Magnetic interactions in supramolecular N-O...H-C[triple bond]C- type hydrogen-bonded nitronylnitroxide radical chains

Two paramagnetic building blocks, 2-(4-ethynyl-1-phenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl (3) and 2-(5-ethynyl-2-pyridyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl (4) were synthesized and crystallized. Single crystal X-ray studies of 3 and 4 show the formation of supramolecular head-to-tail one-dimensional H-bonded (N-O...H-Ctriple bond]C- type) chain structures with O...C distances of 3.181 and 3.155 A, respectively. High-resolution isotropic liquid state (c