[N,N]-二齿镍配合物催化烯烃聚合

烯烃聚合催化剂的设计是烯烃配位聚合领域的一个核心科学问题,通过设计合成精确结构的催化剂可以有效地调控催化聚合性能以及聚合产物的结构.后过渡金属催化剂由于其易调变性、对聚合产物支化结构的可控性及对极性单体的容忍性,在烯烃聚合领域引起了广泛的关注.本文介绍了近年来本课题组在[N,N]-二齿镍烯烃聚合催化剂设计方面的研究进展,包括四元环的中性脒基镍催化剂、五元环的-二亚胺镍催化剂、2-胺基吡啶和-胺基亚胺系列镍催化剂,以及六元环的-二亚胺和苯胺基亚胺镍催化剂在烯烃聚合的应用.通过优化后过渡金属镍催化剂结构,可成功实施烯烃活性聚合.     

新型后过滤金属烯烃聚合催化剂——镍系烯烃聚合催化剂

镍系烯烃聚合催化剂是近年来受到广泛关注的一类新型催化剂，是配位催化研究的热点之一。这类催化剂具有高催化活性、单活性中心和良好的分子剪栽性，可以在分子层次上实现烯烃聚合的分子设计与组装。本文介绍了镍系烯烃聚合催化剂的发展和研究概况，并评述了聚合特性及最新研究进展。     

新型后过渡金属烯烃聚合催化剂－－镍系烯烃聚合催化剂*

镍系烯烃聚合催化剂是近年来受到广泛关注的一类新型催化剂,是配位催化研究的热点之一。这类催化剂具有高催化活性、单活性中心和良好的分子剪栽性,可以在分子层次上实现烯烃聚合的分子设计与组装。本文介绍了镍系烯烃聚合催化剂的发展和研究概况,并评述了聚合特性及最新研究进展。     

Transition metal-based electrocatalysts for overall water splitting

Electrochemical overall water splitting is attracting a broad focus as a promising strategy for converting the electrical output of renewable resources into chemical fuels, specifically oxygen and hydrogen. However, the urgent challenge in water electrolysis is to search for low-cost, high-efficiency catalysts based on earth-abundant elements as an alternative to the high-cost but effective noble metal-based catalysts. The transition metal-based catalysts are more appealing than the noble metal catalysts because of its low cost, high performance and long stability. Some recent advances for the development in overall water splitting are reviewed in terms of transition metal-based oxides, carbides, phosphides, sulfides, and hybrids of their mixtures as hybrid bifunctional electrocatalysts. Concentrating on different catalytic mechanisms, recent advances in their structural design, controllable synthesis, mechanistic insight, and performance-enhancing strategies are proposed. The challenges and prospects for the future development of transition metal-based bifunctional electrocatalysts are also addressed.     

Early Transition Metal Catalysis for Olefin–Polar Monomer Copolymerization

Introducing polar functional groups into widely used polyolefins can enhance polymer surface, rheological, mixing, and other properties, potentially upgrading polyolefins for advanced, value-added applications. The metal catalyst-mediated copolymerization of non-polar olefins with polar comonomers represents the seemingly most straightforward, atom- and energy-efficient approach for synthesizing polar functionalized polyolefins. However, electrophilic early transition metal (groups 3 and 4)-catalyzed processes which have achieved remarkable success in conventional olefin polymerizations, encounter severe limitations here, largely associated with the Lewis basicity of the polar co-monomers. In recent years, however, new catalytic systems have been developed and successful strategies have emerged. In this Minireview, we summarize the recent progress in early transition metal polymerization catalyst development, categorized by the catalytic metal complex and polar comonomer identity. Furthermore, we discuss advances in the mechanistic understanding of these polymerizations, focusing on critical challenges and strategies that mitigate them.     

新型Ni(Ⅱ)、Pd(Ⅱ)基后过渡金属络合物催化烯烃聚合的研究进展

综述了以α-二亚胺为配体的新型Ni(Ⅱ )、Pd(Ⅱ )后过渡金属催化剂 ,包括催化剂的组成、活化及其对烯烃均聚、共聚和与极性单体共聚的性能、聚合机理。     

Early Transition Metal Catalysis for Olefin–Polar Monomer Copolymerization

Introducing polar functional groups into widely used polyolefins can enhance polymer surface, rheological, mixing, and other properties, potentially upgrading polyolefins for advanced, value‐added applications. The metal catalyst‐mediated copolymerization of non‐polar olefins with polar comonomers represents the seemingly most straightforward, atom‐ and energy‐efficient approach for synthesizing polar functionalized polyolefins. However, electrophilic early transition metal (groups 3 and 4)‐catalyzed processes which have achieved remarkable success in conventional olefin polymerizations, encounter severe limitations here, largely associated with the Lewis basicity of the polar co‐monomers. In recent years, however, new catalytic systems have been developed and successful strategies have emerged. In this Minireview, we summarize the recent progress in early transition metal polymerization catalyst development, categorized by the catalytic metal complex and polar comonomer identity. Furthermore, we discuss advances in the mechanistic understanding of these polymerizations, focusing on critical challenges and strategies that mitigate them.     

