Salicylidene-imine-zirconium(IV) complexes in combination with methylalumoxane as catalysts for the conversion of hexa-1,5-diene: adjusting of the catalytic activity
作者:Bernd Schweder、Dirk Walther、Thomas Döhler、Olaf Klobes、Helmar Görls
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1521-3897(199911)341:8<736::aid-prac736>3.0.co;2-v
日期:1999.11
A variety of substituted Schiff base complexes of the composition ("salen")ZrCl2(thf)(1-21) were synthesized, with methylalumoxane ("MAO") activated and used for a systematic study of their catalytic activity towards hexa-1,5-diene ("salen": substituted salicylidene-ethylene-iminato ligands). Main product of the catalytic cycle is methylenecyclopentane. Dimers are only formed in minor amounts. The catalytic activity and selectivity of the Ziegler-Natta systems strongly depend on the nature and the position of the peripheric substituents in the Schiff base ligands. Electron-withdrawing substituents in para-position to the phenolate oxygen (5-position) decrease the catalytic activity. Improved activity and selectivity were obtained with electron-donating substituents in 5-position. Altering the ethylene bridge causes a lowering of the activity or inactivation. According to the X-ray analysis the metal center in the related complex (L)ZrCl2 (22) (L: N',N'-bis(ethylene)-N'-methyl-N,N"-bis(benzoylacetonatoimine) has a pentagonal-bipyramidal environment. The pentadentate Schiff base Ligand lies in the plane, and both chloro groups occupy the axial positions. In contrast to the catalytically active salene complexes 22 can not rearrange to form a species in which the both chlorides are cis to each other. Consequently 22 is catalytically inactive.