Electro-oxidation of a solution of[AcrH][Ni(dmit)
2] (AcrH = acridinium; dmit= 2-thioxo-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolate) yields black crystals of[AcrH][Ni(dmit)
2]
3(
1). Black crystals of[PheH][Ni(dmit)
2]
3 (
2)(PheH =phenazinium) are obtained by slow interdiffusion of solutions ofPheHBF
4 and[Bu
4N][Ni(dmit)
2]. Crystalsof
1are monoclinic, of space group
C2/
c, with
a = 39.124(3) Å,
b = 6.4777(5) Å,
c = 20.621(1) Å,
=110.55(1)
,and
Z = 4. Crystals of
2 are triclinic, ofspace group
P, with
a = 5.7795(6)Å,
b = 12.056(1) Å,
c =19.041(1)Å,
= 71.98(1)
,
= 89.47(1)
,
=77.99(1)
, and
Z = 1. The crystal structuresof the two compounds arevery different. In compound
2, regular stacks ofslightly dimerized Ni(dmit)
2 units are found and shortS···Sinteractions are found in two dimensions. Compound
1,however, shows stacks built from trimers ofNi(dmit)
2units, which are rotated 30
toward each other, forming a "spanningoverlapping mode". Short S···S interactionsare found in all three dimensions. Compound
1 shows aroom-temperature conductivity of 45S·cm
-1 and metallicconductivity behavior from room temperature down to 0.4 K. Nosuperconductivity is observed at high pressuresof 8 and 13 kbar. Compound
2 shows a room-temperatureconductivity of 4 S·cm
-1 andsemimetallic conductivitybehavior from room temperature down to 100 K. The measuredconductivity behaviors are in good agreementwith the results obtained from band-structure calculations according toa tight-binding model and including Coulombrepulsion.