Zhiyang Bu

Synthesis and characterization of a Eu-containing polymer precursor featuring thenoyltrifluoroacetone and 5-acrylamido-1,10-phenanthroline

A polymerizable ligand, 5-acrylamido-1,10-phenanthroline (L), was synthesized. Its Eu(III) complex with 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone (HTTA) was prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, MS, and (1)H NMR spectra. The photophysical properties of the complex were studied in detail by using UV, luminescence spectra, luminescence lifetime and quantum yield. The complex shows a remarkable luminescence quantum yield at room temperature (40.1%) upon ligand excitation and a long (5)D(0) lifetime (590 μs), which makes it not only a promising light-conversion molecular device but also an excellent luminescent polymer precursor.

Synthesis of ultrahigh-molecular-weight ethylene-1-hexene copolymers with high hexene content via living polymerization with fluorinated bis(phenoxy-imine) titanium(IV).

The fluorinated FI-Ti catalyst bis[N-(3-propylsalicylidene)-pentafluoroanilinato] titanium(IV) dichloride (PFI) combined with dried methylaluminoxane (dMAO) is investigated for ethylene/1-hexene copolymerization at 50 °C under atmospheric pressure. The reaction shows good livingness and has a high activity at high [H]/[E] molar ratios up to 14. Ultrahigh molecular weight (>1.4 × 10(6) g mol(-1) ) copolymers with high 1-hexene content (>25 mol%) are prepared. Kinetic parameters of the copolymerization with PFI are determined. The first-order Markov statistics applies and the product of the reactivity ratios r1 r2 is close to 1, giving random unit distributions.