Isolation and Magnetic Properties of Heterocycle-Carrying <i>N</i>-Alkoxyarylaminyl Radicals¹

Abstract

Two N-tert-butoxy-2,6-diaryl-4-(4-pyridyl)phenylaminyls (1) and three N-tert-butoxy-2,6-diaryl-4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phenylaminyls (2) were prepared by the reaction of the lithium salts of the corresponding anilines with tert-butyl peroxybenzoate. Although 1 could not be isolated as radical crystals, 2 was successfully obtained as red crystals. The X-ray crystallographic analysis and magnetic susceptibility measurements were performed for one isolated radical.