Poly (2, 5-thienylenes), after doping with iodine, have been shown to exhibit significant conductivity. The polymeric materials were obtained by transition-metalinduced polymerization of the bis Grignard compounds derived from 2, 5-dibromothiophene, 1, and 2, 5-dibromo-3-methylthiophene, 2.'The polymeric material derived from 2 exhibited improved conductivity in comparison with that of 1 (eq 1). r5 R