Two new compounds [Co(q-C,H,),][Ni(C3S,),I,.2MeCN and [Ni(q-C,H,)(C,S,)], both obtained by combination of the nickel complex anion [Ni(C,S,),] -(C,S, = 4,5-disulfanyl-l,3-dithiole-2-thionate) and the metallocenium cation [M(q-C5H,),] + (M = Co or Ni), respectively, have been prepared and characterized crystallographically. The non-integral oxidation-state cobalt complex with the unusual 1 : 3 stoichiometry was obtained by electrochemical oxidation of [NBu,][Ni(C,S,),] in the presence of [Co(q-C,H,),]PF,. It is semiconductive (0 = 0.06 S cm ' at room temperature, E, = 0.18 eV between 300 and 250 K). The crystal structure shows that the asymmetric unit contains one Ni(C,S,), unit, one Ni(C,S,) entity, one Co (q-C,H,) unit and one molecule of acetonitrile. The Ni(C,S,), units are associated in triads stacked along the [ l o l l direction. No significant differences are observed in the distances and angles within the two symmetryunrelated Ni(C,S,), units, indicating that the charges of both units are very similar. The cyclopentadienyl rings are staggered due to the location of the Co atoms on inversion centres. The average Co-C distance is comparable to those found in several cobaltocenium salts.