SYNTHESIS AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF AN ANTHRACENE-CONTAINING HYPERBRANCHED POLY（ARYLENEETHYNYLENE）

A hyperbranched poly（aryleneethynylene） containing anthracene chromophore was synthesized by palladiumcatalyzed cross-coupling reaction of 2,4,6-triiodophenyl 9-anthracenylcarboxylate with 9,9-bis[4-（2-propynyloxy）phenyl]- 9H-fluorene. The structure and properties of the polymer are characterized and evaluated by NMR, IR, UV, PL and TGA analyses. The polymer is soluble in common organic solvents, possesses high thermal stability （Td 〉 330℃）, and emits a strong blue light of 465 nm in both solution and solid states.     

Synthesis,Characterization, and Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Phenylene-vinylene Based Chromophores for Singlet Oxygen Generation

A series of symmetrical and unsymmetrical phenylene-vinylene （PV） based chro- mophores with the molecular configuration of donor-π-donor （D-g-D） were prepared and characterized. Iodine was first introduced into the Jr-conjugation backbone of the PV based chromophores in order to study the heavy atom effect on their linear absorption, two-photon absorption （TPA） properties, as well as singlet oxygen generation properties. TPA cross-sections of these chromophores were investigated by using the two-photon excited fluorescence method. The unsymmetrical chromophores were found to have larger TPA cross-section values compared to their symmetrical counterparts. For one of the unsymmetrical chromophores with the iodine incorporation, a large TPA cross section value with quenched emission was found. The decreased fluorescence quantum yield of a molecule can be ascribed to the increased intersystem crossing, which is favorable for enhancing the singlet oxygen generation. Therefore, the unsymmetrical PV based chromophores with heavy atom incorporation are promising singlet oxygen sensitizers for the photodynamic therapy application.     

Y型三苯胺生色分子的二阶极化率

通过Knoevenagel反应合成了3个Y型三苯胺生色分子N,N-二{4-[2-(2-苯并噻唑基)乙烯基]苯基}苯胺(BBtVPA)、N,N-二{4-[1-(2-苯并噻唑基)-1,3-丁二烯-4-基]苯基}苯胺(BBtBPA)和N,N-二{4-[1-(2-二氰基甲叉-3-氰基-5,5-二甲基-2,5-二氢-4-呋喃基)-1,3-丁二烯-4-基]苯基}苯胺(BCfBPA), 以及4个一维偶极分子4-[2-(2-苯丙噻唑基)乙烯基]-N,N-二苯基苯胺(BtVPA)、1-(2-苯并噻唑基)-4-[4-(N,N-二苯基)氨基]苯基-1,3-丁二烯(BtAPB)、1-[(2-二氰基甲叉-3-氰基-5,5-二甲基-2,5-二氢)-4-呋喃基]-4-[4-(N,N-二苯基氨基)]苯基-1,3-丁二烯(CfAPB)和4-[2-(2-二氰基甲叉-3-氰基-5,5-二甲基-2,5-二氢呋喃-4-基)乙烯基]-N,N-二苯基苯胺(CfVPA). 测定了生色分子的紫外吸收和荧光性质, 在二氯甲烷中, Y型分子BBtVPA, BBtBPA和BCfBPA的最大吸收波长分别为425, 443和613 nm, 比偶极分子红移了约30 nm, Y型分子BBtVPA和BBtBPA的最大荧光发射峰分别位于516和558 nm, 比偶极分子稍有红移. 根据双能级模型理论, 用溶致变色法测定了生色分子的二阶非线性极化率(β), Y型分子BBtVPA, BBtBPA和BCfBPA的β0分别为40×10-30, 64×10-30和238×10-30 esu, 比相应的偶极分子分别提高了0.9~2.8倍. 结果表明, 提高吸电子基团强度, 增大共轭体系有助于获得更大的β值.     

