"4K-metal chelated" A chemical term used in Sagan's Cosmos
These guys are "cryogenic superconducting electrovores" who apparently have "no planetary communities" so my guess is that "4K" should probably be taken to mean "4 Kelvin" and "metal-chelated organic semiconductors" as that they are composed of various types of semiconductors whose molecules are organics chelated with a metallic ion. About the "Local Group polylogue" thing, it's probably fictional stuff like a sort of interstellar Commonwealth or something.