| abstract |
An electrically conductive complex obtained by reacting a thia-and/or selenafulvalenyl group-containing compound as an electron donor with an electron acceptor, and having an electron donar/electron acceptor molar ratio of 1/0.1 to 1/10, the thia-and/or selenafulvalenyl group-containing compound having the formula (I), <IMAGE> (I) <IMAGE> wherein each of X1, X2, X3, X4, X'1, X'2, X'3 and X'4 is independently S or Se, Y is an electron donating or electron accepting group having a size which is not so large as to prevent molecular overlapping, m is an integer of 0 to 4, each of Z1, Z2, Z'1 and Z'2 is independently a hydrogen atom, CnH2n+1 in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, or alternatively, a combination of Z1 with Z2 or Z'2 and is CnH2n in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, or X(CnH2n)n'X in which X is S or Se and n' is an integer of 1 to 3, and each of R1, R2, R3, R'1, R'2 and R'3 is independently a hydrogen atom or Cn H2n+1 in which n is an integer of 1 to 5. |