title: Hexahalorhenate(iv) salts of metal oxazolidine nitroxides.
abstract: Eight coordination compounds of formulae [FeII(L˙)2][ReIVCl6] (1a), [FeII(L˙)2][ReIVBr6] (1b), [CoII(L˙)2][ReIVCl6]·CH3CN (2a), [CoII(L˙)2][ReIVBr6] (2b), [NiII(L˙)(CH3CN)3][ReIVCl6]·CH3CN (3a), [NiII(L˙)(CH3CN)3][ReIVBr6]·3CH3CN (3b), [CuII(L˙)2][ReIVCl6] (4a) and [CuII(L˙)2][ReIVBr6] (4b), where L˙ is the aminoxyl radical chelating ligand, 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-di(2-pyridyl)oxazolidine-N-oxide, have been synthesised. Structural and magnetic studies reveal metal-radical intramolecular antiferromagnetic interactions in the [MII(L˙)2]2+cations in the iron, cobalt and copper based compounds (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 4a and 4b) with the central metal ion low-spin in the case of iron (1a and 1b) and a gradual, cobalt based, spin-crossover transition present in 2a and 2b. The nickel based compounds, 3a and 3b, were analysed in the dried form (3a(dried) and 3b(dried)) and directly in acetonitrile (3a(solvated) and 3b(solvated)). Microanalysis and IR spectroscopy on 3a(dried) and 3b(dried) suggest that the dried samples are best formulated as [NiII(L˙)(H2O)3][ReIVX6], where X = Cl (3a(dried)) and Br (3b(dried)). All forms of 3a and 3b exhibit cationic metal-radical ferromagnetic interactions resulting in S = 3/2 ground states. In addition, 3a(dried) exhibits spin-canting behaviour with an ordering temperature of 2.7 K, an open hysteresis loop with a coercive field Hc= 580 Oe, and a remanent magnetisation Mr= 0.21μB, resulting in a canting angle of ∼1.8°. In contrast, 3b(dried) shows no spin-canting behaviour; a maximum in χMvs. T at T = 3 K suggesting long-range antiferromagnetic ordering. 3a(solvated) and 3b(solvated) show no indication of long-range magnetic ordering, unlike 4a and 4b where anomalies are evident in the low-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements.
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, EH9 3FJ Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. E.Brechin@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Anders H
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-9799
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK. I.Gass@brighton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Blaise L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Geoghegan
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, EH9 3FJ Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. E.Brechin@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1597-3679
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Nichol
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lupton
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Keith S
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4098-9389
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Inorgànica/Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, C/Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna (València), Spain. F.Jose.Martinez@uv.es.
authors.forename: José
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-2344
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lillo
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK. I.Gass@brighton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ian A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Gass
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, EH9 3FJ Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. E.Brechin@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Euan K
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9365-370X
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Brechin