Effect of mercury chlorides on the activity of complex titanium-based catalysts for the cyclotrimerization of butadiene

1 January 1985

journal article
Published by Institute of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry in Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications

Vol. 50 (9) , 2041-2047
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19852041

Abstract

Mercury chlorides decompose arenetitanium(II) complexes by redox reactions, e.g. Ti²⁺ + Hg⁺ → Ti³⁺ + Hg⁰, and thus inhibit their catalytic activity in the cyclotrimerization of butadiene. The effect of mercury chlorides added to the TiCl₄-Et₃Al catalytic system depends on their ratio to organoaluminium compound. The cyclotrimerization activity is preserved when a sufficient excess of the latter is present, ensuring the reverse reduction of Ti(III) to Ti(II). A high cyclotrimerization activity and selectivity of the catalysts are achieved if Ti(II) is converted to trinuclear Al-Ti-Al complex under the effect of ethylaluminium dichloride.

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