The radical salt [ET]2[CuCl4] was obtained by chemical oxidation of bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (ET) with the tetranuclear copper(II) halide cluster [Cu4OCl10]4–. Although a complex mixture of anions forms in solution during the redox reaction, only this product is obtained as large (>3 mm) single crystals. X-ray diffraction analysis determined that the ET molecules stack in the solid state forming dimerized 1D chains along the a axis, interleaved by [CuCl4]2– anions. The ET dimers show very short S···S contacts (<3.41 Å). The physical properties are dominated by these intradimer ET interactions. The magnetic behavior shows antiferromagnetic coupling with a singlet–triplet gap >620 K (430 cm–1). The Cu2+ (S = 1/2) centers are magnetically isolated and yield a narrow EPR line in the X-band at g = 2.01. The ET moieties are EPR silent.
Nonelectrochemical Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Physical Properties of the Radical Salt [ET]2[CuCl4] (ET = Bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene)
Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 14376-14381.