Bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ato) zirconium complexes as precursors for ethylene polymerisation upon activation with MAO: Syntheses, characterisation and X-ray molecular structure of [Zr(η2-3,5-Me2Pz)2Cl2(η1-3,5-Me2PzH)2]·(3,5-Me2PzH) and [Zr(η2-3,5-Me2Pz)2(CH2Ph)2] (3,5-Me2Pz=3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ato)
作者:Martial Sanz、Marta E.G. Mosquera、Tomás Cuenca、Carmen Ramírez de Arellano、Mark Schormann、Manfred Bochmann
DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2007.08.001
日期:2007.11
The bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ato) zirconium complex [Zr(eta(2)-3,5-Me(2)Pz)(2)(NMe2)(2)(NHMe2)(2)] (2) is obtained by treatment of [Zr(NMe2)(4)] with 2 equiv. of 3,5-dimethylpyrazole 1. The reaction of the [ZrCl4(THF)(2)] adduct with 2 equiv. of the potassium salt of 1 affords the dichloro derivative [Zr(eta(2)-3,5-Me(2)Pz)(2)Cl-2](n) (3), while reaction with 4.1 equiv. of 1 in the presence of 2.1 equiv. of NEt3 affords the dichloro pyrazole adduct [Zr(eta(2)-3,5-Me(2)Pz)(2)Cl-2(eta(1)-3,5-Me(2)PzH)(2)] (4). Treatment of [Zr(CH2Ph)(4)] with 2 equiv. of 1 gives the dibenzyl complex [Zr(eta(2)-3,5-Me(2)Pz)(2)(CH2Ph)(2)](5) via alkane elimination. Compound 4 presents fluxional behaviour in CDCl3 solution, which was studied and quantified by variable-temperature proton NMR experiments. All compounds were characterised by routine analyses and the molecular structures of 4 and 5 were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The performance of precursors 3 and 5 was evaluated in ethylene polymerisation upon activation with MAO. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.