Synthesis and luminescence properties of rare earth ternary complexes consisting of Tb(Ⅲ), β-diketones and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen)

In order to study the luminescent properties of ternary rare earth complexes with fl-diketone ligand, three new β-diketone ligands, 1-phenyl-3-（p-phenylethynylphenyl）-1,3-propanedione（HPPP）, 1-（2-thienyl）-3-（p-phenylethynylphenyl）-1,3-propanedione （HTPP） and 1-（2-furyl）-3-（p-phenylethynylphenyl）-1,3-propanedione （HFPP）, were synthesized by Sonogashira coupling reaction and Claisen condensation. Three new ternary rare earth complexes, TbL3phen （L = PPP, TPP, or FPP）, were synthesized by the reaction of rare earth chloride TbCl3,1,10-phenanthroline （phen） with HPPP, HTPP, or HFPP respectively, in alcohol solution. The compositions were characterized by means of elemental analysis, chemical analysis, and IR spectra. Luminescent properties of the three new complexes have been studied. The results show that the ternary Yb（Ⅲ） complexes only emit the weak fluorescence of the Tb（Ⅲ） ion, which reveals the triplet state energy of the ligands does not match well with the excited state vibrating energy of Tb^3＋ ion.

Photolysis and Cycloaddition Reactivity of Diferrocenyl Substituted Cyclopentadienone

The photolysis results of new diferrocenyl substituted cyclopentadienone（3） show that sunlight and air play an important role in the decomposition of compound 3, and two new compounds, 2-cyclopentenone（4） and a-pyrone（5）, were obtained via photolysis of compound 3. The photolysis process was investigated by IH NMR, and a plausible mechanism for the formation of compound 5 was deduced. The cycloaddition reactions of substituted cyclopentadienones（3, 7, 9） with maleimide gave substituted imides 8, 10, 11, 12 and an unprecedented diferrocenyl substituted 1H-pyrrol-3（2H）-one derivative 13, respectively. The structures of compounds 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13 were confirmed by X-ray single crystal diffraction analysis technique.

Reactivity of Organolithium Reagents to 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone and Crystal Structures of Addition Products

The conjugate addition reactions of four organolithium reagents to 2,3,4,5-tetraphenylcyclopentadienone （tetracyclone） were investigated to reveal the reactivity of organolithium reagents to tetracyclone. The results show that 1,2-addition products 2,3,4,5-tetraphenyl-1-（2-thienyl）-2,4-cyclopentadien-l-ol（1）, 1-n-butyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenyl- 2,4-cyclopentadien-l-ol（2） and 1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenyl-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-ol（3） were synthesized in excellent yields while tetracyclone reacted with 2-thienyllithium, n-butyllithium and phenyllithium, respectively. Interestingly, three 1,2-, 1,4- and 1,6-addition isomers 1-tert-butyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenyl-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-ol（4）, 4-tert-butyl-2,3,4,5- tetraphenyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one（5） and 2-tert-butyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenyl-3-cyclopenten-1-one（6）, were simultaneously obtained by the conjugate addition reaction of tert-butyllithium with larger steric hindrance to tetracyclone. Compounds 1-6 were characterized by ^1H and ^13C NMR spectra, Fourier transform infrared（FTIR） spectra and mass spectra（MS）. The crystal and molecular structures of compounds 1, 2 and isomers 5, 6 were determined by X-ray single crystal diffraction technique. The results imply that the steric hindrance of tert-butyllithium probably play a key role in controlling the conjugate addition reaction. The conjugate addition mechanism of organolithium reagents to tetracyclone was proposed.