Novel catalytic activation of the B-B bond by palladium(II)-NHC complexes in presence of a mild base (NaOAc) and an excess of diboron reagent enables chemoselective 1,2-diboration of alkenes, suggesting the heterolytic cleavage of diboron rather than oxidative addition of a B-B bond to the metal.
Stable N-heterocyclic platinum-carbene complexes are the first example of platinum-mediated regioselective H-B addition to vinylarenes and alkynes, allowing consecutive cross coupling reactions with the same catalytic system.
Original synthetic routes to polydentate nitrogen ligands combining in the same molecular structure
either 2,6-bis(imino)pyridine and (imino)pyridine moieties or two 2,6-bis(imino)pyridine units are
described. The tris-imino-bis-pyridine ligands (
Me
N
5
and
iPr
N
5
) and the tetrakis-imino-bis-pyridine ligand
(
iPr
N
6
) react with FeCl2 and/or CoX2 (X = Cl, Br) to give paramagnetic monometallic, homobimetallic,
or heterobimetallic complexes. These have been characterized, both in the solid state and in solution, by
a variety of techniques, including single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses, magnetic susceptibility
determinations, IR, vis−NIR, 1H NMR, and X-band EPR spectroscopies. The combination of these
analytical tools has allowed us to unravel the geometrical and electronic structure of quite complicated
systems. Selected mono- and binuclear FeII and CoII complexes have been used as catalyst precursors in
toluene for the polymerization of ethylene to high-density polyethylene (HDPE) upon activation with
MAO. From fairly good to very good catalytic activities (up to 64.5 tons of PE (mol of M)-1 h-1) have
been observed. Of particular relevance is the dicobalt complex
iPr
N
6
Co
2
Cl
4
, which is more active than
any other known CoII catalyst for the polymerization of ethylene to HDPE.
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