Molecular recognition for stable organic radicals--2-(6-uradinyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-1-oxyl

Patrick Taylor; Paul R Serwinski; Paul M Lahti

doi:10.1039/b302901h

Molecular recognition for stable organic radicals--2-(6-uradinyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-1-oxyl

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Jun 21:(12):1400-1. doi: 10.1039/b302901h.

Authors

Patrick Taylor¹, Paul R Serwinski, Paul M Lahti

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.

PMID: 12841261
DOI: 10.1039/b302901h

Abstract

Stable radical 2-(6-uradinyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-1-oxyl shows antiferromagnetic spin pairing with 2J/k= -14 K, attributable to a close contact between unpaired spin density on the imidazole-type nitrogen atoms; hydrogen bonds aid dimer formation, but do not appear to play an eletronic role in the magnetic behaviour.