稀土三元催化体系ZnO/SiO2负载化及季铵盐催化CO2与环氧丙烷合成高分子量聚碳酸酯

由环氧丙烷(PO)和CO2交替共聚合成脂肪族聚碳酸亚丙酯,CO2利用率高, 所得产物具有一定的力学性能和生物降解性能, 具有广泛应用前景. 目前, 用于CO2和环氧化合物共聚的催化体系主要包含锌、钴、镉、铬、铝和稀土等金属活性中心, 结构、活性各异的催化剂体系, 其催化性能和产物性能也各具特色. 其中, 稀土三元催化剂(ZnEt2-甘油-三氯乙酸钇)因合成聚碳酸酯产物的分子量高、碳酸酯单元含量高、聚醚及环碳酸酯副产物少的特点而受到关注. 但是由于催化剂催化效率低, 聚合时间长, 产品成本高, 使得工业化规模生产受到限制.本文基于稀土三元催化体系, 将催化剂负载于硅胶及锌改性硅胶, 优化了其制备条件, 同时考察了添加季铵盐对催化CO2/环氧丙烷共聚合成聚碳酸酯性能的影响. 结果表明, 在1 L聚合釜中, 于3.5 MPa和70 oC反应条件下, ZnO担载量及ZnO/SiO2添加量对反应性能均有影响. 当3 wt% ZnO/SiO2的添加量为5 g时, 稀土三元催化体系的活性为4845.2 g/molZn..所得聚合物经过多次纯化处理后, 能够有效提高材料的热学性能, 即有效除去产物中的ZnO对聚合物的热稳定性有重要作用. 添加含有不同阴离子(F- , Cl- 和Br- )的季铵盐可显著影响稀土三元催化剂的活性. 其中, 仅四甲基氟化铵可以明显提高反应活性乃至聚合物分子量. 在3 wt% ZnO/SiO2载体和四甲基氟化铵的协同作用下, 稀土三元催化体系的共聚性能明显提 升, 活性最高可达5223.0 g/molZn. 聚合物结构分析表明, 在载体和四甲基氟化铵存在下, 聚合物分子量明显提高, 可达到20万以上, 分子量分布明显变窄, 且聚合物结构如碳酸酯的单元含量、副产物含量以及聚合物产品玻璃化温度基本不变, 后者均保持在40-41 ?C. 基于此, 我们提出了在ZnO改性硅胶载体及四甲基氟化铵存在下稀土三元催化体系催化CO2/环氧丙烷共聚的反应机理: ZnO/SiO2载体有利于稀土三元催化体系的分散, 而四甲基氟化铵则有利于吸附在ZnEt2上的环氧丙烷开环.     

双金属氰化物/稀土配合物催化二氧化碳和环氧丙烷的共聚合

使用双金属氰化物/稀土配合物复合催化剂催化二氧化碳和环氧丙烷共聚合,其催化效率比双金属氰化物催化剂有显著提高,得到了数均相对分子质量大于1.0×105的聚合物。研究了复合催化剂的组成(如稀土的种类、稀土与锌的比例(Ln/Zn)、稀土配合物中酸根离子的酸性等)对共聚反应的影响,同时研究了反应体系的压力及反应时间对催化活性的影响。采用Y(CCl3COO)3稀土金属配合物有利于共聚反应的进行。当n(Y)/n(Zn)=6、聚合4 h后,其催化活性比单纯的双金属氰化物提高了31.5%,聚合物的相对分子质量则没有太大变化,而副产物碳酸丙烯酯的质量分数低于2%,而在该温度下单独采用稀土三元催化剂时副产物碳酸丙烯酯的生成量通常在10%以上。聚合物中碳酸酯含量低于双金属氰化物的催化产物,说明稀土配合物只是起到活化金属与环氧丙烷配位的作用,没有提高共聚物的碳酸酯含量,整个共聚合反应依然遵循双金属氰化物催化的共聚反应机理。     

