New molecular charge-transfer complexes of bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (ET), (ET)Cu
2Br
4 (
1), (ET)
2Cu
6Br
10 (
2), (ET)
2[Cu
4Br
6ET] (
3), (ET)
2Cu
2Br
4 (
4), (ET)
2Cu
3Br
7(H
2O) (
5), and (ET)
2Cu
6Br
10(H
2O)
2 (
6), have been synthesizedby diffusing reaction of ET and Cu
IIBr
2. Their crystal structures and physical properties have been investigated.X-ray analyses revealed that ET molecules coordinated to the copper ions with the sulfur atoms of the ethylenedithiogroups in all compounds. The Cu-S distances are found in the range 2.268(5)-2.417(8) Å, being close to thetypical Cu
I-S coordination bond distances. Strong d-
interactions between d-electrons of the copper ions and
-electrons of the ET molecules can be expected through the Cu-S coordination bonds. ET molecules behave as
trans-bidentate ligands bonding to two different copper ions in
1 and
3, as
cis-bidentate ligands in
2,
5, and
6, andas monodentate ligands in
4. In the crystal structure of
3, there are two types of ET molecules in the crystalstructure, where the first type is a
trans-bidentate ligand and the second forms a stacking structure by itself.Compounds
1,
2,
4, and
6 show semiconducting behavior down to low temperature (
RT = 1.6 × 10
-2 S cm
-1 and
Ea = 122 meV for
1,
RT = 2.1 S cm
-1 and
Ea = 21 meV for
2,
RT = 5.4 × 10
-4 S cm
-1 and
Ea = 239 meVfor
4, and
RT = 5.1 × 10
-2 S cm
-1 and
Ea = 207 meV for
6). On the other hand, in
3, a metal-like region isobserved along the
b-axis and
c-axis, due to the contribution of stacked ET molecules, and a metal-semiconductortransition occurs at 280 and 270 K, respectively. Also,
5 exhibits metallic conductivity in the temperature ranges240-300 and 200-300 K along the
b-axis and
c-axis, respectively, despite the oxidation state of ET with 2+.