Three new compounds were obtained by slow diffusion of[Ni(dmit)
2]
- (dmit =2-thioxo-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolato)into 4-(dimethylamino)-1-methylpyridinium[C
1]
+,4-[2-(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)ethenyl]-1-methylpyridinium[C
2]
+, and4-[4-(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)-1,3-butadienyl]-1-methylpyridinium[C
3]
+.[C
1]
+[Ni(dmit)
2]
-exhibitstwo crystallographic phases (
1,
2) as does[C
2]
+[Ni(dmit)
2]
-(
3,
4). The structures have been determined:
1,monoclinic,
P2
1/
c,
a =17.450(2) Å,
b = 10.646(1) Å,
c =23.891(2) Å,
= 97.42(1)
,
Z = 4;
2, triclinic
P,
a = 9.776(1) Å,
b = 15.195(2) Å,
c = 16.999(2) Å,
= 114.14(1)
,
=101.84(1)
,
= 93.40(1)
,
Z = 2;
3,monoclinic,
P2
1/
c,
a =9.813(1) Å,
b = 11.589(1) Å,
c =24.345(3) Å,
= 93.12(1)
,
Z = 4;
4, triclinic, P
,
a= 13.432(2) Å,
b = 16.101(2) Å,
c= 6.553(1) Å,
= 99.69(1)
,
=94.34(1)
,
= 102.88(2)
,
Z =2;[C
1]
+[Ni(dmit)
2]
-(
1) exhibits a conductivity of 1.3 ×10
-2 S cm
-1.Due to centrosymmetry, none of the materialsexhibits second-order nonlinear optical properties, but thestructure of
1 demonstrates that layers of highlypolarizablecations can be stabilized in a noncentrosymmetric environment betweentwo-dimensional networks of[Ni(dmit)
2]
-species.