原位负载稀土三元催化剂催化环氧丙烷和二氧化碳的共聚合研究

采用2种方法制备了原位负载稀土三元催化剂,即先将均相的Y(CCl3OO)3-Glycerin体系负载在载体上,后逐滴加入ZnEt2(标记为Y(CCl3OO)3-Glycerin/γ-Al2O3/ZnEt2);或先将ZnEt2与载体反应,再与均相的Y(CCl3OO)3-Glycerin体系反应(标记为ZnEt2/γ-Al2O3/Y(CCl3OO)3-Glycerin).研究发现原位负载催化剂催化环氧丙烷和二氧化碳共聚合反应的活性比未负载前低24%～36%,通过分析催化剂制备过程中所生成的乙烷量的变化,证明原位负载时催化剂组分如Y(CCl3OO)3、Glycerin或ZnEt2发生了向载体孔隙内的扩散渗透,使得催化剂各组分配比与未负载催化剂相比发生了偏差,从而降低了催化活性;另一方面,表面羟基与ZnEt2反应形成了低效率的活性种,也是原位负载催化剂活性不高的原因之一.提出了影响原位负载稀土三元催化剂活性的2个主要因素,即活性种的反应活性和活性种的数量.通过调节催化剂组分配比、负载化阶段的振荡研磨时间、原位负载时的活性种状态、载体的表面状态等,可使负载催化剂的活性比未负载的稀土三元催化剂提高3.5%.     

稀土三元催化剂对二氧化碳/环氧化合物共聚反应的催化机理研究

采用X射线光电子能谱(XPS)技术研究了二氧化碳与环氧丙烷共聚反应的稀土三元催化剂,探讨了中心金属的X射线光电子能谱与催化活性间的关系,指出稀土三元催化剂的活性中心在于配位活化后的锌氧键,稀土盐通过与烷氧基锌形成双金属桥键,改变了活性中心的电子云分布,从而提高了反应活性.     

Direct atom-efficient esterification between carboxylic acids and alcohols catalyzed by amphoteric, water-tolerant TiO(acac)2

A diverse array of oxometallic species were examined as catalysts for a test direct condensation of benzoic acid and 2-phenylethanol in 1:1 stoichiometry. Besides group IVB MOCl2-xH2O and TiOX2-xH2O, group VB VOCl2-xTHF and group IVB TiO(acac)2 were found to be the most efficient and water-tolerant catalysts for the test reaction. The new neutral catalytic protocol with the optimal TiO(acac)2 tolerates many stereo/electronic structural variations in both (di)acid (1 degree -3 degrees alkyl and aryl) and (di)alcohol (1 degree, 2 degrees alkyl, and aryl) components with high chemoselectivity.     

Effects of the structure and morphology of zinc glutarate on the fixation of carbon dioxide into polymer

Zinc glutarates were synthesized from zinc oxides with varying purities via different stirring routes. The particle size and structure of these zinc glutarates were determined by wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and the laser particle size analyzer technique. The results demonstrated that the crystallinity and crystalline perfectness of zinc glutarate are the crucial factors that affect the catalytic activity for the copolymerization of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and propylene oxide (PO). Additionally, the catalyst with a small particle size dramatically increased the yield of the copolymerization between CO₂ and PO. High‐molecular‐weight and regular molecular structure poly(propylene carbonate)s (PPC)s were obtained from CO₂ and PO with the synthesized zinc glutarates. Very high catalytic activity of 160.4 g polymer/g catalyst was afforded. The NMR technique revealed that the PPC copolymer exhibits an exact alternating copolymer structure. The relationships between the crystallinity and the particle size of catalyst with the catalytic activity are correlated and discussed. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 3579–3591, 2002     

Synthesis of zinc glutarates with various morphologies using an amphiphilic template and their catalytic activities in the copolymerization of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide

