Alkyl-substituted ferrocenium salts have limited solubility in epoxy oligomers and produce poisonous arene by photolysis. Herein, the synthesis and photoactivity of several alkoxy-substituted ferrocenium salts as long-wavelength UV light photoinitiators have been reported. [Cyclopendadien-Fe-anisole]PF6, [Cyclopendadien-Fe-anisole]BF4, [Cyclopendadien-Fe-diphenylether]PF6, [Cyclopendadien-Fe-diphenylether]BF4. and [Cyclopendadien-Fe-diethoxybenzene] PF6 for polymerization of epoxy resin were prepared through the ligand exchange reaction between one ring of ferrocene and aromatic ether. They all display good solubility and photoinitiating activities in epoxy resins.
Alkyl-substituted ferrocenium salts have limited solubility in epoxy oligomers and produce poisonous arene by photolysis. Herein, the synthesis and photoactivity of several alkoxy-substituted ferrocenium salts as long-wavelength UV light photoinitiators have been reported. [Cyclopendadien-Fe-anisole]PF6, [Cyclopen- dadien-Fe-anisole]BF4, [Cyclopendadien-Fe-diphenylether]PF6, [Cyclopendadien-Fe-diphenylether]BF4, and [Cyclopendadien-Fe-diethoxybenzene] PF6 for polymerization of epoxy resin were prepared through the ligand exchange reaction between one ring of ferrocene and aromatic ether. They all display good solubility and photoini- tiating activities in epoxy resins.
Ferrocenium monocations as photoinitiators for cationic photopolymerization suffer from a limitation of low absorption and low reactivity under high-pressure Hg lamp. Here, a ferrocenium dication salt, biphenyl bis [π-cyclopentadienyl）iron] hexafluorophosphate （[bis（Cp-Fe）-biphenyl] （PF6）2 was synthesized by the ligand exchange reaction between ferrocene and biphenyl. The chemical structure was characterized with FTIR and ^1HNMR. The separation of ferrocenium monocation cyclopentadien-iron-biphenyl hexafluorophosphate （[Cp-Fe-biphenyl] PF6） and dication [bis（Cp-Fe）-biphenyl] （PF6）2 was carried out by column chromatography. The photoactivity of initiating photopolyinerization of epoxide ER14221 was studied as a cationic photoinitiator. [Bis（Cp-Fe）-biphenyl] （PF6）2 can efficiently absorb radiation above 300nm and its photoactivity is higher than that of its monocation.
