Analysis of Metallocene−Methylalumoxane Methide Transfer Processes in Solution Using a 19F NMR Spectroscopic Probe
摘要:
The metallocenes (C6F5C5H4)CpZrMe2 (1, Cp = C5H5) and (C6F5C5H4)(2)MMe2 (2a, M = Zr; 2b, M = Hf) were treated with B(C6F5)(3) and, separately, with commercial methylalumoxane (MAO, depleted of excess Me3Al). The ensuing methide transfer reactions were followed by F-19 NMR. Spectra of the "activated" species obtained using MAO and excess B(C6F5)3 were strikingly similar, suggesting that similar "cation-like" species are formed using either organo-Lewis acid, and the MAO-activated species were tentatively formulated as (C6F5C5H4)CpZrMe+ Me[AlMeO](n)(-) and as (C6F5C5H4)(2)MMe+ Me[AlMeO](n)(-) (M = Zr, Hf). The relative amount of L2MMe2 and [L2MMe](+) species observed in solution was measured as a function of [MAO] and as a function of [M] at constant [MAO]. Results are interpreted in terms of a canonical model in which MAO contains relatively few highly active Lewis acidic sites.
Analysis of Metallocene−Methylalumoxane Methide Transfer Processes in Solution Using a 19F NMR Spectroscopic Probe
摘要:
The metallocenes (C6F5C5H4)CpZrMe2 (1, Cp = C5H5) and (C6F5C5H4)(2)MMe2 (2a, M = Zr; 2b, M = Hf) were treated with B(C6F5)(3) and, separately, with commercial methylalumoxane (MAO, depleted of excess Me3Al). The ensuing methide transfer reactions were followed by F-19 NMR. Spectra of the "activated" species obtained using MAO and excess B(C6F5)3 were strikingly similar, suggesting that similar "cation-like" species are formed using either organo-Lewis acid, and the MAO-activated species were tentatively formulated as (C6F5C5H4)CpZrMe+ Me[AlMeO](n)(-) and as (C6F5C5H4)(2)MMe+ Me[AlMeO](n)(-) (M = Zr, Hf). The relative amount of L2MMe2 and [L2MMe](+) species observed in solution was measured as a function of [MAO] and as a function of [M] at constant [MAO]. Results are interpreted in terms of a canonical model in which MAO contains relatively few highly active Lewis acidic sites.
Selective Halodemethylation Reactions of Metallocene Dimethyls with Triphenylmethyl Chloride and Benzyl Bromide
作者:Eric J. Hawrelak、Paul A. Deck
DOI:10.1021/om0305014
日期:2004.1.1
NMR-scale reactions of several group 4 metallocene dimethyls with either trityl chloride or benzylbromide gave the corresponding L2M(Me)X complexes selectively. Five reactions, including syntheses of Cp2Zr(Me)Cl and Ind2Zr(Me)Cl, were conducted on a preparative scale to afford useful isolated yields of L2M(Me)Cl complexes.