后过渡金属催化烯烃可控/活性聚合的研究进展

烯烃活性聚合由于可以制备出预定分子量的窄分布聚合物,以及各种嵌段共聚物、末端功能化聚合物等而受到广泛关注.过渡金属催化的烯烃配位聚合反应活性高,催化剂性能可通过配体结构的修饰进行调节,聚合物微观结构易于调控,其活性聚合进一步拓展了对烯烃聚合物分子设计的手段,具有重要的意义.除了以钛、锆、钒等为金属中心的前过渡系催化剂之...     

Advances in late transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerization/oligomerizarion

In this review article, we have consolidated our recent studies on late transition metal catalysts (mainly Fe, Co) for olefin polymerization/oligomerization. A series of bisiminopyridyl Co(II) and Fe(II) complexes were synthesized. These catalysts when activated with MAO in aromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents, oligomerize or polymerize ethylene to α-olefins or high molecular weight polymers with exceptionally high activities and selectivities. The electronic and steric effects of allyloxy and benzyloxy substituted bisiminopyridyl Fe(II) and Co(II) complexes were also investigated. The influence of catalyst structure and temperature on the polymerization activity, thermal properties and molecular weight were discussed. The effects of heterogenization of these catalysts on silica and modified SBA-15 were analyzed. The polymerization of polar monomers such as vinyl ethers and methyl methacrylate was tested and no specific trends in activity and polymer molecular weight with changes in steric bulkiness around the metal center were observed with the same catalyst system.     

Emerging Palladium and Nickel Catalysts for Copolymerization of Olefins with Polar Monomers

Transition‐metal‐catalyzed copolymerization of olefins with polar monomers represents a challenge because of the large variety of substrate‐induced side reactions. However, this approach also holds the potential for the direct synthesis of polar functionalized polyolefins with unique properties. After decades of research, only a few catalyst systems have been found to be suitable for this reaction. Some major advances in catalyst development have been made in the past five years. This Minireview summarizes some of the recent progress in the extensively studied Brookhart and Drent catalyst systems, as well as emerging alternative palladium and nickel catalysts.     

Application of supported perovskite-type catalysts for vehicular emission control

Catalytic control of auto-exhaust emissions is one of the most successful applications of heterogeneous catalysis, both in commercial and environmental point of views. Although noble metal-based catalysts have dominated this area, efforts were always put in towards development of low cost non-noble metal-based catalysts. With the recent need of closed-coupled catalytic converter, thermal stability requirements have also become more severe, leading to the search for stable catalytic materials. Mixed oxides, including those perovskite type compounds with ABO₃ structure have been extensively studied, mainly for their catalytic and electrical properties. Low surface area of these catalysts has so far been the most important limitation for their catalytic applications involving high space velocities, e.g. auto-exhaust catalysis. Various synthesis routes have been earlier attempted to improve their surface area, yet this was much inferior than the noble metal catalysts, dispersed on high surface area alumina. The in situ synthesis of these oxides on alumina is often associated with the formation of undesired phases, due to the reactive nature of perovskite precursors. However, alumina washcoat, commonly used for improving the surface area of ceramic and metallic catalyst supports, can be modified for perovskite applications. In situ synthesis of stabilized perovskites on modified alumina-washcoated supports offer high surface area and excellent catalyst adhesion. Although, it is difficult to ascertain the presence of pure perovskite type materials on support, such improved synthesis has resulted in remarkable improvement in their catalytic activity for their applications in auto-exhaust catalytic converters. This review presents our work on synthesis of various improved perovskite-type mixed oxides supported on modified alumina-washcoated cordierite honeycomb, their characterization, and detailed catalytic evaluations for possible application in automobile pollution control.     

Well-defined vanadium complexes as the catalysts for olefin polymerization

The design and synthesis of well-defined vanadium complexes as efficient catalysts for olefin polymerization remains an attractive project for organometallic and polymeric research. Recently, vanadium complexes with well-defined structures have been explored for olefin (co)polymerization by several groups around the world. This article summarizes our recent progress in well-defined vanadium complexes bearing a variety of chelating β-enaminoketonato, salicylaldiminato, iminopyrrolide and tetradentate amine trihydroxy ligands, and their applications in ethylene polymerization, ethylene/α-olefin copolymerization and ethylene/cycloolefin copolymerization. The application of the optimized catalysts in the copolymerization of ethylene and polar monomer such as 3-buten-1-ol, 5-hexen-1-ol, 10-undecen-1-ol and 5-norbornene-2-methanol is also discussed. Particular attention has been paid to the relationships between the catalytic behavior and the electronic and geometrical structure of the precatalyst.     

