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AUTHOR
Stefan Fokken
Synthesis and structural characterization of titanium complexes containing a sulfinyl-bridged bis(phenolato) ligand
Abstract Titanium complexes containing the novel tridentate 2,2′-sulfinylbis(6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenoxo) ligand (sibmp) were synthesized and characterized. Treatment of titanium tetra-iso-propoxide with 2,2′-sulfinylbis(6-tert-4-methylphenol) (sibmpH2) in 1:1 molar ratio afforded red-orange, sparingly soluble di-iso-propoxo derivative [Ti(sibmp)(O-i-Pr)2]2·0.5 Et2O. The single-crystal structure analysis was performed and revealed a dimeric centrosymmetric structure with a planar Ti2O2 core. The titanium center is approximately octahedral with a SO function intramolecularly coordinated at the titanium center. Treatment of sibmpH2 with titanium tetra-iso-propoxide in 2:1 molar ratio gave y…
Mono(cyclopentadienyl)titanium complexes containing a sulfide-bridged bis(phenolato) ligand. Molecular structure of Ti{2,2′-S(OC6H2-4-Me-6-tBu)2}(η5-C5H5)Cl
A series of titanium complexes containing a sulfur-bridged chelating bis(phenolato) ligand, Ti{2,2′-S(OC 6 H 2 -4-Me-6- t Bu) 2 }(η 5 -C 5 R 5 )Cl (R=H, Me; R 5 =1,3-(SiMe 3 ) 2 H 3 ), were prepared by the reaction of the dilithium derivative Li 2 [2,2′-S(OC 6 H 2 -4-Me-6- t Bu) 2 ] with Ti(η 5 -C 5 R 5 )Cl 3 . Alkylation of the chloro complexes gave complexes of the type Ti{2,2′-S(OC 6 H 2 -4-Me-6- t Bu) 2 }(η 5 -C 5 R 5 )R′ (R′=Me, CH 2 Ph). The crystal structure of the chloro complex Ti{2,2′-S(OC 6 H 2 -4-Me-6- t Bu) 2 }(η 5 -C 5 H 5 )Cl has been determined by X-ray diffraction and shows a monomeric four-legged piano-stool structure with the sulfur and chlorine atoms in trans positions. …
Titanium Complexes of Chelating Bis(phenolato) Ligands with Long Titanium−Sulfur Bonds. A Novel Type of Ancillary Ligand for Olefin Polymerization Catalysts
The sulfide-linked bis(phenol) tbmpH2 (tbmp = 2,2‘-thiobis(6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenolato)) gives a series of titanium complexes of the formula [Ti(tbmp)X2]2 or [Ti(tbmp)(L)X2] (L = two-electron ligand, X = one-electron ligand). The molecular structures of [Ti(tbmp)(OiPr)2]2 and of [Ti(tbmp){C6H4(CH2NMe2)-2}Cl] were determined by single-crystal X-ray structural analyses. An unusually long titanium−sulfur bond of ∼270 pm is observed in both complexes which contain a six-coordinate titanium center. Variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy shows a fluxional coordination of the chelating aryl group in [Ti(tbmp){C6H4(CH2NMe2)-2}Cl].
Dialkyl titanium complexes that contain a sulfur-linked bis(phenolato) ligand:
Abstract The sulfur-linked bis(phenol) 2,2′-thiobis(2-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol), tbmpH2, reacted cleanly with titanium tetrachloride to give the orange titanium dichloro complex [Ti(tbmp)Cl2]2 in virtually quantitative yield. Reaction of the dichloro complex [Ti(tbmp)Cl2]2 with methyllithium at low temperature gave the unexpectedly thermally robust, yellow dimethyl complex [Ti(tbmp)Me2]. The reaction of the dichloro complex with benzyl Grignard reagent in pentane afforded the highly crystalline dibenzyl complex [Ti(tbmp)(CH2Ph)2] as a 1,4-dioxane adduct. The single crystal X-ray crystallography revealed a centrosymmetric 1,4-dioxane-bridged molecule that contains two fragments containing s…