Cationic Scandium Methyl Complexes Supported by a β-Diketiminato (“Nacnac”) Ligand Framework
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- 16 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 124 (10) , 2132-2133
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja017128g
Abstract
The base-free dimethyl scandium complex supported by the bulky β-diketiminato ligand ArNC(tBu)CHC(tBu)NAr (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3, 1) reacts with various equivalencies of the strong organometallic Lewis acid B(C6F5)3 to give scandium alkyl cations. With 0.5 equiv, a monocationic μ-methyl dimer (2) was observed spectroscopically. Reaction with a further 0.5 equiv of borane gives the monomeric methyl cation 3, which was fully characterized, including via X-ray crystallography. This compound is fluxional on the NMR time scale via a “ligand flip” mechanism. Reaction with another equivalent of borane gives the unique dication 4, which exhibits a static structure on the NMR time scale. Dimethyl compound 1 is a highly active catalyst precursor for ethylene polymerization under borane or MAO-type activation. Activities for this group 3 metal based catalyst approach those observed for group 4 based metallocene systems.Keywords
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