Preparation and Characterization of New Inclusion Compounds Using Stable Nitroxide Radicals and an Organic 1-D Nanochannel as a Template

A new inclusion compound (IC) using di-t-buthyl nitroxide (DBNO) radical and tris(o-phenylenedioxy)cyclotriphosphazene (TPP) (1), which has an organic one-dimensional (1-D) nanochannel in the crystal, is reported. According to the characterization using thermogravimetric analysis (TG), ESR measurements, etc., the composition of the inclusion compound was assigned as TPP:DBNO = 1:0.62. The narrowing of the isotropic ESR adsorption line of 1 was observed with a temperature increase from 103 K to room temperature. The line shape indicated a type of 1-D spin diffusion as observed in our previous study of the IC using TPP and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxyl (TEMPO).