SYNTHESIS, ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITIES, AND ELECTRONIC REFLECTION SPECTRA OF ALKALINE-EARTH METAL CATION-TCNQ-CROWN ETHER COMPLEXES

Two v 55 n 2 Feb 1982 of BCSJA8 metal cation-TCNQ-crown ether complexes were synthesized: one is the simple salt, expressed as left bracket M**2** plus (TCNQ** minus )//2 right bracket //m(crown ether)//n and the other is the complex salt expressed as left bracket M**2** plus (TCNQ** minus )//2 right bracket //m(TCNQ)//n(crown either)//i. The electrical resistivities of the complexes were measured for compacted samples and single crystals. The resistivities of the simple salts were greater than 10**5 OMEGA cm, so they are much less conductive than the original TCNQ salts, M**2** plus (TCNQ** minus )//2. Most of the complex salts were more conductive than the original TCNQ salts, with the resistivities of 4-10**3 OMEGA cm.