Synthesis,structure and catalytic properties of new half-titanocene complexes bearing substituted cyclopentadienyl and aryloxide ligands

New cyclopentadienyltitanium aryloxide complexes, 1-phenyl-2,3,4,5-Me4CpTi(O-2,6-ⁱPr₂-4-ⁿBu-C₆H₂)Cl₂ (1) and [4,4′-biphenyl-(2,3,4,5-Me₄Cp)₂][Ti(O-2,6-ⁱPr₂-4-ⁿBu-C₆H₂)Cl₂]₂ (2), have been prepared by treatment of cyclopentadienyltitanium trichloride complexes [PhMe₄CpTiCl₃ and 4,4′-biphenyl-(Me₄CpTiCl₃)₂] with 1 or 2 equiv of lithium salt of 2,6-di-isopropyl-4-butylphenol. Complexes 1 and 2 have been characterized by elemental analysis, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The molecular structure of 1 has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Upon activation with ⁱBu₃Al and Ph₃CB(C₆F₅)₄, 1 and 2 both exhibit good catalytic activity for ethylene polymerization, producing polyethylene with moderate molecular weight and melting point.     

Polymerization of 1,3-Butadiene Catalyzed by Cobalt(Ⅱ) and Nickel(Ⅱ) Complexes Bearing Pyridine-2-imidate Ligands

Cobalt and nickel complexes (1a-1d and 2a-2d, respectively) supported by 2-imidate-pyridine ligands were synthesized and used for 1,3-butadiene polymerization. The complexes were characterized by IR and element analysis, and complex 1a was further characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The solid state structure of complex 1a displayed a distorted tetrahedral geometry. Upon activation with ethylaluminum sesquichloride (EASC), all the complexes showed high activities toward 1,3-butadiene polymerization. The cobalt complexes produced polymers with high cis-1,4 contents and high molecular weights, while the nickel complexes displayed low cis-1,4 selectivity and the resulting polymers had low molecular weights. The catalytic activities of the complexes highly depended on the ligand structure. With the increment of polymerization temperature, the cis-1,4 content and the molecular weight of the resulting polymer decreased.     

Solvent effect in cis-1,4 polymerization of 1,3-butadiene by a catalyst based on neodymium

In this work a laboratory polymerization scale process was studied for the production of polybutadiene with high content of cis-1,4 repeating units. A Ziegler-Natta catalytic system based on neodymium versatate (catalyst), diisobutylaluminium hydride (cocatalyst) and tert-butyl chloride (chlorinating agent) was used. The influence of solvent nature (pure grade) and possible contaminants (electron donors) in a recovered solvent from a butadiene-styrene anionic polymerization industrial plant on the stereoselectivity and catalytic activity, molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of the resultant polybutadienes was studied. The polymers were characterized by infrared spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. Polybutadienes with cis-1,4 units content in the range of 99-98% were produced. The polymers weight-average molecular weight, , varied from 2.23 × 10⁵ to 4.47 × 10⁵ and the molecular weight distribution, MWD, from 3.1 to 5.1.     

Oxidation reaction and thermal stability of 1,3-butadiene under oxygen and initiator

1,3-Butadiene is the simplest conjugated diene, which is widely used in polymer materials, organic synthesis, and other fields. The investigation of its thermal stability and oxidation characteristics is necessary for production, transportation, and use safety. The pressure and temperature behavior of the autoxidation reaction of 1,3-butadiene with oxygen were determined using a custom-designed mini closed pressure vessel test (MCPVT). The effects of free radical initiators CHP and AIBN on the oxidation reaction were investigated. The thermal decomposition characteristics of oxidation products were measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and its hazards were discussed. The results showed that the oxidation reaction of 1,3-butadiene was easy to occur. Moreover, the activation energies of autoxidation, CHP-initiated oxidation, and AIBN-initiated oxidation reaction were 20.85 kJ·mol^?1, 33.30 kJ·mol^?1, and 56.27 kJ·mol^?1, respectively. In addition, the oxidation products were analyzed by headspace sampler-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC–MS), GC–MS, and iodometry. Some of 1,3-butadiene oxidation products under three conditions are the same, for example, 3-butene-1,2-diol, 4-vinylcyclohexene, 2(5H)-furanone, 2-propen-1-ol, and 2,6-cyclooctadien-1-ol. According to the reaction products, the oxidation reaction pathway of 1,3-butadiene was described. The research results are significant for avoiding fire and explosion accidents in the production, transportation, and application of 1,3-butadiene.     

