Novel Initiators for Thermally and UV-Triggered ROMP

Novel ruthenium-based photoactive transition metal catalysts, i.e. [Ru(CF₃CO₂)₂(p-cymene)(IMes)] ( 2 ), [Ru(CF₃CO₂)₂(PhNC)₃(IMes)] ( 3 ), [Ru(CF₃CO₂)₂(p-cymene) (IMesH₂)] ( 4 ), [Ru(CF₃CO₂)₂(PhNC))₃(IMesH₂)] ( 5 ), have been prepared and investigated for their use as initiators for the thermally and photo-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization (photo-ROMP). The polymerization behavior of the novel systems for both norborn-2-ene and functional monomers, such as norborn-5-ene- 2-ylmethanol, has been investigated.     

Ring opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene and tetracyclododecene with cyclooctene by using (arylimido)vanadium(V)–alkylidene catalyst

Ring opening metathesis polymerizations (ROMP) of norbornene (NBE), tetracyclododecene (TCD) in the presence of cis-cyclooctene (COE) using vanadium-alkylidene catalyst, V(CHSiMe₃)(N-2,6-Cl₂C₆H₃)(OC₆F₅)(PMe₃)₂ ( 1 ), were explored. The polymerizations with TCD afforded high-molecular-weight polymers (M_n = 19,500–47,400) with low PDI (M_w/M_n) values (1.18–1.38) which possess microstructure of repeated ring-opened TCD and certain methylene units by incorporation of ring-opened COE on the basis of microstructure analysis by NMR spectra and DSC thermograms; hydrogenated copolymer possessed melting temperature at 294 °C. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 3067–3074     

Large-Scale Synthesis of a Niche Olefin Metathesis Catalyst Bearing an Unsymmetrical N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligand and its Application in a Green Pharmaceutical Context

A large-scale synthesis of known Ru olefin metathesis catalyst VII featuring an unsymmetrical N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand with one 2,5-diisopropylphenyl (DIPP) and one thiophenylmethylene N-substituent is reported. The optimised procedure does not require column chromatography in any step and allows for preparation of up to 0.5 kg batches of the catalyst from simple precursors. The application profile of the obtained catalyst was studied in environmentally friendly dimethyl carbonate (DMC). Although VII exhibited low efficiency in cross-metathesis (CM) with electron-deficient partners, good to excellent results were noted for substrates featuring easy to isomerise C−C double bonds. This includes polyfunctional substrates of medicinal chemistry interest, such as analogues of psychoactive 5F-PB-22 and NM-2201 and two PDE5 inhibitors—Sildenafil and Vardenafil. Finally, a larger scale ring-closing metathesis (RCM) of a Vardenafil derivative was conducted in DMC, allowing for straightforward isolation of the expected product (23 g) in high yield and with low Ru contamination level (7.7 ppm).     

Homobimetallic Ruthenium-Ethylene,Vinylidene, Allenylidene,and Indenylidene Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis

Summary: Following the discovery of bimetallic ruthenium scaffold ( 1 ), two new homobimetallic ruthenium-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes ( 2 , 3 ) were synthesized and found highly suitable for promoting ROMP, RCM, and CM reactions. Results from this study indicated that the ethylene ligand was highly labile and that adding a small amount of a terminal alkyne to the reaction media had a beneficial influence on the metathetical activity. These observations prompted us to further investigate the role of the alkyne co-catalyst. Thus, homobimetallic ruthenium-arene complexes bearing vinylidene ( 4 , 5 ), allenylidene ( 6 ), and indenylidene ( 7 ) ligands were prepared from complex 1 and propargyl alcohol derivatives. Their catalytic activities were probed in several types of olefin metathesis reactions, and they were found valuable intermediates for the safe and efficient one-pot synthesis of the Hoveya–Grubbs isopropoxybenzylidene catalyst ( 8 ).     