Various heterogeneous zinc glutarate (ZnGA) catalysts were synthesized in solvent systems of various polarities from zinc acetate dihydrate and glutaric acid with and without the aid of an amphiphilic block copolymer, poly(ethylene glycol‐b‐propylene glycol‐b‐ethylene glycol) (PE6400), as a template. The presence of the PE6400 template and the polarity of the solvent significantly affected the morphology, particle size, surface area, and crystallinity of the resulting catalyst. However, all the catalysts had the same crystal lattice unit cell structure and similar surface compositions. The surface compositions of the catalysts were quite different from those of conventionally prepared ZnGA catalysts, that is, those prepared from zinc oxide and glutaric acid in toluene. All these characteristics of the catalysts influenced the ZnGA‐catalyzed copolymerization of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide. The catalytic activities of the catalysts in this copolymerization depended primarily on their surface area and secondarily on their crystallinity; a larger surface area and a higher crystallinity resulted in higher catalytic activity. Of the catalysts that we prepared, the ZnGA catalyst that was prepared in ethanol containing 5.5 wt % water with the PE6400 template, ZnGA‐PE3, exhibited the highest catalytic activity in the copolymerization. The catalytic activity of ZnGA‐PE3 was attributed to its wrinkled petal bundle morphology, which provided a large surface area and high crystallinity. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 4079–4088, 2005     

主（脱铝Y分子筛纳米腔）-客（Co，Mn和Cox/Mnx三核金属簇合物）纳米复合物催化剂高效催化环己烯环氧化反应

采用模板合成法制备了在脱铝Y分子筛纳米腔中含有Co, Mn,和Co/Mn混合物的三核金属簇合物的复合物催化剂,包括[Mn3(O)(CH3COO)6-(py)3]-Y,[Co3(O)(CH3COO)6-(py)3],[Co2Mn(O)(CH3COO)6-(py)3]-Y和[CoMn2(O)(CH3COO)6-(py)3]-Y],并运用傅里叶变换红外光谱、紫外-可见光光谱、前场扫描电镜、X射线衍射和原子吸收光谱对其进行了表征.包裹的金属簇合物在环己烯环氧化反应中表现出较高的催化活性,反应以H2O2/O2为氧化剂,在加热机械搅拌下进行,所得环氧化物产率在82.5%?90.7%.在该催化体系中, NaBr用作氧化助剂可以提高反应性能.在所制多相催化体系中,含单核的金属簇合物催化活性更高,其中以Mn3(O)-DAZY化合物的效率最高.各催化剂活性顺序为Mn3(O)-DAZY> Co3(O)-DAZY> Mn2Co(O)-DAZY> MnCo2(O)-DAZY.     

A new copolymerization process leading to poly(propylene carbonate) with a highly enhanced yield from carbon dioxide and propylene oxide

Using excessively loaded propylene oxide (PO) as a solvent, the copolymerization of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and PO was carried out with zinc glutarate catalyst, consequently producing poly(propylene carbonate) of high molecular weight in a high yield (64–70 g polymer per gram of catalyst) never achieved before. Both the PO used as solvent and the excessively loaded CO₂ were fully recoverable, respectively, and reusable for their copolymerization, indicating that this is a clean, green polymerization process to convert CO₂ to its polycarbonate. The polymer yield was further improved by scaling up the copolymerization process. Among zinc glutarate catalysts prepared through several synthetic routes, one from zinc oxide delivered the highest yield in the copolymerization. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 1863–1876, 1999     

Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Propylene Oxide by Binary Cobalt Salen Complexes with Various Anion Groups

A series of salen–Co (III )(X) complexes tethering quaternary ammonium salts are designed to investigate the influence of the axial group X in the complex and the anion Y of quaternary ammonium salt on the copolymerization of CO₂ and PO . By copolymerization, the complex 9 , where X and Y are both 2,4‐dinitrophenolate, has the highest catalytic efficiency. When X is OAc and Y is BF₄ ⁻/NO₃ ⁻, the complexes 11/12 have lower catalytic efficiency. For the complex 10 , where X and Y are both OAc , the catalytic efficiency is the lowest. At the same time, complex 9 can produce the copolymer with the highest carbonate fraction and M _n. And the best copolymerization conditions were as follows: reaction temperature 30°C, copolymerization time 24 h, and CO₂ pressure 2 MPa with complex 9 . The thermal properties of the copolymers are also studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG) .     

