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Mono-disperse triphenylene discotic liquid crystal oligomers synthesized by click chemistry (2013)
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Bai, Y. F., Zhao, K. Q., Hu, P., Wang, B. Q., & Redshaw, C. (2013). Mono-disperse triphenylene discotic liquid crystal oligomers synthesized by click chemistry. Current Organic Chemistry, 17(8), 871-885. https://doi.org/10.2174/1385272811317080012

Discotic liquid crystals, as new organic semiconductors, possess not only the ability to self-organize to a highly ordered columnar mesophase, but also possess high charged carrier mobility and solution processed characteristic. The progress of synth... Read More about Mono-disperse triphenylene discotic liquid crystal oligomers synthesized by click chemistry.

Tetraphenylethene-triphenylene oligomers with an aggregation-induced emission effect and discotic columnar mesophase (2013)
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Yu, W. H., Chen, C., Hu, P., Wang, B. Q., Redshaw, C., & Zhao, K. Q. (2013). Tetraphenylethene-triphenylene oligomers with an aggregation-induced emission effect and discotic columnar mesophase. RSC advances, 3(33), 14099-14105. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra41874j

Tetraphenylethene derivatives not only exhibit "aggregation-induced emission" (AIE) effects, but also can form a mesophase with a turbine-like rigid core. Here we report the synthesis of three tetraphenylethene-triphenylene oligomers 7, 8E and 8Z by... Read More about Tetraphenylethene-triphenylene oligomers with an aggregation-induced emission effect and discotic columnar mesophase.

Highly active, thermally stable, ethylene-polymerisation pre-catalysts based on niobium/tantalum-imine systems (2013)
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Redshaw, C., Walton, M., Clowes, L., Hughes, D. L., Fuller, A. M., Chao, Y., Walton, A., Sumerin, V., Elo, P., Soshnikov, I., Zhao, W., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Highly active, thermally stable, ethylene-polymerisation pre-catalysts based on niobium/tantalum-imine systems. Chemistry: a European journal, 19(27), 8884-8899. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201300453

The reactions of MCl 5 or MOCl 3 with imidazole-based pro-ligand L 1 H, 3,5-tBu 2 -2-OH-C 6 H 2 -(4,5-Ph 2 -1H-)imidazole, or oxazole-based ligand L 2 H, 3,5-tBu 2 -2-OH-C 6 H 2 (1H- phenanthro[9,10-d])oxazole, following work-up, afforded octahedral... Read More about Highly active, thermally stable, ethylene-polymerisation pre-catalysts based on niobium/tantalum-imine systems.

Synthesis and fluorescence emission properties of 1,3,6,8-tetraarylpyrenes (2013)
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Hu, J. Y., Feng, X., Tomiyasu, H., Seto, N., Rayhan, U., Elsegood, M. R., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2013). Synthesis and fluorescence emission properties of 1,3,6,8-tetraarylpyrenes. Journal of molecular structure, 1047, 194-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.04.074

Three types of stable pyrene-based highly fluorescence (blue) compounds, 1-, 1,6-bis, 1,8-bis and 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(7-tert-butylpyrenyl)pyrenes and 1,3,6,8-tetrakis[9,9-bis(3-methylbutyl)-9H-fluoren-2-yl]pyrene, were successfully synthesized via a Pd/... Read More about Synthesis and fluorescence emission properties of 1,3,6,8-tetraarylpyrenes.

Halonickel 2,4-di-t-butyl-6-(quinolin-8-yliminomethyl)phenolates: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene reactivity (2013)
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Shi, Q. S., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Halonickel 2,4-di-t-butyl-6-(quinolin-8-yliminomethyl)phenolates: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene reactivity. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 31(5), 769-777. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-013-1266-z

A series of nickel halides bearing 2,4-di-t-butyl-6-(quinolin-8- yliminomethyl) phenolate ligands was synthesized and characterized by IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Molecular structures of C1 (R = H, X = Br) and C2 (R = H, X = Cl) were furt... Read More about Halonickel 2,4-di-t-butyl-6-(quinolin-8-yliminomethyl)phenolates: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene reactivity.

