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Green light-emitting region-regular poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene-co-fluorenone) prepared from solvent-free oxidative coupling polymerization

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Soluble green light-emitting poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene-co-fluorenone) was synthesized by solvent-free oxidative coupling polymerization of 9,9-dihexylfluorene in a facile one-step reaction. The polymers were characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The region-regular structure of the polymer linking at 2, 7′-position on the fluorene moieties was obtained. The FT-IR spectra of the polymers showed fluorenone vibration. The fluorescence spectra of the solid thin film of the polymers displayed green light-emitting, which was emitted from fluorenone moieties produced in the polymerization process.

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    Zhan Caimao, Chen Zhiyuan, Bai Weibin & Yang Xi

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Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20274031)

Biography: ZHAN Caimao(1948–), male, Professor, research direction: organic chemistry.

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Zhan, C., Chen, Z., Bai, W. et al. Green light-emitting region-regular poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene-co-fluorenone) prepared from solvent-free oxidative coupling polymerization. Wuhan Univ. J. of Nat. Sci. 12, 327–332 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11859-006-0015-3

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