Nickel(II) complexes bearing 4-arylimino-1,2,3-trihydroacridines: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene oligomerization

Wang, S; Du, S; Zhang, W; Asuha, S; Sun, WH

HERO ID

3044672

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2015

Language

English

PMID

26246995

HERO ID 3044672
In Press No
Year 2015
Title Nickel(II) complexes bearing 4-arylimino-1,2,3-trihydroacridines: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene oligomerization
Authors Wang, S; Du, S; Zhang, W; Asuha, S; Sun, WH
Volume 4
Issue 3
Page Numbers 328-334
Abstract Nickel(II) complexes have attracted much attention as a new generation of olefin catalysts since the α-diiminonickel complex was discovered as a highly efficient procatalyst for ethylene polymerization. A series of novel 4-arylimino-1,2,3-trihydroacridylnickel(II) dihalide complexes was synthesized in a one-pot reaction of 2,3-dihydroacridine-4-one and different anilines with nickel(II) chloride or nickel(II) bromide 1,2-dimethoxyethane complex. The complexes were characterized by infrared spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The molecular structures of the representative complexes 4-(2,6-diisopropylphenylimino)-1,2,3-trihydroacridylnickel(II) dichloride (C3), 4-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-1,2,3-trihydroacridylnickel dichloride(II) (C4), and 4-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-1,2,3-trihydroacridylnickel(II) dibromide (C9) were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, revealing a distorted tetrahedral geometry around the nickel(II) of C3 and distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry for C4 and C9. With the activation of trimethylaluminium (TMA), all nickel(II) complexes exhibited good activity for ethylene oligomerization, and oligomer products ranged from butene (C4) to hexadecene (C16).
Doi 10.1002/open.201402113
Pmid 26246995
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Comments Journal: ChemistryOpen ISSN: 2191-1363
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Language Text English