Syntheses, crystal structures and blue luminescence of Cu2X2(Ph3P)2[(−)-nicotine]2 (X = Br, I)

New radical cation salt of bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalenium and iron bis(dicarbollide) [BEDT-TTF]2[3,3′-Fe(1,2-C2B9H11)2] (1) has been synthesized. The crystal structure of 1 has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method found to be isostructural to the known Co and Cr analogues. The electric conductivity measurement in the range of 110 ÷ 296 К shows that 1 is semiconductor with the room temperature conductivity σ293 = 1.5 × 10−2 Ω−1 cm−1, that is higher than in the Cr analogue and lower than in the Co analogue. The measurement of magnetic susceptibility in the range of 2 ÷ 300 K revealed that 1 is paramagnetic with the absence of significant interactions between the organic radical cations and the paramagnetic anions.