The synthesis, crystal structure, and physical characterization of five new radical salts formed by the organic donorbis(ethylenediseleno)tetrathiafulvalene (BEST) and the paramagnetic tris(oxalato)metalate anions [M(C
2O
4)
3]
3- (M= Fe
III and Cr
III) are reported. The salts isolated are (BEST)
4[M(C
2O
4)
3]·PhCOOH·H
2O with M
III = Cr (
1) or Fe (
2)(crystal data:
1, triclinic, space group
P with
a = 14.0999(4) Å,
b = 15.3464(4) Å,
c = 19.5000(4) Å,
=76.711(5)
,
= 71.688(5)
,
= 88.545(5)
,
V = 3893.5(2) Å
3, and
Z = 2;
2, triclinic, space group
P with
a =14.0326(3) Å,
b = 15.1981(4) Å,
c = 19.4106(4) Å,
= 76.739(5)
,
= 71.938(5)
,
= 88.845(5)
,
V =3824.9(2) Å
3, and
Z = 2), (BEST)
4[M(C
2O
4)
3]·1.5H
2O with M
III = Cr (
3) or Fe (
4) (crystal data:
3, monoclinic,space group
C2/
m with
a = 33.7480(10) Å,
b = 12.3151(7) Å,
c = 8.8218(5) Å,
= 99.674(5)
,
V = 3614.3(3)Å
3, and
Z = 2;
4, monoclinic, space group
C2/
m with
a = 33.659(6) Å,
b = 12.248(2) Å,
c = 8.759(2) Å,
=99.74(3)
,
V = 3558.9(12) Å
3, and
Z = 2), and (BEST)
9[Fe(C
2O
4)
3]
2·7H
2O (
5) (crystal data: triclinic, space group
P with
a = 12.6993(3) Å,
b = 18.7564(4) Å,
c = 18.7675(4) Å,
= 75.649(5)
,
= 107.178(5)
,
=79.527(5)
,
V = 3977.5(3) Å
3, and
Z = 1). The structures of all these salts consist of alternating layers of theorganic donors and tris(oxalato)metalate anions. In
1 and
2 the anionic layers contain also benzoic acid moleculesH-bonded to the terminal oxygen atoms of the anions. In all salts the organic layers adopt
-type packings. Alongthe parallel stacks the donors form dimers in
3 and
4, trimers in
5, and tetramers in
1 and
2. All the compoundsare paramagnetic semiconductors with high room-temperature conductivities and magnetic susceptibilities dominatedby the Fe- or Cr-containing anions.