Bis(permethylcyclopentadienyl)aluminum Compounds: Precursors to [Cp*2Al]+ but Not to Cp*3Al
摘要:
Replacement of only two chloride ligands occurs when AlCl3 is reacted with 3 equiv of either Cp*Na or Cp*K, forming Cp*2AlCl (1) [Cp* = C5Me5]. This compound dissociates a chloride ion in polar solvents such as methylene chloride. Clean formation of decamethyl-aluminocenium salts could not be accomplished by abstraction of a chloride ligand from 2 with silver salts, LiB(C6F5)(4), or NaB(C6F5)(4) However, reaction of Cp*2AlMe (2) with B(C6F5)(3). cleanly affords the salt [CP*2Al](+) [B(C6F5)(3)Me](-) (3). X-ray crystal structures of both 2 and 3 are reported. In the solid state, 2 exhibits a bis-dihapto ring coordination similar to that of (eta(2)-C5H5)(2)AlMe. The molecular structure of 3 shows complete methyl anion abstraction from the aluminum. The decamethylaluminocenium salt is more stable in solution than its nonmethylated analogue; however, it is also considerably less active as an initiator for the cationic polymerization of isobutene.
Bis(permethylcyclopentadienyl)aluminum Compounds: Precursors to [Cp*2Al]+ but Not to Cp*3Al
摘要:
Replacement of only two chloride ligands occurs when AlCl3 is reacted with 3 equiv of either Cp*Na or Cp*K, forming Cp*2AlCl (1) [Cp* = C5Me5]. This compound dissociates a chloride ion in polar solvents such as methylene chloride. Clean formation of decamethyl-aluminocenium salts could not be accomplished by abstraction of a chloride ligand from 2 with silver salts, LiB(C6F5)(4), or NaB(C6F5)(4) However, reaction of Cp*2AlMe (2) with B(C6F5)(3). cleanly affords the salt [CP*2Al](+) [B(C6F5)(3)Me](-) (3). X-ray crystal structures of both 2 and 3 are reported. In the solid state, 2 exhibits a bis-dihapto ring coordination similar to that of (eta(2)-C5H5)(2)AlMe. The molecular structure of 3 shows complete methyl anion abstraction from the aluminum. The decamethylaluminocenium salt is more stable in solution than its nonmethylated analogue; however, it is also considerably less active as an initiator for the cationic polymerization of isobutene.
Stable Borate-Bridged <i>ansa</i>-Zirconocene Complexes. Preparation and X-ray Crystallographic Characterization of [Cp*<sub>2</sub>Al]<sup>+</sup>[Me(Ph)B(η<sup>5</sup>-C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>ZrCl<sub>2</sub>]<sup>-</sup> and [PPN]<sup>+</sup>[Cl(Ph)B(η<sup>5</sup>-C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>ZrCl<sub>2</sub>]<sup>-</sup>
作者:Christopher T. Burns、Daniel S. Stelck、Pamela J. Shapiro、Ashwani Vij、Klaus Kunz、Gerald Kehr、Tom Concolino、Arnold L. Rheingold
DOI:10.1021/om990744p
日期:1999.12.1
The title complexes are stable, borate-bridged ansa-zirconocene species which have been prepared by reacting [Ph(SMe2)B(eta(5)-C5H4)(2)}ZrCl2] (1) with Cp*(2)-AlMe and [PPN]Cl. Their molecular structures were determined by X-ray diffraction. Noteworthy are the stabilities of the borate-cyclopentadienyl linkages and the enhanced Lewis acidity of the boron within its strained ansa position.