Free radical copolymerization is used for the synthesis of novel water-soluble copolymers of vinylphosphonic acid with 2-deoxy-2-methacrylamido-D-glucose or 4-acryloylmorpholine, with varied compositions and molecular masses, as well as for the synthesis of copolymers of vinylphosphonic acid with acrylamide. The obtained copolymers contain 6–97 mol.% of vinylphosphonic acid units, and their molecular masses vary from 5 × 10³ to 310 × 10³. The monomer reactivity ratios of vinylphosphonic acid and 2-deoxy-2-methacrylamido-D-glucose in copolymerization are determined for the first time, and their values are 0.04 and 9.02, correspondingly. It is demonstrated that the synthesized copolymers form luminescent mixed-ligand complexes with Eu³⁺, thenoyltrifluoroacetone, and phenanthroline. The influence of the comonomer’s nature on the intensity of the luminescence of complex solutions is revealed.

It has been shown that macromolecules of poly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) can form hydrogen bonded interpolymer complexes with homo- and copolymers of carboxylic acids and with poly(vinylphosphonic) acid in aqueous solutions. Polarized luminescence and IR spectroscopy were applied in the investigation. Nanosecond relaxation times characterizing the mobility of the chain fragments for the initial luminescent labeled polymers were determined and their changes by a factor of 2–50 were established during the formation of an interpolymer complex. Hydrogen bonds play a dominant role in the formation of these complexes. Hydrophobic interactions serve as an additional stabilizing factor. It is established that poly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)/poly(vinylphosphonic acid) complex forms a looser structure in comparison with those for polycarboxylic acids as result of electrostatic repulsion between charged groups.

The title compound, {[Co(C(2)H(5)COO)(2)(H(2)O)]·H(2)O}(n), was synthesized by the reaction of cobalt(II) carbonate hydrate with aqueous propionic acid. The structure consists of polymeric infinite linear chains with composition [Co(C(2)H(5)COO)(4/2)(H(2)O)(2/2)](∞) running along [010]. The chains are formed by Co(2+) ions linked with bridging propionate groups and water mol-ecules, with a Co⋯Co distance along the chains of 3.2587 (9) Å. The Co(2+) ion is six-coordinated in a strongly distorted octa-hedral geometry. The chains are connected to each other by a network of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving solvent water mol-ecules.

A new octanuclear mixed-valence cobalt acetate complex of the cationic type [Co4IICo4III(μ4-O)4(μ3-OMe)4(μ-OAc)6(H2O)8]F2 · 10H2O ([I]F2 · 10H2O) was prepared by crystallization from a solution of...