The heterobimetallic complexes, (η(5)-indenyl)[1-Me2Si((t)BuN)TiCl2]-3-CnH2n-[N,N-bis(2-(ethylthio)ethyl)amine]CrCl3 (n = 0, Ti-C0-Cr(SNS); n = 2, Ti-C2-Cr(SNS); n = 6, Ti-C6-Cr(SNS)), (η(5)-indenyl)[1-Me2Si((t)BuN)TiCl2]-3-C2H4-[N,N-bis((o-OMe-C6H4)2P)amine]CrCl3 (Ti-C2-Cr(PNP)), and (η(5)-indenyl)[1-Me2Si((t)BuN)TiCl2]-3-C2H4-[N,N-bis((diethylamine)ethyl)-amine]CrCl3 (Ti-C2-Cr(NNN)), are synthesized, fully characterized, and employed as olefin polymerization catalysts. With ethylene as the feed and MAO as cocatalyst/activator, SNS-based complexes Ti-C0-Cr(SNS), Ti-C2-Cr(SNS), and Ti-C6-Cr(SNS) afford linear low-density polyethylenes (LLDPEs) with exclusive n-butyl branches (6.8-25.8 branches/1000 C), while under identical polymerization conditions Ti-C2-Cr(PNP) and Ti-C2-Cr(NNN) produce polyethylenes with heterogeneous branching (C2, C4, and C≥6) or negligible branching, respectively. Under identical ethylene polymerization conditions, Ti-C0-Cr(SNS) produces polyethylenes with higher activity (4.5× and 6.1×, respectively), Mn (1.3× and 1.8×, respectively), and branch density (1.4× and 3.8×, respectively), than Ti-C2-Cr(SNS) and Ti-C6-Cr(SNS). Versus a CGC(Et)Ti + SNSCr tandem catalyst, Ti-C0-Cr(SNS) yields polyethylene with somewhat lower activity, but with 22.6× higher Mn and 4.0× greater branching density under identical conditions. In ethylene +1-pentene competition experiments, Ti-C0-Cr(SNS) yields 5.5% n-propyl branches and 94.5% n-butyl branches at [1-pentene] = 0.1 M, and the estimated effective local concentration of 1-hexene is ∼8.6 M. In contrast, the tandem CGC(Et)Ti + SNSCr system yields 91.0% n-propyl branches under identical reaction conditions. The homopolymerization and 1-pentene competition results argue that close Ti···Cr spatial proximity together with weak C-H···Ti and C-H···S interactions significantly influence relative 1-hexene enchainment and chain transfer rates, supported by DFT computation, and that such effects are conversion insensitive but cocatalyst and solvent sensitive.
The reaction of γ-alumina with tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) vapor at low temperatures selectively yields monomeric SiO(x) species on the alumina surface. These isolated (-AlO)3Si(OH) sites are characterized by PXRD, XPS, DRIFTS of adsorbed NH3, CO, and pyridine, and (29)Si and (27)Al DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The formation of isolated sites suggests that TEOS reacts preferentially at strong Lewis acid sites on the γ-Al2O3 surface, functionalizing the surface with "mild" Brønsted acid sites. For liquid-phase catalytic cyclohexanol dehydration, these SiO(x) sites exhibit up to 3.5-fold higher specific activity than the parent alumina with identical selectivity.