Comparison of the electrophilic and free-radical addition of halogens with hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene and 1,3-butadiene

Ionic and photochemical reaction of chlorine (Cl₂), bromine (Br₂) and iodine monochloride (ICl) to hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene (1) and 1,3-butadiene (2) were carried out under conditions that would provide product distributions under controlled ionic or free-radical conditions. Product distributions for ionic reaction of Cl₂ and Br₂ with 1 are similar and suggest a weakly-bridged halonium ion species. Theoretical calculations support weakly-bridged chloronium and bromonium ions for both dienes 1 and 2. There are more of the 1,4-dihalo-2-butene products from ionic halogenation of 1 than 2 which correlates with the greater charge density on carbon-4 of halonium ions from 1. Ionic and free-radical reactions of ICl with 1 give 8 and 2% of 3-chloro-4-iodohexafluoro-1-butene and 4-chloro-3-iodohexafluoro-1-butene, respectively. The minor cis-1,4-dihalo-2-butene products from 1 and 2 are reported when formed.     

Synthesis and styrene polymerization properties of dinuclear half-titanocene complexes with xylene linkage

The new dinuclear half-sandwich complexes of titanium with xylene bridge, [Ti(η⁵-cyclopentadienyl)Cl₂L]₂[CH₂-C₆H₄-CH₂] (L = Cl (3), L = O-2,6-iPr₂C₆H₃ (4), L = N(SiMe₃)(2,6-Me₂C₆H₃) (5)), have been synthesized. The complexes 4 and 5 have been prepared by the reaction of the complex 3 with the corresponding lithium salts of aryloxy and anilide. Structure of these complexes has been characterized by ¹H and ¹³C NMR. The change of substituent from chloride, 3, to anilide, 5, at titanium resulted in chemical shift change of cyclopentadienyl protons from 6.92 and 6.79 to 6.13 and 5.95 ppm probably due to the positive electron density delivery from the anilide group. It was found that all three half-titanocenes were effective catalyst for the generation of SPS (syndiotactic polystyrene). Xylene bridged dinuclear catalyst (4) with aryloxy substituent exhibited very high activity (458 kg of SPS/(mol of [Ti])h), at 40 °C, whereas the analogous hexamethylene bridged dinuclear half-titanocene catalyst (7) showed a lower activity (80.7 kg of SPS/(mol of [Ti])h) under the same conditions. While the catalyst 3 was the most active catalyst among three complexes less than 40 °C the catalyst 5 exhibited the highest activity at 70 °C. Xylene linkage was suggested to be too stiff to permit any kind of intramolecular interaction between two active centers. Lack of steric disturbance due to the rigidity of the xylene bridge might give rise to the similar properties of dinuclear metallocene to the corresponding mononuclear metallocene to result in not only the facile coordination of monomer at the active center to lead high activity but also the easier β-H elimination comparing to the dinuclear catalysts with the flexible bridge to result in the formation of lower molecular weight polymer.     