开环易位聚合(ROMP)在星型聚合物合成中的应用进展

开环易位聚合(ROMP)是一种单环或多环烯烃进行开环聚合反应形成功能化聚合物的方法, 已经发展成为一种合成先进聚合物材料的高效方法之一. 而星型聚合物由于特殊的结构和性能将在学术和工业的材料科学和纳米技术领域中发挥越来越重要的作用. 本综述从聚合方法、聚合单体、引发剂、交联剂等方面讨论了ROMP在星型聚合物合成中的应用, 并介绍了ROMP合成的星型聚合物的应用领域和前景, 客观地评价了各种ROMP方法的优势和局限性. 这项工作旨在促进ROMP在合成星型聚合物的研究, 为合成功能性复杂星型聚合物提供新的科学研究途径, 为加快星型聚合物材料商业化的脚步添砖加瓦.     

Latent Olefin Metathesis Catalysts for Polymerization of DCPD

Summary: Advances in design of latent ruthenium phenylindenylidene catalysts bearing salicylaldimine ligands for ring-opening metathesis polymerization are described. The presence of the substituents in ortho position in N-aryl ring of salicylaldimine ligand has been found to be the main factor determining the catalyst stability. The best of the studied catalysts after acid activation offers activity comparable to that of the dichloride systems in ring-opening metathesis polymerization of DCPD, while maintaining very high stability in the monomer solution.     

A Facile,Controlled Synthesis of Soluble Star Polymers Containing a Sugar Residue by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)

Summary: Precise syntheses of soluble star polymers containing a sugar residue could be attained by adopting sequential ring-opening metathesis polymerizations of norbornene, 1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-1,4,5,8-exo-endo-dimethanonaphtalene, and then 1,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-α-D-galacto-pyranos-6-O-yl 5-norbornene-2-carboxylate using Mo(CHCMe₂Ph)(N-2,6-ⁱPr₂C₆H₃)(O^tBu)₂. The resultant polymers possessed uniform molecular weight distributions, and the M_n values could be varied by the monomer/Mo molar ratios; their spherical images were observed in the TEM micrographs.     

Mesoporous Molecular Sieves as Advanced Supports for Olefin Metathesis Catalysts

Summary: Siliceous mesoporous molecular sieves MCM-41, MCM-48 and SBA-15 and organised mesoporous alumina represent progressive supports for new heterogeneous catalysts for olefin metathesis and metathesis polymerization. In combination with Mo and Re oxides they provide catalysts of considerably higher activity in comparison with those based on conventional silica and alumina. Immobilization of Mo and Ru alkylidenes on these materials led to the highly active and selective catalysts with negligible leaching of transition metal.     

Controllable ROMP Tacticity by Harnessing the Fluxionality of Stereogenic‐at‐Ruthenium Complexes

Readily accessible and easy‐to‐handle Ru complexes capable of generating all‐Z polynorbornene and polynorbornadiene by ring‐opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) with controllable selectivity, ranging from ≈50 to ≥95 % syndiotactic, are introduced. It is demonstrated that the rate of non‐metathesis based polytopal isomerization and levels of syndiotacticity may be fine‐tuned by the adjustment of monomer concentration and catalyst's steric and electronic characteristics.     

Effect of Cocatalysts on the Catalytic Activities of Tantalum‐ and Niobium‐Based Catalysts for Ring‐Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Norbornene

A series of pentavalent tantalum and niobium complexes with aryloxy ligands was prepared, and their catalytic behavior for the ROMP of norbornene was studied in the presence of an alkylaluminum cocatalyst. Tantalum complexes 1 – 4 showed very high activity for the ROMP of NBE in combination with ⁱBu₃Al to give high‐molecular‐weight polymers. In contrast, the niobium complexes 5 and 6 , as well as NbCl₅, exhibited very high activity upon activation with Me₃Al to give high‐molecular‐weight polymers.

     

Study on Post-Polymerization Modification of Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymers Involving Pendant Thiolactone Units

Two different oxanorbornene monomers were prepared and copolymerized with butyl-functionalized oxanorbornene monomer through the ring-opening metathesis polymerization. The resulting polymers were then subjected to the aminolysis reactions with propylamine (PA) in the presence of methyl acrylate (MA) to capture, in situ, the latent thiol. It was found that the polymer, in which the thiolactone unit is close to the polymer backbone, did not undergo an efficient aminolysis reaction even an excess amount of PA was utilized, while the other polymer, in which the thiolactone unit away from the polymer backbone, did efficiently undergo aminolysis reaction even PA was used in low amounts. Besides, a variety of primary amine compounds along with MA were reacted with the polymer, in which the thiolactone group away from the polymer backbone, to test their reactivity toward the aminolysis reactions. All modified polymers were characterized by using conventional instruments such as gel permeation chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and differential scanning calorimetry. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018 © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018 , 56, 2145–2153     

