(TTP-PROXYL)FeCl 4 , where TTP-PROXYL is 2,5-bis-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene (TTP) incorporating the 2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrrolidinyloxy (PROXYL) radical, is a semiconductor with two kinds of localized spin systems, that is, the systems of organic radical spins and 3d spins of magnetic FeCl 4 À ions. The spin of the TTP-PROXYL radical cation disappears due to dimerization but the T-value of 4.65 K emu mol À1 indicates the coexistence of high-spin Fe However, if the organic conductors based on donors with localized radical spins and magnetic anions such as FeCl 4 À can be prepared, the magnetic interaction between organic radical spin and magnetic moment of Fe 3þ ions would occur, which will open a way to realize a new type of the magnetic organic conductors such as ferrimagnetic organic conductors. In this paper, we report the crystal structures and physical properties of (TTP-PROXYL)FeCl 4 and isostructural (TTP-PROXYL)GaCl 4 .TTP-PROXYL was prepared according to the literature.
5,6The black crystals of (TTP-PROXYL)MCl 4 (M ¼ Fe and Ga) were prepared electrochemically. The X-ray crystal structure analyses revealed that the FeCl 4 salt was isostructural to the GaCl 4 salt and belonged to the triclinic system. 7 The crystals have the donor:anion ratio of 1:1. As shown Figure 1, there are two crystallographically independent donors (A and B) and anions (C and D). Unlike usual organic conductors, the crystal of (TTP-PROXYL)MCl 4 has not two-dimensional donor layer. Two TTP-PROXYL molecules interrelated by inversion symmetry are dimerized in a head-to-tail manner (Figure 2). There are many intradimer short SÁÁÁS contacts. The TTP-PROXYL dimers A and B are loosely stacked to form columns along the b and a directions, respectively, and the TTP-PROXYL columns and MCl 4 À anions are arranged alternately along the a and b