α-二亚胺钴配合物催化1,3-丁二烯高活性与高顺式-1,4选择性聚合

合成了一系列α-二亚胺钴配合物[ArN=C(Me)-(Me)C=NAr]CoCl₂(Ar=C₆H₅, 3a; 4-MeC₆H₄, 3b; 4-MeOC₆H₄, 3c; 4-FC₆H₄, 3d; 4-ClC₆H₄, 3e; 2-MeC₆H₄, 3f; 2-EtC₆H₄, 3g; 2-ⁱPrC₆H₄, 3h; 2,4,6-Me₃C₆H₂, 3i; 2,6-Et₂C₆H₃, 3j; 2,6-ⁱPrC₆H₃, 3k)和作为对比的吡啶双亚胺二氯化钴配合物(4a), 并用X射线单晶衍射方法研究了配合物3i, 3k和4a的分子结构. α-二亚胺钴配合物在倍半乙基氯化铝的作用下对丁二烯聚合有较高的催化活性,得到的顺式-1,4结构含量达98%,且有较高分子量(M_n≈1×10⁴-1×10⁵)的聚丁二烯. 配体的电子效应影响催化剂的活性及顺式-1,4选择性, 而配体的空间位阻对丁二烯聚合几乎没有影响. 详细研究了聚合时间、聚合温度、烷基铝助催化剂及铝比等条件对丁二烯聚合行为的影响.     

Synthesis and utilization of alternative chain transfer agent in cobalt catalyzed 1,3-butadiene polymerization reaction to produce cis-polybutadiene rubber

The cyclodimerization of 1,3-butadiene was performed to synthesize 1,5-cyclooctadiene by using nickel-phosphite based catalyst system. The optimization of cyclodimerization reaction was done to achieve up to 80% selectivity towards 1,5-cyclooctadiene. 1,5-Cyclooctadiene, thus synthesized, was subsequently employed as a chain transfer agent (CTA) for controlling the molecular weight (M.W.) of cis-polybutadiene rubber (BR) in cobalt-complex catalyzed 1,3-butadiene polymerization reaction. The M.W. of BR was reduced from 6.7 to 1.88 × 10⁵ g/mol by escalating the concentration of 1,5-cyclooctadiene from 0% to 0.5% with respect to 1,3-butadiene (monomer) concentration. Similar reducing trend was observed for the Mooney viscosity and gel content of BR with increasing 1,5-cyclooctadiene concentration. The efficacy of 1,5-cyclooctadiene as a CTA for 1,3-butadiene polymerization reaction was further explored by conducting polymerization reaction in various solvents and at higher monomer conversion (∼70%). The effect of 4-vinyl cyclohexene, which was a dominant byproduct during cyclodimerization of 1,3-butadiene, was also investigated. The presence of 4-vinyl cyclohexene has shown adverse effect in the polymerization reaction and was not functioning as a chain transfer agent. Finally, a feasibility of replacement of commercially used gaseous CTA, 1,2-butadiene, by in-house synthesized liquid CTA, 1,5-cyclooctadiene, was also investigated.     

Effect of enthalpy of polar modifiers interaction with n-butyllithium on the reaction enthalpy,kinetics and chain microstructure during anionic polymerization of 1,3-butadiene

The influence of interaction enthalpy (ΔH_MOD/BuLi) of μ, σ, σ+μ and σ-μ complexing polar modifiers with n-butyllithium on the 1,3-butadiene anionic polymerization enthalpy (ΔH_BD), polymerization reaction rate (k_p) and polybutadiene microstructure was studied. It has been found that enthalpy of interaction depends on complex type, molar ratio of polar modifier to n-butyllithium (MOD/BuLi) and temperature. For the first time it has been proven that with increasing ΔH_MOD/BuLi the content of 1,2 butadiene (vinyl) units in the chain increases individually for each complex type but the value of ΔH_BD decreases similarly for all complexes containing σ-donor groups, exhibiting linear nature. Since ΔH_MOD/BuLi controls the content of butadiene isomeric structures in the chain its value was compared with polymerization reaction rate, ranging from ∼46 to ∼5500 moL/L·min, and discussed on mechanistic level.     

