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The goal of the research was to design a group of salts to be the organometallic analogs of (TTF)(TCNQ) and demonstrate metallic conductivity.","The metal sulfide clusters were cubanes of the formula (RCp)$\\sb4$M$\\sb2$M$\\sp\\prime\\sb2$S$\\sb4$ (R = H, Cp; M = Cr, V; M$\\sp\\prime$ = Cr,V) and the cluster (RCp)$\\sb5$V$\\sb5$S$\\sb6$ (R = H, Cp). All of the above clusters were examined by cyclic voltammetry and were found to have a 0/+1 oxidation wave at about 0 mV (Ag/AgCl). This oxidation made them suitable for reaction with TCNQ. Upon reaction with TCNQ, we found that these clusters formed both 1:1 (cluster:TCNQ) and 1:2 charge transfer salts with TCNQ. These compounds were semiconductors with band gaps in the range of 0.24-0.75 eV. IR and structural studies of both the 1:1 and 1:2 indicated that the TCNQ had undergone a Peierls distortion and was dimerized.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:53:25Z (GMT). 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