The crystals of p-(1-oxyl-3-oxido-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-imidazolin-2-yl)benzoic acid and its alkali metal (Li, Na, and K) salts were prepared. Dimer structures were found in the crystals of the free acid 1 and the lithium salt 1.Li.1/2MeOH by X-ray crystal structure studies. A dimer model was fitted to the observed magnetic susceptibility data of 1 and 1.Li.1/2MeOH in the whole temperature range studied. The optimized exchange coupling parameters 2J/k(B) in the dimers were -6.0 and +31.8 K in 1 and 1.Li.1/2MeOH, respectively. The sodium and potassium salts were paramagnetic and analyzed in terms of the Curie-Weiss relation to have weak Weiss fields of theta = -0.4 and -1.0 K, respectively.