ELECTRON-VIBRATIONAL INTERACTION IN CONDUCTING SALTS OF BIS(ETHYLENEDITHIO)TETRATHIAFULVALENE STUDIED BY INFRARED REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY

In the spectra of the new family of ET salts with mercury-halide anion s, the electron-vibrational bands about 1100-1300 cm-1 (usual for othe r ET salts) are absent. This may be accounted for by a new type of ele ctron-vibrational interaction including non-totally symmetric modes in stead of ''usual'' interaction with totally symmetric ones. The latter fact may be connected with peculiarities of crystal structure due to which the electron transfer between ET molecules takes place through s ide sulphur atoms, which, in turn, lends to violation of molecular sym metry during the transfer.