Rare-earth metal alkyl complexes bearing an alkoxy N-heterocyclic carbene ligand: synthesis, characterization, catalysis for isoprene polymerization
作者：Shiyu Long, Baoli Wang, Hongyan Xie, Changguang Yao, Chunji Wu and Dongmei Cui
关键字：rare earth metal; complexes; double-deprotonation reactions; organoborate
论文来源：期刊
具体来源：http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/nj/c5nj00737b
发表时间：2015年
Treatment
of imidazolium iodide [R-NHC-CH2CH(nBu)OH]I (1a (R
= methyl), 1b (R = isopropyl)) and benzimidazole iodide
[R-NHC(C6H4)-CH2CH(nBu)OH]I
(2a (R = methyl),2b (R = isopropyl)), respectively,
with ((trimethylsilyl)methyl)lithium (LiCH2SiMe3)
followed by rare-earth metal tris(alkyl)s (Ln(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2)
(Ln = Sc, Y, Lu) afforded the alkoxy-modified N-heterocyclic carbene ligated
rare-earth metal bis(alkyl) complexes {[R-NHC-CH2CH(nBu)OLn(CH2SiMe3)2]2 (3a (R
= methyl, Ln = Sc), 3b (R = methyl, Ln = Lu), 4a (R
= isopropyl, Ln = Y), 4b (R = isopropyl, Ln = Lu)) and [(CH3)2CH-NHC(C6H4)-CH2CH(nBu)OY(CH2SiMe3)2]2 (5)} via double-deprotonation
reactions. All complexes were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, elemental
analysis and X-ray crystallography. They are dimers in which two rare-earth
metal ions are bridged by two μ2-O atoms. Under the activation of an
organoborate, complex 3a showed cis-1,4 enriched
regioselectivity for isoprene polymerization (84.3%).