Zinc Glutarate Catalyzed Synthesis and Biodegradability of Poly(carbonate-co-ester)s from CO2, Propylene Oxide,and ϵ-Caprolactone

A zinc glutarate (ZnGA) catalyst was prepared from the reaction of zinc oxide and glutaric acid in dry toluene. ZnGA was found to exhibit a catalytic activity for the copolymerization of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and propylene oxide (PO) and the homopolymerization of PO but to reveal no catalytic activity for the homopolymerization of ϵ-caprolactone (CL). The ZnGA-catalyzed polymerization was extended for the terpolymerization of CO₂ with PO and CL, producing poly(propylene carbonate-co-ϵ-caprolactone)s (PPCCLs) with a reasonably high molecular weight in high yields. In the terpolymerization, PO and CL were used as both co-monomers and reaction media, after the reaction completed, the excess co-monomers were easily recovered and reused in the next terpolymerization batch. For the synthesized polymers, enzymatic and biological degradability were investigated.     

硼氢化稀土-二乙基锌-甘油三元体系催化环氧丙烷与 CO2 共聚反应

 由硼氢化稀土、二乙基锌和甘油制备了三元体系 Ln(BH₄)₃•3THF-ZnEt₂-Gly (甘油) 用于催化环氧丙烷 (PO) 与 CO₂ 共聚反应, 详细考察了催化剂组成、不同稀土元素和溶剂性质对聚合反应的影响. 通过正交试验优化的催化剂组成和聚合条件为: Y(BH₄)₃•3THF-ZnEt₂-Gly (摩尔比 = 3:60:20) 催化剂, 乙二醇二甲醚溶剂, PO/Y 摩尔比 1000, [Y] = 6.67 mmol/L, p(CO₂) = 3.0 MPa, 80^oC, 6 h. 最高催化效率可达 4908 g /(mol•h); 碳酸酯含量为 95.7%, 数均分子量为 6.97x10⁴.     

Pincer Thioamide and Pincer Thioimide Palladium Complexes Catalyze Highly Efficient Negishi Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alkyl Zinc Reagents at Room Temperature

Pincer thioamide Pd^II complex 2 was prepared, and its reaction with cyclohexylzinc chloride yielded novel pincer thioimide Pd^II complex 3 besides Pd⁰ species. The structures of complexes 2 and 3 were confirmed by X‐ray analysis. Both complexes are efficient catalysts for Negishi couplings involving primary and secondary alkyl zinc reagents bearing β‐hydrogen atoms. At a concentration of 0.1–0.5 mol % both catalysts readily promoted reactions at room temperature or even at 0 °C. The operational simplicity of these processes, in conjunction with the easy accessibility of both catalysts and substrates, promises synthetic utility of this new methodology. An experiment on a scale of 19.35 g carried out at very low catalyst loading of 2 (turnover number: 6 100 000) highlighted the potential application of the catalytic system. Monoalkyl and dialkyl zinc reagents displayed different reactivities and selectivities in reactions with aryl iodides catalyzed by complexes 2 or 3 , and isomerization in reactions involving acyclic secondary alkyl zinc derivatives was suppressed by using appropriate amounts of dialkyl zinc reagents. Based on preliminary kinetic profiles and reaction evidence, three possible pathways are proposed for the reactions involving acyclic secondary alkyl zinc reagents to rationalize the difference between mono‐alkyl and dialkyl zinc derivatives.     

