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Iron(II)‐based catalysts for ethene oligomerization
Author(s) -
Schmidt Roland,
Hammon Ulrich,
Gottfried Stefan,
Welch M. Bruce,
Alt Helmut G.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.11751
Subject(s) - catalysis , chemistry , pyridine , polymer chemistry , hydrolysis , mass spectrometry , ethylene , paramagnetism , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , 1 hexene , heterogeneous catalysis , organic chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics
The synthesis of iron(II) complexes with various tridentate di(imino)pyridine ligands and their potential as ethene oligomerization catalysts are described. The ligands are characterized by 1 H‐ and 13 C‐NMR spectroscopy and the complexes only by mass spectrometry due to their paramagnetism. After activation either with methylalumoxane (MAO) or with a heterogeneous cocatalyst consisting of partially hydrolyzed trimethylaluminum and silica gel, the prepared complexes proved to be good catalysts for the oligomerization of ethene. 1‐Octene, 1‐hexene, and 1‐decene were the major products, formed in very high isomeric purity (99.9 %). © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 88: 476–482, 2003