Activation of Cp2ZrCl2 and Cp2ZrMe2 by methylaluminoxane
(MAO) in toluene is largely
complete at Al:Zr ratios of 100:1 to 200:1 as revealed by electrospray
ionization mass spectrometry (ESI MS). The anions present undergo
chlorination in the case of Cp2ZrCl2. DFT calculations
reveal that chlorination of MAO is favorable and involves dissociation
of Me3Al, followed by association of Me2AlCl.
Ethylene polymerizations were conducted using these catalyst precursors
in toluene. The activity vs [Zr] data are essentially identical, while
higher MW polyethylene is formed with a narrower MWD at lower Al:Zr
ratios in the case of Cp2ZrMe2. The activity
vs [Zr] data could be fit to a model which invokes bimolecular deactivation
of growing chains. ESI MS reveals that a dinuclear Zr2 cation
with m/z 557 is formed on exposure
of [Cp2Zr(μ-Me)2AlMe2]+ to ethylene, in addition to other cations that are dinuclear
with respect to Zr. Labeling experiments using ethylene-d
4 indicate that these dinuclear cations are derived from
ethylene, either through direct incorporation in the case of m/z 557, or indirectly through incorporation
of deuterium following e.g. β-H elimination. These experiments
shed light on the need for high Al:Zr ratios for ethylene polymerization
using soluble metallocene catalysts. The active catalyst [Cp2ZrR][MAO(Me)] (R = H, Et or a higher homologue) suffers a second
order deactivation, and thus activity improves upon dilution of the
catalyst precursor at constant [Al].
Ethylene polymerization using catalysts derived from activation of zirconocene aluminohydride
complexes with either methyl aluminoxane or B(C6F5)3 is reported. Variable-temperature NMR spectra
of mixtures of Cp*2ZrH3AlH2 or Cp‘2ZrH3AlH2 and excess B(C6F5)3 reveal the formation of di- or
polynuclear metallocenium ion-pairs featuring terminal or both terminal and bridging borohydride
counteranions HB(C6F5)3 arising from hydride abstraction. At higher T, ion-pairs featuring the terminal
HB(C6F5)3 counterion decompose, and the AlH3 that is liberated degrades B(C6F5)3 to furnish mixtures
of (C6F5)
n
AlH3
-
n
and, in the case of Cp*2ZrH3AlH2, a new ion-pair partnered with the diborohydride
counteranion [Cp*2ZrH][(μ-H)2B(C6F5)2]. The latter compound was independently prepared from Cp*2ZrH2 and HB(C6F5)2 and is active in ethylene polymerization; however it is 1000 times less active than
the catalyst formed from Cp*2ZrH3AlH2 and B(C6F5)3 and so cannot account for the multisite behavior
of the latter combination. There is evidence of chemical exchange between “free” or terminal HB(C6F5)3
and excess B(C6F5)3 in these mixtures, and on the basis of model studies with [
n
Bu4N][HB(C6F5)3] and
B(C6F5)3, this involves reversible formation of [
n
Bu4N][(C6F5)3B)(μ-H)B(C6F5)3], which can be detected
by 19F NMR spectroscopy in solution at low T.
Copper nanoparticles (Cu-NPs) with sizes lower than 31 nm were prepared by wet chemical reduction using copper sulfate solution, hydrazine, and mixture of allylamine (AAm) and polyallylamine (PAAm) as stabilizing agents. The use of AAm/PAAm mixture leads to the formation of Cu and CuO nanoparticles. The resulting nanostructures were characterized by XRD, TGA, and TEM. The average particle diameters were determined by the Debye-Scherrer equation. Analysis by TGA, TEM, GS-MS, and1HNMR reveals that synthesized NPs with AAm presented a coating with similar characteristics to NPs with PAAm, suggesting that AAm underwent polymerization during the synthesis. The synthesis of NPs using AAm could be a good alternative to reduce production costs.
Treatment of RuCl2(PPh3)3 and
RuHCl(PPh3)3 with the tin compound CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)CH2SnMe3 gives the corresponding
acyclic pentadienyl half-sandwich (η5-CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)CH2)RuX(PPh3)2 [X =
Cl, (2); H, (3)]. The steric congestion
in 2 is most effectively relieved by formation of the
cyclometalated complex (η5-CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)CH2)Ru(C6H4PPh2)(PPh3) (4). Addition of 1 equiv of PHPh2 to (η5-CH2CHCHCHCH2)RuCl(PPh3)2 (1) affords the chiral complex (η5-CH2CHCHCHCH2)RuCl(PPh3)(PHPh2) (5), while compound (η5-CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)CH2)RuCl(PPh3)(PHPh2)] (6) is directly obtained from the reaction
of RuCl2(PPh3)3 with CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)CH2Sn(Me)3 and PHPh2. Treatment of RuCl2(PPh3)3 with
the corresponding Me3SnCH2CHCHCHNR
(R = Cy, t-Bu) affords (1-3,5-η-CH2CHCHCHNCy)RuCl(PPh3)2 (7) and
[1-3,5-η-CH2CHCHCHN(t-Bu)]RuCl(PPh3)2 (8). The hydrolysis of 7, on a silica gel chromatography column, allows the isolation of
RuCl(η5-CH2CHCHCHO)(PPh3)2 (9). The azapentadienyl complex 7 reacts with 1 equiv of PHPh2 to afford [1-3,5-η-CH2CHCHCHN(Cy)]RuCl(PPh3)(PHPh2) (10), while the corresponding product [1-3,5-η-CH2CHCHCHN(t-Bu)]RuCl(PPh3)(PHPh2) (11) from 8 is only observed through 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy as a mixture of isomers.
Two equivalents of PHPh2 gives spectroscopic evidence of
[η3-CH2CHCHCHN(t-Bu)]RuCl(PHPh2)3. A mixture of products [η5-CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)O]RuCl(PPh3)2 (12) and [η5-CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)O]RuH(PPh3)2 (13) is obtained from reaction
of RuCl2(PPh3)3 with Li[CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)O]. In contrast, the oxopentadienyl compound 13 is cleanly formed from RuHCl(PPh3)3 and Li[CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)O]. An attempt to separate compounds 12 and 13 by crystallization gives an orthometalated product
[η5-CH2C(Me)CHC(Me)O]Ru(C6H4PPh2)(PPh3) (14), which
is the oxopentadienyl analogue to 4. The bulky [1-3,5-η-CH2C(t-Bu)CHC(t-Bu)O]RuH(PPh3)2 (15) analogue to 13 has also been prepared from RuHCl(PPh3)3 and
Li[CH2C(t-Bu)CHC(t-Bu)O].
Compounds 3, 5, 6, 7, and 12–15 have been structurally
characterized. The preferred heteropentadienyl orientations and the
relative positions of the H, Cl, PPh3, and PHPh2 ligands have been established in the piano-stool structures for
all compounds, and it can be definitively surmised that the chemistry
involved in the heteropentadienyl half-sandwich compounds studied
is dominated by steric effects.
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