摘要:
The new ionic compound [TaCp*Me-3][MeB(C6F5)(3)] (1; CP* = eta(5)-C5Me5) was obtained by reaction of [TaCp*Me-4] with B(C6F5)(3). Addition of pyridine to the strongly acidic cation of 1 gave the new pyridine-coordinated cation [TaCp*Me-3(py)](+) (2). Hydrolysis of I in wet dichloromethane yielded the ionic compound [(TaCp*Me-2)(2)(mu-O)] [MeB (C6F5)(3)](2) (3), containing a dinuclear dication identified by X-ray diffraction. Similar hydrolysis of cation 1 as well as its pyridine adduct 2 with H2O center dot B(C6F5)(3) afforded the neutral oxoborane compound [TaCp*Me-2{O center dot B(C6F5)(3)}] with elimination of B(C6F5)(3) and py center dot B(C6F5)(3), respectively. Cation 1 inserted 1 equiv of PhC(O)H at room temperature to give the cationic alkoxo complex [TaCp*Me-2(OCHMePh)](+) (4), which reacted further with an additional I equiv of PhC(O)H to give a mixture of the rac and meso diastereoisomers of [TaCp*Me(OCHMePh)(2)](+) (5), whereas only the neutral alkoxo compound [TaCp*Me3(OCHMePh)) (6) was formed from the reaction of [TaCp*Me-4] with PhC(O)H upon heating. Cation I also reacted with I and 2 equiv of PhNCO to give [TaCp*Me-2-{OC(Me)NPh}](+) (7) and [TaCp*Me{OC(Me)NPh}(2)](+) (8) by insertion of isocyanate into one or two Ta-C bonds, respectively. However, heating [TaCp*Me-4] with PhNCO gave the dinuclear mu-oxo compound [(TaCp*Me-3)(2)(mu-O)] (9). Compound 1 showed rather low activity when tested as an ethylene polymerization catalyst.