“…Data collection: SMART (Siemens, 1996); cell re®nement: SMART (Siemens, 1996); data reduction: SAINT (Siemens, 1996); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997a); program(s) used to re®ne structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997a); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 1997b); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL. In recent years many new effects have been found especially for low-dimensional spin systems (Caneschi et al, 2001;Wolf et al, 2002;Mitsumi et al, 2002;Lorenz et al, 2002). Our aim is to construct quasi-one-dimensional molecule- We have found that the topology and size of the [R-BzPy] + ion, which is related to its molecular conformation, can be modulated by systematic variation of the substituents on the aromatic rings.…”