A single-site molybdenum dioxo catalyst, (O c ) 2 Mo(O) 2 @C, was prepared via direct grafting of MoO2Cl2(dme) (dme = 1,2-dimethoxyethane) on high-surface-area activated carbon. The physicochemical and chemical properties of this catalyst were fully characterized by N2 physisorption, ICP-AES/OES, PXRD, STEM, XPS, XAS, temperature-programmed reduction with H2 (TPR-H2), and temperature-programmed NH3 desorption (TPD-NH3). The single-site nature of the Mo species is corroborated by XPS and TPR-H2 data, and it exhibits the lowest reported MoO x T max of reduction reported to date, suggesting a highly reactive MoVI center. (O c ) 2 Mo(O) 2 @C catalyzes the transesterification of a variety of esters and triglycerides with ethanol, exhibiting high activity at moderate temperatures (60–90 °C) and with negligible deactivation. (O c ) 2 Mo(O) 2 @C is resistant to water and can be recycled at least three times with no loss of activity. The transesterification reaction is determined experimentally to be first order in [ethanol] and first order in [Mo] with ΔH ⧧ = 10.5(8) kcal mol–1 and ΔS ⧧ = −32(2) eu. The low energy of activation is consistent with the moderate conditions needed to achieve rapid turnover. This highly active carbon-supported single-site molybdenum dioxo species is thus an efficient, robust, and low-cost catalyst with significant potential for transesterification processes.
We report a new naphthalene bis(4,8-diamino-1,5-dicarboxyl)amide (NBA) building block for polymeric semiconductors. Computational modeling suggests that regio-connectivity at the 2,6- or 3,7-NBA positions strongly modulates polymer backbone torsion and, therefore, intramolecular π-conjugation and aggregation. Optical, electrochemical, and X-ray diffraction characterization of 3,7- and 2,6-dithienyl-substituted NBA molecules and corresponding isomeric NBA-bithiophene copolymers P1 and P2, respectively, reveals the key role of regio-connectivity. Charge transport measurements demonstrate that while the twisted 3,7-NDA-based P1 is a poor semiconductor, the planar 2,6-functionalized NBA polymers (P2-P4) exhibit ambipolarity, with μ and μ of up to 0.39 and 0.32 cm/(V·s), respectively.
Homobimetallic Hf(IV) complexes, L 2 -Hf 2 Me 5 (3) and L 2 -Hf 2 Me 4 (4) (L 2 = N,N′-{[naphthalene-1,4-diylbis(pyridine-6,2-diyl)]bis[(2-isopropylphenyl)-methylene)]bis(2,6-diisopropylaniline}), were synthesized by reaction of the free ligand L 2 with the appropriate Hf precursor and were characterized in solution (NMR) and in the solid state (X-ray diffraction). In 3, L 2 acts as a dianionic tridentate ligand for one Hf metal center and as a monoanionic bidentate ligand for the other, whereas in 4, both Hf units are tricoordinated to opposite sides of L 2 . In the solid state, the Hf···Hf distance is significantly different in 3 vs 4 (6.16 vs 8.06 Å, respectively), but in solution, the structural dynamics of the two linked metallic units in bis-activated complex 3 accesses conformers with far closer Hf···Hf distances (∼3.2 Å). Once activated with Ph 3 C + B(C 6 F 5 ) 4 − (B 1 ) or PhNMe 2 H + B(C 6 F 5 ) 4 − (NB), 3 exhibits pronounced bimetallic cooperative effects in ethylene homopolymerization and ethylene +1-octene copolymerization vs the monometallic analogue L 1 -HfMe 2 (1, L 1 = 2,6-diisopropyl-N-{(2-isopropylphenyl)[6-(naphthalen-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl]methyl}aniline) and bimetallic 4, producing polyethylene with 5.7 times higher M w and poly(ethylene-co-1-octene) with 2.4 times higher M w and 1.9 times greater 1-octene enchainment densities than 1. The activation chemistry of 3 and 4 with 1 or 2 equiv of B 1 and NB is characterized in detail by NMR spectroscopy. In sharp contrast to 1, which undergoes Hf− C naph protonolysis followed by naphthyl remetalation with NB as the cocatalyst, activation of 3 with B 1 or NB proceeds by consecutive −CH 3 protonolysis/abstractions at each Hf center, explaining the higher polymerization activity of 3/NB versus 1/ NB. All product polymers have narrow (2−3) PDIs, and this is explained by NMR evidence for very fast exchange of alkyl moieties between the two active Hf metal centers. Key experimental findings are supported by DFT analysis.
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