Probing the characteristics of mono- or bimetallic (iron or cobalt) complexes bearing 2,4-bis(6-iminopyridin-2-yl)-3 H-benzazepines: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene reactivity (2013)
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Sun, W. H., Xing, Q., Yu, J., Novikova, E., Zhao, W., Tang, X., Liang, T., & Redshaw, C. (2013). Probing the characteristics of mono- or bimetallic (iron or cobalt) complexes bearing 2,4-bis(6-iminopyridin-2-yl)-3 H-benzazepines: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene reactivity. Organometallics, 32(8), 2309-2318. https://doi.org/10.1021/om301086p

A series of 2,4-bis(6-iminopyridin-2-yl)-3H-benzazepines and the mono- or bimetallic (Fe2+ or Co2+) complexes thereof were synthesized and characterized. All title complexes, when activated by MAO or MMAO, exhibited high activities of up to 4.0 × 107... Read More about Probing the characteristics of mono- or bimetallic (iron or cobalt) complexes bearing 2,4-bis(6-iminopyridin-2-yl)-3 H-benzazepines: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene reactivity.

Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior toward ethylene of 2-[1-(4,6-dimethyl-2-benzhydrylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridylmetal (iron or cobalt) chlorides (2013)
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Wang, S., Li, B., Liang, T., Redshaw, C., Li, Y., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior toward ethylene of 2-[1-(4,6-dimethyl-2-benzhydrylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridylmetal (iron or cobalt) chlorides. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 42(25), 9188-9197. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt00011g

A series of 2-[1-(4,6-dimethyl-2-benzhydrylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1- (arylimino)ethyl]pyridines was synthesized and used to prepare the iron(ii) and cobalt(ii) chloride complexes thereof. All organic compounds were fully characterized by elemental ana... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior toward ethylene of 2-[1-(4,6-dimethyl-2-benzhydrylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridylmetal (iron or cobalt) chlorides.

Blue-emitting butterfly-shaped 1,3,5,9-tetraarylpyrenes: Synthesis, crystal structures, and photophysical properties (2013)
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Feng, X., Hu, J. Y., Iwanaga, F., Seto, N., Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R., & Yamato, T. (2013). Blue-emitting butterfly-shaped 1,3,5,9-tetraarylpyrenes: Synthesis, crystal structures, and photophysical properties. Organic Letters, 15(6), 1318-1321. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol4002653

The first example of aryl-functionalized, butterfly-shaped, highly fluorescent and stable blue-emitting monomers, namely, 7-tert-butyl-1,3,5,9- tetrakis(p-R-phenyl)pyrenes, were synthesized by the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction from a novel b... Read More about Blue-emitting butterfly-shaped 1,3,5,9-tetraarylpyrenes: Synthesis, crystal structures, and photophysical properties.

2-(1-{2,6-Bis[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-methylphenylimino}ethyl) -6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl]pyridylcobalt dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior (2013)
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Wang, S., Zhao, W., Hao, X., Li, B., Redshaw, C., Li, Y., & Sun, W. H. (2013). 2-(1-{2,6-Bis[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-methylphenylimino}ethyl) -6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl]pyridylcobalt dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 731, 78-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2013.02.016

A series of 2-(1-{2,6-bis[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-methylphenyl-imino} ethyl)-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl]pyridylcobalt(II) chloride complexes (Co1-Co5) was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The molecular struc... Read More about 2-(1-{2,6-Bis[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-methylphenylimino}ethyl) -6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl]pyridylcobalt dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior.

New structural motifs in lithium and zinc calix[4]arene chemistry (2013)
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Redshaw, C., Rowe, O., Hughes, D. L., Fuller, A. M., Ibarra, I. A., & Humphrey, S. M. (2013). New structural motifs in lithium and zinc calix[4]arene chemistry. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 42(6), 1983-1986. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2dt32986g

The structures of three novel compounds prepared from the reaction of the lower-rim 1,3-diacid calix[4]arene (LH2) with lithium carbonate (1), t-butyl-lithium (2) and zinc acetate (3) are reported. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013.