394 1.379 1.376 R(C2-C3) 1.410 1.408 1.426 1.428 R(C3-S4) 1.743 1.761 1.766 1.749 R(S4-C5) 1.744 1.771 1.776 1.769 R(C5-C6) 1.407 1.418 1.410 1.410 R(C6-C7) 1.374 1.381 1.394 1.388 R(C3-C7) 1.400 1.414 1.399 1.406 R(C5-C8) 1.411 1.413 1.424 1.421 R(C8-C9) 1.492 1.500 1.491 1.487 R(C9-C10) 1.392 1.404 1.409 1.408 R(C10-C11) 1.392 1.394 1.394 1.391 R(C11-C12) 1.140 1.085 1.086 1.085 R(C12-R) 1.743 1.759 1.770 1.745 A(C1-C2-C3) 136.04 136.65 137.02 135.90 A(S4-C5-C8) 124.89 124.71 124.45 124.58 D(C1-C2-C3-S4) 2.03 4.90 8.14 11.52 D(C3-S4-C5-C8) 179.89 179.07 179.66 179.90 D(S4-C5-C8-C9) 165.07 168.76 168.82 163.94 6 7