Study of electronic effect in bifunctional catalysts for the copolymerization of CO2 and PO/CHO

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is an easily available renewable carbon source that can be used as a comonomer in the catalytic ring-opening polymerization of epoxides to form aliphatic polycarbonates. Herein, a series of new Salen-Co(III) bifunctional catalysts were synthesized for the first time, and they were studied to catalyze the copolymerization of CO₂ and propylene oxide (PO)/cyclohexene oxide (CHO). At the same time, the effects of reaction conditions (electronic effect, temperature, time) on catalytic activity and selectivity were investigated. The results show that the Salen-Co(III) complexes with electron-withdrawing groups have higher selectivity and activity for propylene carbonate (PPC)/cyclohexylene carbonate (PCHC). At the same time, the Salen-Co(III) complexes can better catalyze the copolymerization of CHO and CO₂ than that of PO and CO₂. The catalytic efficiency of the four complexes increased with increasing temperature, and the best reaction condition is 80°C, 30 min and 2 MPa of CO₂.     

Synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic behaviour of dimeric and tetrameric gadolinium carboxylates with trichloroacetic acid

The novel gadolinium(III) containing compounds (CH3NH3)2[Gd2(CCl3COO)6(H2O)6](CCl3COO)2.2CCl3COOH (1) and (NH3CH3)2[Gd4(OH)4(CCl3COO)10(H2O)6].2H2O (2) were synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. In the crystal structure of 1 the gadolinium ions are bridged by carboxylate groups to dimers with a Gd3+ -Gd3+ distance of 420.2(3) pm. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1. In the crystal structure of the Gd3+ ions are bridged by hydroxide ions and carboxylate groups to tetramers with Gd3+ -Gd3+ distances between 380.3(1) and 388.0(1) pm. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1. The magnetic behaviour of these two compounds as well as of Gd2(CCl3COO)6(bipy)2(H2O)2.4bipy (3) (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridyl) was investigated in the temperature range 1.77-300 K. The magnetic data for these compounds indicate weak antiferromagnetic interactions.     

Heterodinuclear Zn(II), Mg(II) or Co(III) with Na(I) Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide and Cyclohexene Oxide Ring Opening Copolymerizations

A series heterodinuclear catalysts, operating without co-catalyst, show good performances for the ring opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide. The complexes feature a macrocyclic ligand designed to coordinate metals such as Zn(II), Mg(II) or Co(III), in a Schiff base ‘pocket’, and Na(I) in a modified crown-ether binding ‘pocket’. The 11 new catalysts are used to explore the influences of the metal combinations and ligand backbones over catalytic activity and selectivity. The highest performance catalyst features the Co(III)Na(I) combination, [N,N′-bis(3,3’-triethylene glycol salicylidene)-1,2-ethylenediamino cobalt(III) di(acetate)]sodium ( 7 ), and it shows both excellent activity and selectivity at 1 bar carbon dioxide pressure (TOF=1590 h⁻¹, >99 % polymer selectivity, 1 : 10: 4000, 100 °C), as well as high activity at higher carbon dioxide pressure (TOF=4343 h⁻¹, 20 bar, 1 : 10 : 25000). Its rate law shows a first order dependence on both catalyst and cyclohexene oxide concentrations and a zeroth order for carbon dioxide pressure, over the range 10–40 bar. These new catalysts eliminate any need for ionic or Lewis base co-catalyst and instead exploit the coordination of earth-abundant and inexpensive Na(I) adjacent to a second metal to deliver efficient catalysis. They highlight the potential for well-designed ancillary ligands and inexpensive Group 1 metals to deliver high performance heterodinuclear catalysts for carbon dioxide copolymerizations and, in future, these catalysts may also show promise in other alternating copolymerization and carbon dioxide utilizations.     

