Group 3 Dialkyl Complexes with Tetradentate (L, L, N, O; L = N, O, S) Monoanionic Ligands: Synthesis and Reactivity
作者:Smaranda C. Marinescu、Theodor Agapie、Michael W. Day、John E. Bercaw
DOI:10.1021/om0608612
日期:2007.2.1
Tripodal, tetradentate phenols, (LCH2)(2)NCH2-C6H2-3,5-(CMe3)(2)-2-OH (L = CH2OCH3 (1), CH2NEt2 (2), 2-C5H4N (3), CH2SCMe3 (5), CH2NMe2 (6)), were synthesized, and metalations were performed via alkane elimination from yttrium and scandium trialkyl complexes to generate the corresponding dialkyl complexes [(LCH2CH2)(2)NCH2-C6H2-3,5-(CMe3)(2)-2-O]MR2 (M = Y, L = OCH3, R = CH2SiMe2Ph (7a); M = Y, L = NEt2, R = CH2SiMe2Ph (7b); M = Sc, L = OCH3, R = CH2SiMe2Ph (8a); M = Sc, L = SCMe3, R = CH2SiMe2Ph (8b); M = Y, L = OCH3, R = CH2SiMe3 (9); M = Sc, L = OCH3, R = CH2SiMe3 (10)). X-ray crystallographic studies show that 7a,b and 8a adopt, in the solid state, mononuclear structures of C-1 symmetry. The H-1 NMR spectra of these dialkyl complexes in benzene-d(6) at high temperatures reveal exchange processes involving the ether groups and the alkyl groups. The dynamic behavior of species 7a, 8a, and 10 in toluene-d(8) was investigated by variable-temperature H-1 NMR spectroscopy. The activation parameters of the fluxional processes for 7a, 8a, and 10 were determined by line-shape and Eyring analyses (for 7a, Delta H = 7.3 +/- 0.3 kcal/mol and Delta S = -16 +/- 1.4 cal/(mol K); for 8a, Delta H = 9.9 +/- 0.5 kcal/mol and Delta S = -15.3 +/- 1.8 cal/ (mol K); for 10, Delta H = 10.8 +/- 0.6 kcal/mol and Delta S = -11.4 +/- 1.9 cal/(mol K)). These data establish that the dialkyl complexes 7a, 8a, and 10 undergo a nondissociative exchange process. The scandium dialkyl complex [(C5H4N-2-CH2)(2)NCH2-C6H2-3,5-(CMe3)(2)-2-O]Sc(CH2SiMe2Ph)(2) (11) was found to undergo clean activation of a C-H bond of a methylene linking a pyridine to the central nitrogen donor. This process follows first-order kinetics (k = [2.8(3)] x 10(-4) s(-1) at 0 degrees C). The yttrium dialkyl complexes 7a and 9 react with 1 equiv of [PhNHMe2](+)[B(C6F5)(4)](-) in chlorobenzene-d(5), to generate a solution that slowly polymerizes ethylene. Compounds 7-10 also polymerize ethylene with low activity upon activation with MAO.