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cyclooctyne Employing Well-Defined Tungsten Alkylidyne Complexes

Summary: The ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclooctyne was studied was studied in the presence of catalytic amounts of the tungsten alkylidyne complexes [RCW(NIm^tBu){OCMe(CF₃)₂}₂] ( 1a: R = CMe₃, 1b: R = Ph). The resulting polymers show relatively narrow polydispersities with the PDI ranging from 1.2 to 2.4. Treatment of 1b with cyclooctyne in dilute toluene or hexane solution afforded only low molecular weight oligomers. The mass spectra of these oligomers indicate the existence of macrocycles of the formula [C(CH₂)₆C]_n (n = 3–9). In contrast, reactions at high substrate concentration led to mixtures of cyclic oligomers and linear polymers, which is probably a result of ring-chain equilibria, established in agreement with the Jacobson-Stockmayer theory of macrocyclization. In contrast, treatment of neat cyclooctyne with a catalytic amount of the catalyst produced medium molecular weight polymers in good yields.     

结构规整的高密度两亲性接枝聚合物刷的合成及其自组装研究

大分子单体通过两种可控聚合方法, 即开环易位聚合(ROMP)和原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)的联用, 合成一种新型两亲性接枝聚合物刷. 具有高环张力的降冰片烯单侧链大分子单体norbornene-graft-poly(ε-caprolactone)/Br (PCL- NBE-Br)首先进行ROMP反应, 生成聚合物主链, 每个单体单元上含有一条PCL链和一个溴官能团; 然后用含溴的ROMP聚合物poly(norbornene)-graft-poly(ε-caprolactone)/Br (PCL-PNBE-Br)作为大分子引发剂引发单体2-(dimethyl- amino)ethyl methacrylate)的ATRP反应, 生成结构明确的高密度两亲性接枝聚合物刷poly(norbornene)-graft-poly(ε- caprolactone)/poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PCL-PNBE-PDMAEMA), 其主链每个单体单元上均含有一条疏水性PCL接枝链和一条亲水性PDMAEMA接枝链. 最后, 研究此类高密度两亲性接枝聚合物刷的自组装行为, 用动态激光光散射(DLS)研究其在混合溶剂(THF/H2O)中的胶束行为, 考察胶束溶液的浓度以及不同长度的亲水性接枝链对胶束尺寸的影响; 利用透射电镜(TEM)观察胶束为球形, 具有类似线团或草莓状的形态.     

Novel Highly Active Niobium Catalysts for Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Norbornene

Ring‐opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene catalyzed by niobium(V) N,N‐dialkylcarbamates Nb(O₂CNR₂)₅, R = Et ( 1 ), Me ( 2 ) was studied in the presence of methylaluminoxane (MAO) as a cocatalyst. These novel catalytic systems resulted very active in chlorobenzene: 1 in the presence of methylaluminoxane catalyzes the ROMP of norbornene with the highest activity (29 000 kg of polymer/mol of catalyst × hour) never reported up to now for niobium catalysts. The high productivity appears particularly attractive considering that these precursors are rather cheap and easy to synthesize and to handle. Polynorbornenes were characterized by FT‐IR and NMR spectroscopies and by DSC calorimetry. A new FT‐IR method for the swift determination of the cis/trans content of the polymer is presented.

     

Macrocyclic Cyclooctene-Supported AlCl–Salen Catalysts for Conjugated Addition Reactions: Effect of Linker and Support Structure on Catalysis

AlCl–salen (salen=N,N′-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine dianion) catalysts supported onto macrocyclic oligomeric cyclooctene through linkers of varying length and flexibility have been developed to demonstrate the importance of support architecture on catalyst activity. The role played by the support and the linkers in dictating catalyst activity was found to vary for reactions with contrasting mechanisms, such as the bimetallic cyanide and the monometallic indole addition reactions. While the flexible support significantly enhanced the cyanide addition reaction, most likely by improving salen–salen interactions in the transition state, it lowered the reaction rate for the monometallic indole reaction. For both reactions, significant increase in catalytic activity was observed for catalysts with the longest linkers. The effect of the flexible macrocyclic support on catalysis was further exemplified by the enhanced activity of the supported catalyst in comparison with its unsupported analogue for the conjugate addition of tetrazoles, which is known to be catalyzed by dimeric μ-oxo–salen catalysts. Our studies with the cyclooctene supported AlCl–salen catalysts provides significant insights for rationally designing highly efficient AlCl–salen catalysts for a diverse set of reactions.     

