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New bis(aryloxy)-Ti(iv) complexes and their use for the selective dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene
Grasset, Fabien,Cazaux, Jean-Benoit,Magna, Lionel,Oliver-Bourbigou, Helene,Braunstein, Pierre
, p. 10396 - 10404,9 (2020/08/31)
New titanium complexes of general formula [(ArO)nTi(Oi-Pr) (4-n)] were synthesized and used as pre-catalysts for the selective dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene. The complexes were prepared in cyclohexane using [Ti(Oi-Pr)4] and one or two equivalents of the corresponding phenols (ArOH) at room temperature. In this work, both monodentate and chelating phenols were evaluated. For alkyl-substituted phenols, it was demonstrated that large steric hindrance at both ortho and ortho′ positions selectively yielded the mono-substituted complexes [(ArO)Ti(Oi-Pr)3]. Substitution at only one of the ortho positions allowed both the mono- and the di-substituted Ti complexes to be isolated. When a heteroatom was introduced on the phenol backbone, di-substitution systematically occurred except with phenols presenting a hemilabile -CH2NR2 group at the ortho position. Upon activation with 3 equiv. of AlEt3 at 20 bar and 60 °C, all the complexes selectively dimerized ethylene to 1-butene (>86% of butenes among which 99% of 1-butene). An increase of the steric bulk at the ortho position of the ligand or the introduction of a functional group led to decreased activity compared to [Ti(Oi-Pr)4].
Mono(aryloxido)titanium(IV) Complexes and their application in the selective dimerization of ethylene
Cazaux, Jean-Benoit,Braunstein, Pierre,Magna, Lionel,Saussine, Lucien,Olivier-Bourbigou, Helene
, p. 2942 - 2950 (2011/05/13)
We report on the synthesis of mono(aryloxido)titanium(IV) complexes of general formula [Ti[O(o-R)Ar]X3), with X = OiPr, ArO = 2-ie.rr-but:yl-4-methylphenoxy and. R = CMe3 (2a), CMe2Ph (2b) and CH2NMe2 (2c). Attempts to reach pure mono(aryloxido) complexes when R = CH2NMe(CH2Ph) (2d) or CH2N(CH2Ph)2 (2e) were unsuccessful, When R = CH2OMe, the analogous mononuclear complex was not obtained, and instead, a dinuclear complex [(2-ieri-butyl-4methyl-6- methoxymethylphenoxy) TiCl(OiPr)(H2-OiPr)2TiCl(OiPr) 2] (3) was formed. Complexes 2b and 3 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, The former contains a tetrahedrally coordinated. TiIV centre, whereas in the latter the aryloxido ligand behaves as a chelating-bridging ligand between the two, chemically very different metal centres that form two face-sharing octahedra, Different synthetic approaches starting from. [Ti(OiPr)4] or [TiCl(OiPr) 3] were evaluated and are discussed, The hemllabile behaviour of the aryloxido ligand. resulting from, reversible coordination of its side arm was studied by variable-temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy for 2c (R = CH 2NMe2). Complexes 2a-d were contacted, with ethylene and AlEt3 as cocatalyst, When activated with AlEt3 (3 equiv.) at 20 bar and 60 ° C, complex 2c exhibits interesting activity (2100 g/gTi/h) for the selective dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene (92% C 4"=; 99+% C4=1), Noticeable differences in catalyst activity were observed when the R group was modified,
