0000000000222213
AUTHOR
Jiří Pinkas
Preparation of titanocene and zirconocene dichlorides bearing bulky 1,4-dimethyl-2,3-diphenylcyclopentadienyl ligand and their behavior in polymerization of ethylene
Abstract New metallocene dichlorides [η 5 -(1,4-Me 2 -2,3-Ph 2 -C 5 H) 2 TiCl 2 ] ( 2 ), [η 5 -(1,4-Me 2 -2,3-Ph 2 -C 5 H) 2 ZrCl 2 ] ( 3 ) and [η 5 -(1,4-Me 2 -2,3-Ph 2 -C 5 H)η 5 -(C 5 H 5 )ZrCl 2 ] ( 4 ) were prepared from lithium salt of 1,4-dimethyl-2,3-diphenylcyclopentadiene ( 1 ) and [TiCl 3 (THF) 3 ], [ZrCl 4 ] and [η 5 -(C 5 H 5 )ZrCl 3 (DME)], respectively. Compounds 2–4 were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, EI-MS and IR spectroscopy, and the solid state structure of 3 was determined by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The catalytic systems 3 /MAO and 4 /MAO were almost inactive in polymerization of ethylene at 30–50 °C, however, they exhibited high activity at temperature…
Titanium and zirconium complexes containing the new 2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diphenylcyclopentadienyl ligand. Synthesis, characterization and polymerization behavior
Abstract An easy and inexpensive three-step synthesis of new 2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diphenylcyclopentadiene (3) ligand and the titanium and zirconium homometallocene dichlorides [TiCl2(η5-C5H-2,3-Me2-1,4-Ph2)2] (4), [ZrCl2(η5-C5H-2,3-Me2-1,4-Ph2)2] (5), and the mixed ligand zirconium complex [ZrCl2(η5-C5H-2,3-Me2-1,4-Ph2)(η5-C5H5)] (6) prepared thereof are described. The polymerization of ethene using 4–6/MAO catalysts revealed that zirconocene complexes 5 and 6 displayed moderate and high activity, respectively, whereas the titanium catalyst 4/MAO was inactive. The crystal structures of 4 and 5 were determined by X-ray crystallography.
Non-degenerate 1,2-silyl shift in silyl substituted alkyltrimethylcyclopentadienes
Abstract The five new silanes C5Me3RSiMenCl3 − n (n = 3, R = i-Pr (5); n = 2, R = i-Pr (6); n = 2, R = s-Bu (7); n = 2, R = cyclohexyl (8); and n = 3, R = t-Bu (9)) were synthesized by reaction of 1-alkyl-2,3,4-trimethylcyclopentadienyl lithium salts with appropriate chlorosilane and characterized by NMR, MS, and IR spectra. At elevated temperatures (250–360 K), all the silanes undergo a non-degenerate sigmatropic silyl rearrangement, which generates non-equivalent structures a and b. The presence of minor structure c was observed in compounds 5 and 7 only. The Diels–Alder cycloaddition of 5 with strong dienophiles tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), and dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) provide…