Supplementary Material (ESI) for Dalton Transactions This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2001 Supplementary information Crystal structures, magnetic and spectroscopic properties of manganese(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II) and zinc(II) dichloro complexes bearing two 2-pyridyl-substituted imino nitroxides Youhei Yamamoto, Takayoshi Suzuki and Sumio Kaizaki* Contents Figure S1 Perspective drawings of (a) (OC-6-22)-[CoCl2(IM2py)2] 2, (b) (OC-6-22)-[NiCl2(IM2py)2] 3 and (c) (OC-6-22)-[ZnCl2(IM2py)2] 4. Hydrogen atoms are omitted for clarity, and the thermal elipsoids are drawn at 50% probability level. Figure S2 Temperature-dependence of vis-NIR absorption spectrum of complex 2 in dichloromethane: 300 K (• • • • • • •), 275 K (– • • – • • –), 250 K (— • — • —), 225 K (– – – –) and 200 K (———). Figure S3 Temperature-dependence of vis-NIR absorption spectrum of complex 1 in dichloromethane: 300 K (• • • • • • •), 275 K (– • • – • • –), 250 K (— • — • —), 225 K (– – – –) and 200 K (———). Equations S1–S4 Equations used in the analyses of magnetic susceptibitily data for complexes 4, 1, 3 and 2, respectively. ( S1 ) Supplementary Material (ESI) for Dalton Transactions This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2001 (b) (a) N(1') N(3') Cl' N(1') N(3') Cl' Co C(12) N(3) C(2) Cl Cl N(3) C(1) C(12) C(8) C(8) C(9) N(1) C(3) C(4) C(1) C(2) C(10) C(5) N(1) C(11) Ni C(4) C(5) C(7) N(2) C(7) N(2) C(3) C(11) C(6) O C(6) O C(9) C(10) (c) N(3') N(1') C(4) Cl' Zn C(5) N(1) C(2) C(1) C(3) Cl N(3) C(12) C(8) C(7) N(2) C(6) C(11) C(9) O Figure S1 C(10) Perspective drawings of (a) (OC-6-22)-[CoCl2(IM2py)2] 2, (b) (OC-6-22)-[NiCl2(IM2py)2] 3 and (c) (OC-6-22)-[ZnCl2(IM2py)2] 4. Hydrogen atoms are omitted for clarity, and the thermal elipsoids are drawn at 50% probability level. ( S2 ) Supplementary Material (ESI) for Dalton Transactions This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2001 3 -1 ) -1 cm / dm log( 1 3 mol 2 0 8 10 12 10 Figure S2 -3 / cm 14 16 -1 Temperature-dependence of vis-NIR absorption spectrum of complex 2 in dichloromethane: 300 K (• • • • • • •), 275 K (– • • – • • –), 250 K (— • — • —), 225 K (– – – –) and 200 K (———). ( S3 ) Supplementary Material (ESI) for Dalton Transactions This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2001 3 -1 ) -1 cm 3 mol / dm log( 2 1 15 Figure S3 10 -3 / cm-1 20 25 Temperature-dependence of vis-NIR absorption spectrum of complex 1 in dichloromethane: 300 K (• • • • • • •), 275 K (– • • – • • –), 250 K (— • — • —), 225 K (– – – –) and 200 K (———). ( S4 ) Supplementary Material (ESI) for Dalton Transactions This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2001 Equations S1 Equation used in the analyses of magnetic susceptibitily data for complex 4. 2N2gR(bis)2 MW(bis) N2gR(mono)2 M = ———————— • (1–) + ———— • —————— • kT{3 + exp(2J’/kT)} MW(mono) 4kT where J’ is a coupling constant between two IM2py (H = – 2J'SR1• SR2), gR(bis) and gR(mono) are g factors of IM2py radicals in [ZnCl2(IM2py)2] and [ZnCl2(IM2py)], respectively, MW(bis) and MW(mono) are molecular weight of [ZnCl2(IM2py)2] and [ZnCl2(IM2py)], respectively, and is an impurity factor of comtamination with [ZnCl2(IM2py)]. Other symbols have their usual meanings. Equations S2 Equation used in the analyses of magnetic susceptibitily data for complex 1. N2 10g12 + 35g22e5x + 84g32e12x + 35g42e7x–2x’ M = —— • ——————————————————— 4kT 2 + 3e5x + 4e12x + 3e7x–2x’ where x and x' denote J/kT and J’/kT (H = – 2J SMn•(SR1 + SR2) – 2J' SR1• SR2), respectively, and g1, g2, g3, and g4 express (7gMn – 2gR)/5, (31gMn + 4gR)/35, (5gMn + 2gR)/7, and gMn, respectively. Other symbols have their usual meanings. ( S5 ) Supplementary Material (ESI) for Dalton Transactions This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2001 Equations S3 Equation used in the analyses of magnetic susceptibitily data for complex 3. N2 (gNi + gR)2(5 + e–4x) + 4gNi2e–2x–2x’ M = ———— • ——————————————— 2k(T–) 5 + 3e–4x + e–6x + 3e–2x–2x’ where x and x' denote J/kT and J’/kT (H = – 2J SNi•(SR1 + SR2) – 2J' SR1• SR2), respectively. The parameter is Weiss constant, and other symbols have their usual meanings. Equations S4 Equation used in the analyses of magnetic susceptibitily data for complex 2. N2 35g12 + 10g22e–5x + g32e–8x + 10g42e–3x–2x’ M = ———— • ——————————————————— 4k(T–) 3 + 2e–5x + e–8x + 2e–3x–2x’ where x and x' denote J/kT and J’/kT (H = – 2J SCo•(SR1 + SR2) – 2J' SR1• SR2), respectively, and g1, g2, g3, and g4 express (3gCo + 2gR)/5, (11gCo + 4gR)/15, (5gCo – 2gR)/3, and gCo, respectively. Other symbols including have their usual meanings. ( S6 )