Quasi-Living trans-1,4-Polymerization of Isoprene by Cationic Rare Earth Metal Alkyl Species Bearing a Chiral (S,S)-Bis(oxazolinylphenyl)amido Ligand
文摘
A series of chiral mononuclear dialkyl complexes [(S,S)-BOPA]Ln(CH2SiMe3)2 (1, 2) (BOPA = (S,S)-bis(oxazolinylphenyl)amido; Ln = Sc (1); Ln = Lu (2)) and binuclear alkyl complexes [慰-(S)-OPA鈥揅6H4鈥?CH2SiMe3)C鈺怤鈥揅H(iPr)CH2鈥揙]Ln(CH2SiMe3)}2 (3,4) (OPA = (oxazolinylphenyl)amine; Ln = Y (3); Ln = Tm (4)) have been synthesized in moderate yields via one-pot acid鈥揵ase reactions by use of the tris(trimethylsilylmethyl) rare earth metal complexes with the chiral tridentate (S,S)-bis(oxazolinylphenyl)amine ligand. In the presence of activator with or without a small amount of AliBu3, the dialkyl complexes 1 and 2 exhibit very high activities (up to 6.8 脳 105 g molLn鈥? h鈥?) and trans-1,4-selectivity (up to 100%) in the quasi-living polymerization of isoprene, yielding the trans-1,4-PIPs with moderate molecular weights (Mn = (0.2鈥?.0) 脳 105 g/mol) and narrow molecular weight distributions (Mw/Mn = 1.02鈥?.66).