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  • Title: Rare-earth alkyl complexes supported by formamidinate ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity for isoprene polymerization.
    Author: Guo L, Zhu X, Zhou S, Mu X, Wei Y, Wang S, Feng Z, Zhang G, Deng B.
    Journal: Dalton Trans; 2014 May 14; 43(18):6842-7. PubMed ID: 24658749.
    Abstract:
    A series of rare-earth metal monoalkyl complexes supported by N,N'-di(2,6-dialkylphenyl)formamidinate ligand (L)2RECH2SiMe3·thf [L(1) = HC(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2, RE = Y (1), L(2) = HC(N-2,6-(i)Pr2C6H3)2, RE = Y (2), Er (3), Dy (4), Sm (5), and Nd (6)] were synthesized by alkyl elimination reaction or by salt metathesis reaction in good yields. All complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction. In combination with [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4] and alkylaluminium, these complexes displayed a good activity towards isoprene polymerization to give polyisoprenes with high molecular weight (M(n) > 10(4)) and narrow molecular distribution (PDI < 2.0). The influence of alkylaluminium, central metal, temperature, sequence of addition of alkylaluminium and [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4] on the polymerization of isoprene was studied. It was interesting to find that addition of the cocatalysts sequence has a great influence on the regioselectivity of the polymerization. High 1,4-regioselectivity polymerizations of isoprene (as high as 98%) were observed when the catalysts were added in the order [RE]/[alkylaluminum]/[borate].
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