2-Benzimidazolyl-N-phenylquinoline-8-carboxamide chromium(III) trichlorides: Synthesis and application for ethylene oligomerization and polymerization

Deligeer Wang, Shaofeng Liu, Yanning Zeng, Wen-Hua Sun, Carl Redshaw

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    Abstract

    A series of chromium(III) complexes, LCrCl3 (C1C6: L = 2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-N-(2,6-R1-4-R2-phenyl)quinoline-8-carboxamide; C1: R1 = iPr, R2 = H; C2: R1 = Et, R2 = H; C3: R1 = Me, R2 = H; C4: R1 = Me, R2 = Me; C5: R1 = H, R2 = H; C6: R1 = F, R2 = H), was synthesized and characterized by IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, mass spectra, and magnetic moments. The X-ray crystallographic analysis of complexes C2 and C3 reveals distorted octahedral geometries around the chromium atoms. Upon activation with MAO, these complexes exhibit high activities for ethylene oligomerization (up to 1.28 × 107 g·mol–1(Cr)·h–1) and ethylene polymerization (up to 6.30 × 106 g·mol–1(Cr)·h–1). The oligomers were produced with high selectivity for a-olefins (>99%), and the distribution closely resembled the Schultz–Flory rule. Various reaction parameters were investigated in detail, and the results revealed that both the steric and electronic effects of the ligands effect the catalytic activities of these chromium complexes as well as the distribution of the products formed.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3001-3009
    Number of pages9
    JournalOrganometallics
    Volume30
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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