Issue 24, 2012

Synthesis and characterization of novel titanium complexes bearing [ONX]-type β-enaminoketonato ligands and their application to ethylene (co)polymerization

Abstract

A series of novel titanium complexes bearing tridentate β-enaminoketonato chelating ligands of type, [R2NC(CF3)C(H)CR1O]TiCl3 (2a: R1 = Ph, R2 = −C6H4OMe(o); 2b: R1 = Ph, R2 = −C9H6N; 2c: R1 = Ph, R2 = −C6H4SMe(o); 2d: R1 = Ph, R2 = −C6H4SPh(o); 2e: R1 = tBu, R2 = −C6H4SPh(o)) and [R2NC(R1)C(H)C(CF3)O]TiCl3 (2f: R1 = Ph, R2 = −C6H4PPh2(o)) were prepared from TiCl4 by treating with one equiv of deprotonated ligands in toluene. The reaction of 1a with equivalent of TiCl4 in THF afforded another complex, C6H4OMeNC(CF3)C(H)CPhO]TiCl3(thf) (3a), in addition to formation of the dichloride complex 4a, [C6H4(OMe)NC(CF3)C(H)CPhO]2TiCl2. After deprotonation by alkali-metal hydride at −78 °C in diethyl ether, ligand 1a could react with 0.5 equiv of TiCl4 to form the exclusive and clean dichloride complex 4a in high yield. These complexes were identified by NMR and mass spectra as well as elemental analyses. X-ray diffraction studies on these new trichloride complexes revealed a distorted octahedral coordination of the central metal with three chlorine atoms in a mer disposition. Dichloride complex 4a also adopted a distorted octahedral geometry around the titanium center. Two chlorine atoms are situated in the cis position, as seen in the bond angles for Cl(1)–Ti–Cl(2) (92.64(7)°). The O atom on the heterocyclic group was not coordinated with Ti. When activated by modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO), complexes 2a–e exhibited moderate to high activity towards ethylene (co)polymerization, giving relatively high molecular weight polymers with unimodal molecular weight distribution.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and characterization of novel titanium complexes bearing [ONX]-type β-enaminoketonato ligands and their application to ethylene (co)polymerization

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Oct 2011
Accepted
20 Apr 2012
First published
23 Apr 2012

Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 7390-7398

Synthesis and characterization of novel titanium complexes bearing [ONX]-type β-enaminoketonato ligands and their application to ethylene (co)polymerization

P. Tao, X. Tang, B. Li, J. Liu and Y. Li, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 7390 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30326D

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