Synthesis of new polyazines by 1,4 photochemical or anionic polymerization of 1,2-diaza-1,3-butadienes

Photochemical and anionic polymerizations of 1,2-diaza-1,3-butadienes are described. Photochemical polymerization was smoothly performed by irradiation of some 1-aminocarbonyl-1,2-diaza-1,3-butadienes with high pressure mercury arc (λ = 300 nm) in the presence of allyltributylstannane. Molecular weights (M_w) in the range 14.6-559 × 10² g/mol were obtained. The TGA curve revealed a first weight loss starting at about 200 °C of some 85%, and a second starting at about 300 °C. The DSC showed the glass transition (T_g) at about −34 °C. Anionic polymerization was performed by treatment of some 1-alkoxycarbonyl-1,2-diaza-1,3-butadienes with n-butyllithium. Molecular weights (M_w) in the range 8.44-242 × 10² g/mol were obtained.     

Kinetic model of gas phase polymerization of 1,3-butadiene catalyzed by supported rare earth coordination system

Gas phase polymerization of 1,3-butadiene (Bd) catalyzed by supported rare earth coordination system is studied and a new kinetic model is proposed. Four elementary reactions or processes: the process of exposure and activation of potential active catalytic center, propagation, deactivation and chain transfer reaction to alkyl aluminum, are considered in this model. Some important parameters, such as monomer-consuming rate, are well expressed as the functions of macroscopic polymerization conditions such as pressure, temperature, and duration. The model can simulate the whole polymerization procedure satisfactorily.     

Block copolymerization of allene derivatives with 1,3-butadiene by living coordination polymerization with π-allylnickel catalyst

The block copolymerization of allene derivatives (3A–3D) with 1,3-butadiene (2) by [(allyl)NiOCOCF₃]₂ (1) is described. For instance, the living coordination polymerization of phenylallene (3A, 50 equiv) starting from the living poly(2), which was prepared by the polymerization of 2 (160 equiv) by 1, successfully gave a block copolymer of 2 and 3A in high yield. The molecular weight of the block copolymer (4A) in gel permeation chromatography shifted clearly to the higher molecular weight region and kept a unimodal distribution (M_n = 17,400, M_w/M_n = 1.23) in comparison with that of the starting living poly(2) (M_n = 5,600, M_w/M_n = 1.67). The ratio of each segment and the molecular weight of the resulting copolymers could be controlled by the feed ratio of each monomer. The block copolymerization also proceeded successfully by the inverse order of the monomer feeding (i.e., the polymerization of 3A followed by that of 2) to obtain the corresponding block copolymers in high yields. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 3916–3921, 1999     

Determination of molecular parameters for 1,3-butadiene and propylene using infrared tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

A technique has been developed for the determination of molecular parameters, including infrared absorption line positions, strengths, and nitrogen-broadened half-widths for 1,3-butadiene (C(4)H(6)) and propylene (C(3)H(6)). The parameters for these two molecules are required for quantitation using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS). These molecules have populations of highly overlapping infrared absorption lines in their room temperature spectra. The technique reported here provides a procedure for estimating the molecular parameters for these overlapping absorption lines from quantitative reference spectra taken with the TDLAS instrument at different pressures and concentrations. The system was developed for the quantitation of gaseous constituents in a single puff of cigarette smoke and this paper will describe the procedure and some of the factors that influence the accuracy of quantitation for 1,3-butadiene, including the approach taken to minimize the adverse effects of the absorption due to propylene in the same spectral region.     

5,6-苯并-2-亚甲基-1,3-二氧环庚烷的活性自由基开环聚合反应

活性 (或称可控 )自由基聚合研究是目前高分子科学的研究热点之一[1～ 8] .活性自由基聚合制备的聚合物具有分子量随转化率提高而线性增加、分子量分布窄和聚合反应为一级反应动力学等特点 .自由基开环聚合所得产物体积收缩小 ,某些含有不饱和双键的螺环单体发生双开环聚合时甚至发生体积膨胀 ;开环聚合还可在聚合物主链上引入各种官能团 ,如酯基、碳酸酯基、酮基等 [9～ 12 ] .因此 ,用活性聚合的方法对自由基开环聚合的分子量和分子量分布进行控制 ,可以制备出具有各种不同结构和性能的新聚合物 . Wei等 [13] 报道了利用稳定自由基法实现…     

