Issue 46, 2013

Synthesis of β-diketiminate-ligated bimetallic and monometallic lanthanide amide complexes and their reactivity with isoprene and AlMe3

Abstract

The amine elimination of lanthanide tris(amide) complexes with the phenylene-bridged bis(β-diketiminate) ligands PARAMe-H2, METAMe-H2 and PARAPr-H2 (PARAMe-H2 = 2[2,6-Me2C6H3NHC(Me)C(H)C(Me)N]-(para-phenylene), METAMe-H2 = 2[2,6-Me2C6H3NHC(Me)C(H)C(Me)N]-(meta-phenylene), PARAPr-H2 = 2[2,6-iPr2C6H3NHC(Me)C(H)C(Me)N]-(para-phenylene)), and the mono-β-diketiminate ligand L2,6-iPr2Ph-H (2,6-iPr2C6H3)NHC(Me)CHC(Me)N(C6H5)) afforded the bimetallic lanthanide amide complexes PARAMe-{Ln[N(SiMe3)2]2}2 (Ln = Y (1), Sm (2)), METAMe-{Y[N(SiMe3)2]2}2 (3), PARAPr-{Ln[N(HSiMe2)2]2}2 (Ln = Y (4), Sm (5)), and the monomeric complexes L2,6-iPr2Ph-Y[N(SiMe3)2]2 (6) and L2,6-iPr2Ph-Y[N(HSiMe2)2]2 (7). In the presence of AlR3 and on activation with 1 equiv. of [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4], complexes 1–7 showed a high activity toward the 1,4-selective polymerization of isoprene. The heterometallic Y/Al methyl complex [L2,6-iPr2Ph]Y[(μ-Me)2AlMe2]2 (8) was prepared to elucidate the real active precursor in the polymerization.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of β-diketiminate-ligated bimetallic and monometallic lanthanide amide complexes and their reactivity with isoprene and AlMe3

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Jul 2013
Accepted
09 Sep 2013
First published
09 Sep 2013

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 16355-16364

Synthesis of β-diketiminate-ligated bimetallic and monometallic lanthanide amide complexes and their reactivity with isoprene and AlMe3

S. Sun, H. Ouyang, Y. Luo, Y. Zhang, Q. Shen and Y. Yao, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 16355 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT52014E

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