Synthesis, structural characterization, catalytic properties, and theoretical study of compounds containing an Al-O-M (M = Ti, Hf) core

Prabhuodeyara M Gurubasavaraj; Swadhin K Mandal; Herbert W Roesky; Rainer B Oswald; Aritra Pal; Mathias Noltemeyer

doi:10.1021/ic060538r

Synthesis, structural characterization, catalytic properties, and theoretical study of compounds containing an Al-O-M (M = Ti, Hf) core

Inorg Chem. 2007 Feb 19;46(4):1056-61. doi: 10.1021/ic060538r.

Authors

Prabhuodeyara M Gurubasavaraj¹, Swadhin K Mandal, Herbert W Roesky, Rainer B Oswald, Aritra Pal, Mathias Noltemeyer

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

PMID: 17291107
DOI: 10.1021/ic060538r

Abstract

Two single oxygen-bridged heterobimetallic oxides of Al(III) with group 4 metals (Ti, Hf) have been prepared. The reaction of LAlMeOH (1) [L = CH(N(Ar)(CMe))2, Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3] with dimethylmetallocenes of Ti and Hf in toluene (80 degrees C) and ether (room temperature), respectively, resulted in the formation of LAl(Me)(mu-O)M(Me)Cp2 [M = Ti (2), Hf (3)] in moderate to good yield. Compounds 2 and 3 were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR (1H and 13C), EI-MS, and single-crystal X-ray structural analysis. Furthermore, compound 2 showed good catalytic activity in ethylene and styrene homopolymerization, while compound 3 is less active in ethylene polymerization. The styrene polymerization yields atactic polystyrene.