高热稳定性和可逆交联性质的含新型偶氮发色团电光聚合物的研究

制备了两种新型的分别含有以三苯胺为电子给体的偶氮类发色团作为特征活性官能团和3-呋喃甲酸及受保护的马来酰亚胺的可交联型聚合物体系.通过研究表明利用该制备方法,发色团在聚合物中的含量得到了极大的提高,分别达到32 .1 %( NLO1-P1)和44 .4 %( NLO1-P2) .该聚合物体系以"Diels-Alder"[4 +2]环加成反应作为其交联特征,具有高温非交联、低温交联的特点,其过程与以往的热交联型聚合物相反,可解决传统电光交联聚合物中存在的热交联对极化效率影响的问题并用热失重分析法(TGA)和差示扫描量热法(DSC)分析了这一过程.此外DA交联型聚合物,不需要引入额外的助交联剂,克服了传统热交联聚合物分离难的问题,最大程度的保证了材料的纯度.     

pH and thermo responsive aliphatic tertiary amine chromophore hyperbranched poly(amino ether ester)s from oxa-Michael addition polymerization

In this research, we developed a novel and facile strategy to prepare aliphatic tertiary amine chromophore hyperbranched poly(amino ether ester)s with pH and thermo responsiveness via phosphazene base (t-BuP₂) catalyzed oxa-Michael addition polymerization of triethanolamine with ethylene glycol diacrylate at room temperature. UV–vis and fluorescence analyses results showed that the tertiary amine at branching point for hyperbranched poly(amino ether ester)s is very important to retain strong blue fluorescence of tertiary amine chromophore. Moreover, the hyperbranched poly(amino ether ester)s exhibit an aggregation caused quenching (ACQ) fluorescence, solvent induced red-shifted emission, molecular weight, and temperature dependent emission characters. More interestingly, the hyperbranched poly(amino ether ester)s show extreme acid induced quenching fluorescence phenomenon, and also display good water solubility, specific recognition of Fe³⁺ ion, low cytotoxicity, and bright cell imaging, which could serve as a microenvironment-responding fluorescent probe for application in chemical sensing, cell imaging, drug delivery, or disease diagnostics. This research provides a versatile method for the preparation of stimuli-responsive aliphatic tertiary amine chromophore polymers, and supplies ideas for researchers to explore other unconventional fluorescent polymers for application.     

Resolution of overlapped non-absorbing and absorbing solutes using either an absorption null-balance detection window or multivariate deconvolution applied to capillary electrophoresis of anionic surfactants

Non-absorbing alkyl ether sulfates (AES) can be separated using anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid (AQCA) as a probe; however, absorbing alkyl benzene sulfonates (ABS), if present, interfere indirect detection of most AES oligomers. Overcoming of this interference, as well as the simultaneous characterisation and evaluation of AES, fatty acids and ABS, was accomplished by using a diode-array detector and the procedures here discussed. First, it was shown that ABS can be made undetectable by using a 9 nm wide and 227 nm centred charge-absorptivity null-balance detection window (NBDW), where its contribution to the absorbance cancels the dilution effects that its presence induces on the signal of the background chromophore (BGC). Two other procedures, not requiring any prior knowledge on the nature of the absorbing interference, were also addressed. In the first one, the NBDW procedure was emulated by software, by treating the time-wavelength data matrix stored during the experimental run, and in the second one, both the ABS and BGC spectra, and the concentration profiles of ABS and the non-absorbing solutes, were recovered by orthogonal projection approach (OPA) and alternating least squares (ALS). The OPA-ALS processing provided the deconvolved signals and the wavelengths required to implement the experimental and software-emulated NBDW procedures. A composite ABS spectrum and a mixed concentration profile of the non-absorbing solutes, that involves mutual ABS-BGC dilution effects are enclosed in the OPA-ALS straightforward solutions. The pure spectra and concentration profiles were finally retrieved by crossed orthogonalisation. For the NBDW procedures, the limits of detection (S/N = 3) for AES oligomers overlapped by 1500 microg ml(-1) ABS were of ca. 10 microM AES. Using decyl sulfate as internal standard, the relative standard deviation for AES in an ABS containing industrial sample was 4.5%. The procedures here described are useful to remove the interference produced by any absorbing solute when overlapped with indirectly detected solutes in both capillary electrophoresis (CE) and HPLC.     

