A mixture of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxyl (TEMPO) radical and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidine (TEMP) was included into organic 1-D nanochannels of tris(o-phenylenedioxy)cyclotriphosphazene (TPP) crystal. Dilution of the paramagnetic TEMPO radical was achieved with excess TEMP, thereby isolating a TEMPO molecule in the nanochannel. For inclusion compounds of TPP with TEMPO and TEMP (TEMPO/all guest compounds = 0.017, and 0.15), temperature-dependent electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra were observed to investigate their molecular dynamics and orientation. In the temperature range from 112 K to room temperature, the spectra depended remarkably on the temperature. Temperature dependence was well interpreted by uniaxial rotation, suggesting that TEMPO molecules undergo uniaxial rotation about a channel axis with a molecular orientation in which the N-O bond in the nitroxide group is perpendicular to the channel axis. The activation energy of uniaxial rotation was evaluated as 4.5 +/- 0.3 kJ mol(-1).

The Diels-Alder reaction of di-2-azulenylacetylene with tetraphenylcyclopentadienone afforded 7,8,9,10-tetraphenyldiazuleno[2,1-a:1,2-c]naphthalene in one pot via autoxidation of the presumed 1,2-di-2-azulenylbenzene derivative. In contrast, a similar reaction of bis(1-methoxycarbonyl-2-azulenyl)acetylene with tetraphenylcyclopentadienone gave the 1,2-di-2-azulenylbenzene derivative. The following cyclodehydrogenation reaction of the benzene derivative with iron(III) chloride afforded diazuleno[2,1-a:1,2-c]naphthalene 6,11-bismethoxycarbonyl derivative. The redox behavior of these novel diazuleno[2,1-a:1,2-c]naphthalenes was examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV). These compounds exhibited two-step oxidation waves at +0.22 to +0.71 V upon CV, which revealed the formation of a radical cation and dication stabilized by the fused two azulene rings under the electrochemical oxidation conditions. Since the 1,2-di-2-azulenylbenzene derivative was oxidized at higher oxidation potentials (+0.83 and +1.86 V), the fusion of the two azulene rings to naphthalene increased electron-donating properties because of the formation of a closed-shell dicationic structure. Formation of the radical cation was characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy under the electrochemical oxidation conditions, although no evidence was obtained for the presumed dication under the conditions of the UV-vis spectroscopy measurement.

The molecular characteristics of therapeutically-relevant targets and their clinicopathological implications in salivary duct carcinomas (SDCs) are poorly understood. We investigated the gene alterations and the immunoexpression of crucial oncogenic molecules in 151 SDCs. The mutation rates that were identified, in order of frequency, were as follows: TP53, 68%; PIK3CA, 18%; H-RAS, 16%; BRAF, 4%; and AKT1, 1.5%. PIK3CA/H-RAS/BRAF mutations were more common in de novo SDC than in SDC ex-pleomorphic adenoma. Furthermore, these mutations were mutually exclusive for HER2 overexpression/amplification. TP53 mutations were frequently detected in cases with the aberrant p53 expression, and TP53 missense and truncating mutations were associated with p53-extreme positivity and negativity, respectively. DISH analysis revealed no cases of EGFR amplification. The rates of PI3K, p-Akt, and p-mTOR positivity were 34%, 22%, and 66%, respectively; PTEN loss was observed in 47% of the cases. These expressions were correlated according to the signaling axis. Cases with PI3K negativity and PTEN loss appeared to show a lower expression of androgen receptor. In the multivariate analysis, patients with SDC harboring TP53 truncating mutations showed shorter progression-free survival. Conversely, p-Akt positivity was associated with a favorable outcome. This study might provide information that leads to advances in personized therapy for SDC.

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The molecular orientation and dynamics of the organic stable radicals such as 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO) or 4-hydroxy-TEMPO (TEMPOL) included in the one-dimensional (1-D) organic nanochannels of 2,4,6-tris-4-(chlorophenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine (CLPOT) were investigated by examining the inclusion compounds (ICs) diluted by the co-inclusion of non-radicals using ESR spectroscopy. Spectral simulation showed that the axial rotation of TEMPO or TEMPOL molecules is excited in the nanochannels with activation energies of 8 and 7 kJ mol(-1) , respectively. The rotation axis was estimated to be tilted towards the principal x direction in the axis system of the g-tensor of the respective radicals. This is quite different from that for similar ICs in the nanochannels of tris(o-phenylenedioxy)cyclotriphosphazene (TPP), in which the radicals are axially rotating around the principal axis y of the g-tensor. The difference is attributed to the larger nanospace of the CLPOT nanochannels.

The magnitude and dimensionality of spin–spin interactions among 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxyl radical (TEMPO) molecules in a 1D nanochannel consisting of tris(o-phenylenedioxy)cyclotriphosphazene (TPP) were examined using electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. Dilution of TEMPO with 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidine (TEMP), a diamagnetic molecule, reduced the dipolar interaction in the TPP/(TEMPO/TEMP) inclusion compound (IC), leading to axially symmetric hyperfine coupling and g-tensors with a molar fraction of 0–0.45: A⊥ = 1.93 ± 0.03 mT and A|| = 0.7 ± 0.1 mT, and g⊥ = 2.0063 ± 0.0003 and g|| = 2.0068 ± 0.0005. The resonance line in TPP/(TEMPO/TEMP) IC narrowed when the molar fraction was more than 0.7, implying the existence of exchange narrowing. The ESR lineshape of TPP/TEMPO IC showed pure 1D spin diffusion between 139 and 166 K, while interchain exchange interactions contributed to the line shape in T > 166 K. The magnitude of intra-chain exchange interaction, |Jintra|/kB, in TPP/TEMPO IC depended on the temperature from ≈0.05 K in 139–166 K to 0.4 K at 383 K. This aspect implies that molecular motion strongly affects the spin–spin interaction between TEMPO molecules in the TPP crystal. The magnetic susceptibility of TPP/TEMPO IC was also measured, and it was found that the exchange interaction was antiferromagnetic.

New inclusion compounds (ICs) were prepared using the organic 1D nanochannels of 2,4,6-tris(4-chlorophenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine (CLPOT) as a nanosized template and nitronyl nitroxide (NN) radicals such as phenylnitronylnitroxide (PhNN) and p-nitrophenylnitronylnitroxide (p-NPNN). ESR measurements below 255 K for the CLPOT ICs diluted with spacer molecules gave rigid limit spectra similar to that for PhNN molecules in a glassy ethanol matrix at low temperature, which suggests isolation of the radical molecules. ESR measurements for them in the range of 290-400 K gave a modulated quintet ESR signal, which suggested uniaxial rotational diffusion of NN radicals in the nanochannels approximately around the principal y-axis of the g-tensors. In the ESR measurements to 430 K for the [(CLPOT)2-(p-NPNN)0.07] IC without spacers, the broader line width than the case in dilution was observed by inter-radical dipolar interaction. In every case, the rotational diffusion activation energies of NN radicals in the CLPOT nanochannels were several times larger than those of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxyl (TEMPO) radical derivatives (4-X-TEMPO) in CLPOT nanochannels. This is expected due to the larger molecular size of NN radicals than 4-X-TEMPO or stronger interaction between NN radicals and the surrounding host or guest molecules.

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