Advanced Materials, Vol.7, No.5, 476-478, 1995
FERROMAGNETIC ORDER IN THE SULFUR-CONTAINING NITRONYL NITROXIDE RADICAL, 2(4-THIOMETHYL)PHENYL-4,4,5,5-TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE-1-OXIDE, NIT(SME)PH
Low-temperature magnetic measurements on powdered samples of the title nitronyl nitroxide radical (see figure) are reported. Evidence for ferromagnetic order with a T-c of ca. 0.2 K is found. It is proposed that the diffuse electronic cloud of the sulfur atom in the radical substituent generates sufficiently strong ferromagnetic interactions even at large distances.