含吡啶配体的钌催化剂合成及在离子液体中开环易位聚合反应

合成了离子液体负载的钌催化剂, 考察了该催化剂在离子液体中对极性环烯烃单体的开环易位聚合(ROMP)反应规律. 首先设计合成含离子液体的吡啶配体1,2-二甲基-3-己氧基吡啶六氟磷酸盐咪唑离子液体配体, 利用其与Grubbs第二代催化剂配位反应, 制备离子液体负载的钌催化剂, 通过1H, 13C NMR等方法对合成的化合物和催化剂进行表征. 催化剂中与钌连接的苯亚甲基上氢(RuCH—Ph) 的振动峰由原来Grubbs第二代催化剂的δ 19.2移至δ 18.6, 表明得到了新的催化剂, ICP测定催化剂混合物中纯催化剂的质量分数为36.2%. 该催化剂易溶于丙酮、甲醇及咪唑类离子液体等极性溶剂, 解决了Grubbs催化剂不溶于离子液体的问题, 实现了在纯离子液体中均相ROMP反应. 考察了催化剂对极性单体5-羟基环辛烯在离子液体[BMIm]BF4中的ROMP反应规律, 研究了离子液体中ROMP反应动力学.     

Syntheses and properties of ABA,CBA, and CBC triblock copolymers based thermoplastic elastomers with glassy (A), elastomeric (B), and crystalline (C) blocks

In this contribution, we describe the syntheses, characterization, and properties of ABA, CBA and CBC triblock copolymers with glassy (A), elastomeric (B), and crystalline (C) blocks. These three hard-soft-hard triblock copolymers were prepared via living ring-opening metathesis copolymerization by use of Grubbs third generation catalyst through one-pot sequential monomer addition and subsequent hydrogenation. These hard-soft-hard triblock copolymers based thermoplastic elastomers have been analyzed by proton NMR, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analyses (TGA), IR, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The mechanical properties of these triblock copolymers were also measured by monotonic and step cyclic tensile test. Compared with the ABA triblock copolymer, the CBC triblock copolymer containing highly crystalline hard end-blocks shows enhanced tensile strength and the best elastic recovery of 90.8%. The hybrid CBA triblock copolymer displays much improved elongation, which is almost twice as long as the other two TPEs, and excellent elastic recovery of 87.0%.     

咪唑(啉)-2-羧酸盐作为潜在的/可热活化的有机小分子催化剂催化转酯反应(英文)

采用咪唑(啉)-2-羧酸盐(ImCO2)作为催化剂前驱体,通过温度控制脱除ImCO2的2-位羧酸根,再原位释放出高活性的N-杂环卡宾(NHCs),进而催化转酯反应.研究了NHCs在苯甲酸乙酯与一元醇、二元醇及氨基醇反应体系中的催化活性.结果表明,在该体系中不需要选用活化酯为原料,无需加入分子筛或加大醇酯比提高产率,仅用少量催化剂(0.5mol%),在较短时间内(3h),即可使反应转化率达到95%.     

Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Featuring N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Tagged with Isonicotinic and 4-(Dimethylamino)benzoic Acid Rests: Evaluation of a Modular Synthetic Strategy

A modular and flexible strategy towards the synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands bearing Brønsted base tags has been proposed and then adopted in the preparation of two tagged NHC ligands bearing rests of isonicotinic and 4-(dimethylamino)benzoic acids. Such tagged NHC ligands represent an attractive starting point for the synthesis of olefin metathesis ruthenium catalysts tagged in non-dissociating ligands. The influence of the Brønsted basic tags on the activity of such obtained olefin metathesis catalysts has been studied.