Living ring‐opening polymerization of lactides catalyzed by guanidinium acetate

Hexabutyl guanidinium acetate (HBG · OAc) was synthesized and successfully used as a catalyst for the ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of lactides. The experimental results indicated that the guanidinium salt HBG · OAc showed satisfactory catalytic behavior. Polymerization in bulk (120 °C, 18 h) produced polylactides with moderate molecular weights (number‐average molecular weight = 2.0 × 10⁴) and very narrow molecular weight distributions (polydispersity index = 1.07–1.12). A kinetic study of polymerization in bulk with HBG · OAc as an initiator revealed that the polymerization possessed typical characteristics of living polymerization. A ROP mechanism by HBG · OAc was proposed on the basis of the additive effect of the polymerization and the ¹H NMR characterization of the microstructure of the product polymers. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 3775–3781, 2004     

Dinuclear neodymium and lanthanum bis(2,6‐diisopropylphenyl) phosphate complexes bearing a hydroxide ligand: catalytic activity of the Nd complex in 1,3‐diene polymerization

The reactions of K[(2,6‐ⁱPr₂C₆H₃‐O)₂POO] either with LaCl₃(H₂O)₇ or with Nd(NO₃)₃(H₂O)₆ in a 3:1 molar ratio, followed by vacuum drying and recrystallization from alkanes, have led to the formation of diaquapentakis[bis(2,6‐diisopropylphenyl) phosphato]‐μ‐hydroxido‐dilanthanum hexane disolvate, [La₂(C₂₄H₃₄O₄P)₅(OH)(H₂O)₂]·2C₆H₁₄, ( 1 )·2(hexane), and tetraaquatetrakis[bis(2,6‐diisopropylphenyl) phosphato]‐μ‐hydroxido‐dineodymium bis(2,6‐diisopropylphenyl) phosphate heptane disolvate, [Nd₂(C₂₄H₃₄O₄P)₄(OH)(H₂O)₄]·2C₆H₁₄, ( 2 )·2(heptane). The compounds crystalize in the P2₁/n and P space groups, respectively. The diaryl‐substituted organophosphate ligand exhibits three different coordination modes, viz. κ²O,O′‐terminal [in ( 1 ) and ( 2 )], κO‐terminal [in ( 1 )] and μ₂‐κ¹O:κ¹O′‐bridging [in ( 1 ) and ( 2 )]. Binuclear structures ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are similar and have the same unique Ln₂(μ‐OH)(μ‐OPO)₂ core. The structure of ( 2 ) consists of an [Nd₂{(2,6‐ⁱPr₂C₆H₃‐O)₂POO}₄(OH)(H₂O)₄]⁺ cation and a [(2,6‐ⁱPr₂C₆H₃‐O)₂POO]⁻ anion, which are bound via four intermolecular O—H…O hydrogen bonds. The molecular structure of ( 1 ) displays two O—H…O hydrogen bonds between OH/H₂O ligands and a κ¹O‐terminal organophosphate ligand, which resembles, to some extent, the `free' [(2,6‐ⁱPr₂C₆H₃‐O)₂POO]⁻ anion in ( 2 ). NMR studies have shown that the formation of ( 1 ) undoubtedly occurs due to intramolecular hydrolysis during vacuum drying of the aqueous La tris(phosphate) complex. Catalytic experiments have demonstrated that the presence of the coordinated hydroxide anion and water molecules in precatalyst ( 2 ) substantially lowered the catalytic activity of the system prepared from ( 2 ) in butadiene and isoprene polymerization compared to the catalytic system based on the neodymium tris[bis(2,6‐diisopropylphenyl) phosphate] complex, which contains neither OH nor H₂O ligands.     

