“…Winkler and Mayer (420) have attempted to prepare derivatives of the type IrL(C0)2(Cl) which contain highly polarizable ligands, L = 9, 20, and 22, in an attempt to experimentally realize Little's excitonic superconductor (268,269,429). These materials, [IrL(C0)2Cl] (L = 9-22), were shown via twoprobe measurements on pressed pellets to have conductivities in the range of insulators, O25O0C 5 52-l cm-I (420). The low conductivities of these materials are probably due to the lack of metal-metal interaction in the solid state because the ligands used were are bulky and hinder close approach.…”