Highly active 8-benzoxazolyl- or 8-benzothiazolyl-2-alkylquinolinylnickel(II) complexes for ethylene dimerization and vinyl polymerization of norbornene
作者:Peng Hao、Shengju Song、Tianpengfei Xiao、Yan Li、Carl Redshaw、Wen-Hua Sun
DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2012.06.056
日期:2013.3
The series of nickel halide complexes LNiX2 (C1-C6, X = Cl; C7-C12, X = Br), where L represents one of 8-benzoxazolyl-2-alkylquinoline or 8-benzothiazolyl-2-alkylquinoline derivatives, have been prepared. The molecular structures of the representative complexes C1, C3, C6 and C11 were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Upon activation with ethylaluminium sesquichloride (EASC), all nickel complex precatalysts exhibited good activities for ethylene dimerization. Furthermore, such nickel pre-catalysts, in the presence of methylaluminoxane (MAO), were capable of the vinyl polymerization norbornene. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.