Highly active and stereospecific polymerization of 1,3-butadiene catalyzed by dinuclear cobalt(II) complexes bearing 3-aryliminomethyl-2-hydroxybenzaldehydes

A series of cobalt(II) complexes bearing 3-aryliminomethyl-2-hydroxybenzaldehydes (tridentate [NOO] ligands) was prepared and characterized by FT-IR and elemental analysis along with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that a dinuclear centrosymmetrical structure formed, in which each cobalt atom is surrounded by two bridged ligands and two acetate groups as a distorted octahedron. These dinuclear cobalt complexes displayed high catalytic activities for the polymerization of 1,3-butdiene on activation with organoaluminum cocatalysts to yield cis-1,4-polybutadiene with high selectivity. Ethylaluminum sesquichloride (EASC) was found to be the most efficient cocatalyst resulting in high conversion of butadiene and cis-1,4 content in the polymers with moderate molecular weight. The high catalytic activity and stereoselectivity could be achieved in a wide range of reaction conditions. All the dinuclear cobalt complexes (C1-C6) yielded predominantly cis-1,4-polybutadienes (> 96%) with negligible amounts of trans-1,4 (< 2.4%) and 1,2-vinyl (< 1.5%) products under the Al/Co molar ratio of 80 at 25 °C. The ligand modification by varying the substituents at the 4-position of phenol and on the imino-N aryl ring showed slight influence on the catalytic activity and microstructure of the resulting polymers.     

Kinetics and molecular weights distribution study of neodymium-catalyzed polymerization of 1,3-butadiene

The homopolymerization of 1,3-butadiene in a stirred batch reactor with the catalytic system Nd octoate/diethyl-aluminium chloride/triisobutyl-aluminium in n-heptane was studied. The effect of various reaction conditions on especially high conversion and molecular weight is reported. Polymerization is shown to be first order with respect to both monomer and neodymium. Molecular weights are high and broadly distributed. Chain transfer to triisobutylaluminium is the main factor governing molecular weight development. A mechanism of polymerization is presented with the chain transfer process incorporated. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Polymerization of vinyl chloride catalyzed by a titanium complex with an anionic oxygen tripod ligand

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) was prepared using a titanium complex with an anionic oxygen tripod ligand [CpCo{P(O)(OEt)₂}₃]⁻ () as catalyst and methyl aluminoxane (MAO) as cocatalyst. The polymerization behavior was compared with that of pentamethyl cyclopentadienyl titanium trichloride (Me₅CpTiCl₃). It is observed that L_OEtTiCl₃ can polymerize vinyl chloride with activity comparable to that of Me₅CpTiCl₃. The PVC samples prepared with L_OEtTiCl₃/MAO exhibit bimodal molecular weight distribution and the fraction of high molecular weight peak decreases with polymerization temperature. The microstructure and thermal decomposition of the PVC obtained were studied. Five types of structural defect were detected by ¹H-NMR. Only saturated structural defects are found at low polymerization temperature, but at high polymerization temperature unsaturated structural defects, possibly resulting from dehydrochlorination of the saturated structural defects, appear as well. No head-to-head structural defect is observed. ¹³C-NMR shows that the PVC prepared by L_OEtTiCl₃ has an atactic stereostructure. Compared with the PVC from radical polymerization and anionic polymerization, the PVC samples prepared with L_OEtTiCl₃ show improved thermal stability.     

毛细管气相色谱法测定作业场所空气中的1,3-丁二烯

依据GBZ/T 160.39–2007方法测定作业场所空气中的1,3-丁二烯时,采用毛细管色谱柱分离样品,对HP–1,HP–FFAP,DB–1701 3种极性不同的毛细色谱柱进行了对比,确定采用HP–1柱。1,3-丁二烯的质量浓度在45~450μg/m L范围内与色谱峰面积呈良好的线性关系,相关系数大于0.999,检出限为0.05μg/m L。解吸效率为87.9%~91.3%,方法精密度在1.5%~2.4%(n=6)之间。毛细管气相色谱法分离效果好,灵敏度高,方法检出限、精密度和解吸效率满足GBZ/T 160.39–2007的要求。