Mixed-ligand iminopyrrolato-salicylaldiminato group 4 metal complexes: Optimising catalyst structure for ethylene/propylene copolymerisations |
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Authors: | Lewis M. Broomfield Joseph A. Wright William Clegg Manfred Bochmann |
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Affiliation: | a Wolfson Materials and Catalysis Centre, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK b School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry), University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK |
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Abstract: | Treatment of MCl3(OC6H3-2-tBu-6-CH NC6F5)(THF) (M = Ti, Zr) with a variety of different potassium iminopyrrolate salts (K+[RN CHC4H3N]−), (R = phenyl, cyclo-hexyl, ethyl) afforded the corresponding titanium and zirconium mixed-ligand complexes MCl2(N-O)(N-N). The molecular structures of TiCl2(OC6H3-2-tBu-6-CH NC6F5)(C2H5N CHC4H3N) (1c), TiCl2(OC6H3-2-tBu-6-CH NC6F5)(C6H11N CHC4H3N) (1b) and ZrCl2(OC6H3-2-tBu-6-CH NC6F5)(C6H11N CHC4H3N) (2b) show distorted octahedral geometries with trans-O−,N−/cis-Cl2 arrangements. On activation with MAO the titanium (iminopyrrolato)(salicylaldiminato) complexes show excellent activities in ethylene polymerisation and are significantly more effective ethylene/propylene copolymerisation catalysts, both in terms of activity and propene incorporation, than either of the parent complexes. The ethylene-propylene copolymers show ca. 80% 1,2 regioselectivity and at high propylene incorporation tend towards an alternating structure. |
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Keywords: | Titanium Zirconium Ethene Copolymerization Salicylaldiminate Iminopyrrolate |
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