The crystal structures have been determined and magnetic properties investigated for four novel HgBr 2 complexes with pyridyl-substituted 'nitronyl nitroxides ', 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(4-pyridyl)is mononuclear, in which mercury() has planar trigonal co-ordination core, from two bromide atoms and one nitrogen atom of the pyridyl group. In 2, [HgBr 2 L 2 ] the Hg II atom has distorted-tetrahedral four co-ordination involving two bromide atoms and chelating by oxygen and nitrogen atoms of the L 2 ligand. Complex 3, [(HgBr) 3 L 3 2 ], is a zigzag polymeric chain with a distorted T-shaped HgBr 2 L 3 unit and self-assembly involving coordination by an oxygen atom of the nitroxide groups. Complex 4, [(HgBr 2 ) 3 L 4 2 ], is a quasi-linear chain with HgBr 2 L 4 moieties and HgBr 2 cores. Cryomagnetic susceptibility measurements (4-300 K) showed that 1 and 3 exhibit a weak intermolecular alternating one-dimensional antiferromagnetic exchange interaction, while 3 and 4 possess weak one-dimensional antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic exchange interactions respectively. A simple spinpolarization model has been used to justify the observed ferromagnetic exchange interaction between the spins of the radical NO group in complex 4.
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