双功能金属卟啉催化环氧化合物与 CO2 偶联反应合成环碳酸酯

 合成了新颖的双功能水溶性金属卟啉 催化剂 M(TTMAPP)I4(X) (M = Co, Fe, Mn 和 Cr; X = OAc, CF3COO, CCl3COO, OTs, Cl, Br 和 I), 研究了它们催化 CO2 与末端环氧化合物合成环碳酸酯的偶联反应. 分别考察了反应温度、不同金属的 Lewis 酸中心、抗衡离子和催化剂重复使用次数对反应性能的影响. 当以 Co(III)(TTMAPP)I4(OAc) 为催化剂, 底物与催化剂摩尔比为 1 000, 温度为 353 K, CO2 压力为 667 kPa 和无溶剂条件下, 反应 5 h 时丙烯环碳酸酯收率为 95.4%. 在 298 K, 底物与催化剂之比为 2 000 时, 加入 1 ml 甲醇, 反应 24 h 丙烯环碳酸酯收率为 19.4%. 催化剂可以用乙醚回收, 循环使用 5 次后催化剂活性没有明显降低.     

稀土三元催化剂催化二氧化碳/环氧丙烷/环氧环己烷的三元共聚合研究

在稀土三元催化剂(三氯乙酸稀土配合物/二乙基锌/甘油)催化下实现了二氧化碳、环氧丙烷及环氧环己烷的三元共聚合.该催化剂对二氧化碳与环氧环己烷共聚的催化活性比对二氧化碳与环氧丙烷共聚的高.增加反应单体中环氧环己烷的比例可提高共聚物中环己撑碳酸酯的含量,大幅度改善共聚物的耐热性.     

Iron catalyzed polyethylene chain growth on zinc: a study of the factors delineating chain transfer versus catalyzed chain growth in zinc and related metal alkyl systems

The bis(imino)pyridine iron complex, [[2,6-(MeC=N-2,6-iPr2C6H3)2C5H)N]FeCl2] (1), in combination with MAO and ZnEt2 (> 500 equiv.), is shown to catalyze polyethylene chain growth on zinc. The catalyzed chain growth process is characterized by an exceptionally fast and reversible exchange of the growing polymer chains between the iron and zinc centers. Upon hydrolysis of the resultant ZnR2 product, a Poisson distribution of linear alkanes is obtained; linear alpha-olefins with a Poisson distribution can be generated via a nickel-catalyzed displacement reaction. Other dialkylzinc reagents such as ZnMe2 and ZniPr2 also show catalyzed chain growth; in the case of ZnMe2 a slight broadening of the product distribution is observed. The products obtained from Zn(CH2Ph)2 show evidence for chain transfer but not catalyzed chain growth, whereas ZnPh2 shows no evidence for chain transfer. The Group 13 metal alkyl reagents AlR3 (R = Me, Et, octyl, IBu) and GaR3 (R = Et, nBu) act as highly efficient chain transfer agents, whereas GaMe3 exhibits behavior close to catalyzed chain growth. LinBu, MgnBu2 and BEt3 result in very low activity catalyst systems. SnMe4 and PbEt4 give active catalysts, but with very little chain transfer to Sn or Pb. The remarkably efficient iron catalyzed chain growth reaction for ZnEt2 compared to other metal alkyls can be rationalized on the basis of: (1) relatively low steric hindrance around the zinc center, (2) their monomeric nature in solution, (3) the relatively weak Zn-C bond, and (4) a reasonably close match in Zn-C and Fe-C bond strengths.     

带双键侧链的二氧化碳三元共聚物的合成及性能研究

二氧化碳和环氧丙烷共聚物的玻璃化温度处于35～40℃,在低于20℃的环境下脆性很大.在稀土三元催化剂Y(CCl3COO)3ZnEt2甘油(glycerine)下实现了CO2、环氧丙烷(PO)和烯丙基缩水甘油醚(AGE)的三元共聚,合成了侧链带双键的二氧化碳共聚物,其玻璃化温度(Tg)为-15.4～36.1℃,大幅度拓展了二氧化碳共聚物的低温区使用范围.