直接共聚法制备功能化聚烯烃研究进展

从催化剂研究发展的角度概述了直接配位共聚法制备功能化聚烯烃的研究现状 ,重点讨论了催化剂的结构 ,主催化剂和助催化剂以及催化剂和极性基团之间的相互作用对直接功能化聚合反应的影响。     

过渡金属(Mo,Fe,Co和Ni)基催化剂在电催化还原二氧化碳还原中应用

近年来,全球二氧化碳排放量逐年增加, 对人们赖以生存的生态环境已造成严重威胁, 因此将二氧化碳转化成高附加值的化学品和燃料受到前所未有的广泛关注. 与目前已开发的转化技术(如热催化和光催化等)相比, 电催化二氧化碳转化技术具有稳定的效率?可控的选择性?简单的反应单元和巨大的工业应用潜力, 是一种更为理想的转化技术之一. 从反应动力学来看, 目前的催化剂仍难以克服反应过程中高的能量屏障以及迟缓的反应速度. 另一方面, 电催化二氧化碳转化包含多个质子和电子的耦合过程, 反应过程包含多种路径, 反应产物往往是混合物. 在此背景下, 如何发展高催化效率和高选择性电催化剂成为目前研究的焦点. 在众多的电催化剂中, 贵金属及其合金展现出较高的电催化二氧化碳还原活性, 但储量小的缺点限制了其大规模的工业应用. 铜基材料可以把二氧化碳转化为附加值更高的产品. 然而, 铜基材料仍难以克服选择性差?失活严重和效率低等缺点. 作为一种更廉价的材料, 碳基催化剂具有价廉?比表面积大?导电性好?化学性质稳定以及优异的机械性能等优点在电催化二氧化碳还原中得到了广泛的研究. 然而, 单纯的碳催化剂对于二氧化碳分子活化以及吸附反应中间体能力较低, 导致了碳基材料催化电催化二氧化碳还原活性以及选择性较低. 因此, 开发出可实际应用的高效率和高选择性非贵金属电极材料是当前该技术研究中亟待解决的关键科学问题.过渡金属基化合物在能源转化中展现出巨大的应用潜力. 过渡金属价电子在d轨道, 而d轨道邻近费米能级, d轨道电子填充的变化使得d轨道中心与费米能级相对位置发生变化, 进而展现出多种催化活性. 电催化二氧化碳还原是一个多电子和质子耦合过程, 催化剂的本征活性由其表面电子结构决定. 在此背景下, 过渡金属基化合物价层电子轨道的多变性使其成为提高电催化二氧化碳还原效率和选择性的理想催化剂. 对于电催化二氧化碳还原, 不同中间体的标度关系是制约反应总效率的关键因素. N?rskov等研究发现, MoS2, MoSe2和Ni掺杂 MoS2催化剂上存在不同种类的活性位点. 不同的活性位点可以分别吸附反应中间体并使中间体的吸附过程相对独立, 从而有效打断中间体的标度关系. 2014,Salehi-Khojin等成功把MoS2应用在高效电催化二氧化碳还原中. 边缘Mo原子d带电子靠近费米能级的特性使其具有更高的电催化活性. 其它研究工作者通过引入掺杂物质, 进一步提高了MoS2的电催化二氧化碳还原性能. Fe位点在理论上虽然具有很高的电催化二氧化碳转化活性, 然而目前铁基催化剂的研究相对较少. Co基材料也可用于电催化二氧化碳转化.2016年, Xie等首次制备无机Co基材料用于电催化二氧化碳还原. 部分氧化的钴可以促进速控步骤反应进程, 进而降低整体反应的过电势. 基于此, 制备了超薄的Co3O4片层, 发现价电子轨道中心更靠近费米能级时, 电极材料展现出更高的催化活性. 进一步研究发现氧空穴的存在也可以减小速控步骤的能量屏障. 此外, Ni基材料也被证明具有高的催化二氧化碳转化活性. 目前这些研究工作对如何构建高性能电极材料在理论上给出了指导方向, 并且联系实验证明了方法的可行性. 受到这些工作的启发, 未来可将有巨大潜力的过渡金属基化合物化合物, 例如过渡金属氮化物?过渡金属磷化物?过渡金属碳化物和过渡金属硼化物等, 作为电催化剂研究其二氧化碳还原催化性能. 另外, 就目前的研究来看, 将二氧化碳有效地还原到特定的产物仍存在巨大的挑战. 如何优化过渡金属(Mo, Fe, Co和Ni)基催化剂价层d轨道结构, 促进反应中间体吸附过程, 将是解决催化活性和选择性这一科学问题的关键.     