Photochemistry synthesis. Part 1: Syntheses of xanthine derivatives by photolysis of 1-(5′-oxohexyl)-3,7-dimethyl-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione (pentoxifylline): an ambident chromophore

We investigated the use of photochemistry to make novel derivatives of pentoxifylline. Under conditions that favour singlet excited states, we obtained 1-allyl-3,7-dimethyl-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione, (R^∗,R^∗)-(±)-1-{[2-hydroxy-2-methylcyclobutyl]methyl}-3,7-dimethyl-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione and 1-(5-hydroxyhexyl)-3,7-dimethyl-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione. Naphthalene or molecular oxygen increases the yields and triplet sensitisers (acetophenone, benzophenone and acetone) decrease the yields. Efficient intramolecular triplet energy transfer from the carbonyl to the xanthine moiety allows the carbonyl moiety to react from a singlet excited state only. In solvents with an α-hydroxyalkyl hydrogen under conditions that favour triplet excited states, we obtained 8-substituted pentoxifylline derivatives: 8-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-3,7-dimethyl-1-(5-oxohexyl)-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione in isopropanol, 8-(1-hydroxymethyl)-3,7-dimethyl-1-(5-oxo-hexyl)-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione in methanol and 8-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3,7-dimethyl-1-(5-oxohexyl)-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione in ethanol. The xanthine moiety reacts from a triplet state via a radical mechanism and yields are considerably improved by the addition of catalytic amounts of di-tert-butyl peroxide.     

Enhanced two-photon absorption of novel four-branched chromophore via vibronic coupling

A novel four-branched chromophore TOZ-4 with starburst linker was synthesized and showed two-photon absorption cross-section (δ) as large as 5254 GM, which was principally resulted from vibronic coupling enhancement.     

Preparation and characterization of thermally stable poly(amide‐urea)s functionalized with anthraquinone chromophore

Two new diamines containing bulky anthraquinone pendant units were prepared via reactions of 1‐ and 2‐aminoanthraquinone with 3,5‐dinitrobenzoylchloride and a subsequent reduction of their nitro groups. A novel series of highly organosoluble poly(amide‐urea)s were synthesized from the reactions of the prepared diamines with various commercially available diisocyanates via a step‐growth addition reaction process in N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone (NMP). The effects of two factors (time and temperature) on the reaction were studied to optimize the conditions for the preparation of high molecular weight polymers. All poly(amide‐urea)s were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and ¹H‐nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopies and elemental analysis. The resulting poly(amide‐urea)s had inherent viscosities in the range of 0.54–0.73 dl/g. They exhibited excellent solubility in polar solvents. The temperature for 10% weight loss of the polymers in air was all above 285°C, their residues were more than 36% at 700°C in air, and their T_g values were in the range of 148–190°C. According to the wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), the polymers were almost amorphous. The optical properties of poly(amide‐urea)s measured by ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy showed absorption maxima at 303–429 nm. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

SrB5O7F3 Functionalized with [B5O9F3]6− Chromophores: Accelerating the Rational Design of Deep‐Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Materials

Fluorooxoborates, benefiting from the large optical band gap, high anisotropy, and ever‐greater possibility to form non‐centrosymmetric structures activated by the large polarization of [BO_xF_4?x]^(x+1)? building blocks, have been considered as the new fertile fields for searching the ultraviolet (UV) and deep‐UV nonlinear optical (NLO) materials. Herein, we report the first asymmetric alkaline‐earth metal fluorooxoborate SrB₅O₇F₃, which is rationally designed by taking the classic Sr₂Be₂B₂O₇ (SBBO) as a maternal structure. Its [B₅O₉F₃]^6? fundamental building block with near‐planar configuration composed by two edge‐sharing [B₃O₆F₂]^5? rings in SrB₅O₇F₃ has not been reported in any other borates. Solid state ¹⁹F and ¹¹B magic‐angle spinning NMR spectroscopy verifies the presence of covalent B?F bonds in SrB₅O₇F₃. Property characterizations reveal that SrB₅O₇F₃ possesses the optical properties required for deep‐UV NLO applications, which make SrB₅O₇F₃ a promising crystal that could produce deep‐UV coherent light by the direct SHG process.