Catalytic and coordination facets of single-site non-metallocene organometallic catalysts with N-heterocyclic scaffolds employed in olefin polymerization

This review discusses the principles underlying mononucleating N-heterocyclic ligand design, selectivity of metal centers, preparation of organometallic catalysts with a N-heterocyclic backbone, and their catalytic activity in olefin oligo/polymerization. A vast number of N-heterocyclic organometallic compounds have been applied for the polymerization on account of their modest cost, low toxicity, and the large availability of transition metals in stable and variable oxidation states, which makes them versatile precursors for these reactions. The main points of focus in this review are the key advances made over more the past 25 years in the design and development of non-metallocene single-site organometallic catalysts bearing different N-heterocyclic scaffolds as a backbone. These catalysts are applied as precursors for the transformation of ethylene, higher α-olefins, and cyclic olefins into oligo/polymers. Emphasis is placed on the architecture of ligand peripheries for tuning the formed polymer properties and the consequences on product formation of different alkyl or aryl substituents directly attached to the metal center in a N-heterocyclic ligand system.     

Olefin Metathesis and Beyond A list of abbreviations can be found at the end of this article

The advent of well-defined catalysts for olefin metathesis which combine high activity, durability, and excellent tolerance towards polar functional groups has revolutionized the field. The past decade has seen the rapid embrace of these reagents as tools for advanced organic and polymer chemistry and the success of this development is witnessed by a plethora of elegant applications to the synthesis of natural and nonnatural products. This review article provides an overview of these developments and intends to familiarize the reader with some very recent advances which hold the promise to expand the scope of the reaction even further. Moreover, the positive impact of metathesis on the fundamental logic of retrosynthetic planning is demonstrated by means of typical examples. Finally, it will be shown that metathesis is by no means restricted to alkenes as substrates, and some comments on metathesis reactions following unconventional mechanistic pathways will also be presented.     

稀土催化聚合最新进展

随着聚合用稀土催化剂本质的深入研究,不断出现新的催化剂和聚合物,其中一些催化剂已实现工业比生产.本文以稀土催化剂在烯烃、双烯烃和其它单体的聚合物领域中较为突出的主要成就为中心,扼要地介绍稀土催化剂在高分子科学和工业上的最新进展.     

新型烯烃聚合催化剂研究进展

由于过渡金属催化剂在烯烃聚合方面具有高活性和良好的分子剪裁性,通过调节催化剂的微结构或温度、压力等聚合环境的变化,可以在分子层次上实现烯烃聚合物的分子设计与组装,实现聚合物物理性质的调控,最近引起了人们的广泛关注。本文介绍了过渡金属催化剂的合成及其负载化,水相烯烃聚合及活性聚合等方面的研究进展。     

Recent Advances in the Syntheses and Catalytic Applications of Homonuclear Ru-, Rh-, and Ir-Complexes of CNHC^C Cyclometalated Ligands

In the past few decades, chemistry of cyclometalated species has gained momentum with increased applications in several areas of scientific developments. Cyclometalation reactions result in the formation of stable metallacycles through the generation of metal-carbon covalent bonds by activating the unreactive Csp²-H or Csp³-H bonds. The extra stability gained by the formation of metallacycles enhances their applicability scopes especially in the area of homogeneous catalysis. In the recent research development in this area, NHC ligands (strong σ-donor and generally, weak π-acceptor) have been found to be one of the most suitable candidates for the intramolecular C−H activation process which leads to the cyclometalated species. The growth in the area of cyclometalation chemistry that started in the late 20^th century is still continuing and in the past few decades, various examples of NHC derived transition metal-based cyclometalated complexes came into the picture. As covering all the reported literatures in this area (includes mainly late transition metals) will exceed the limits of minireview, we restricted ourselves to the recent (2015 – May 2021) examples of the most common Ru-, Rh-, and Ir-based C_NHC^C cyclometalated complexes and their applications in various homogeneous catalytic conversions such as transfer hydrogenation, amidation, oxidation of alcohols, annulations, and so forth.     

Stereospecific polymerization with metallocenes: Macromolecular design via catalysis

Forty years after Natta's discoveries of stereospecific olefin polymerization with Ziegler catalysts, new catalysts are causing a renaissance in stereospecific olefin polymerization. Metallocene Ziegler-Natta catalysts are unprecedented in their ability to polymerize α-olefins to a variety of polymer microstructures.¹ Isotactic, syndiotactic, atactic and stereoblock poly(α-olefins) have been produced using catalysts derived from group 4 metallocene catalyst precursors.