writer：Yang, Y,Li, SH,Cui, DM,Chen, XS,Jing, XB
keywords：earth-metal complexes; c5me5/er-ligated samarium(ii) complexes; beta-diketiminato ligands; imine chelate ligands; ethylene polymerization; yttrium complexes; block-copolymerization; titanium complexes; styrene polymerization; olefin polymerization
source：期刊
specific source：http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/om060781y
Issue time：2007年

The N,N-bidentate ligand 2-{(N-2,6-diisopropylphenyl)iminomethyl)}pyrrole (L1) and the N,N,P-tridentate ligand 2-{(N-2-diphenylphosphinophenyl)iminomethyl)}pyrrole (L2) have been prepared. Their reactions with homoleptic yttrium tris(alkyl) compound Y(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2have been investigated. Treatment of Y(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2 with 1 equiv of L1 generated a THF-solvated bimetallic (pyrrolylaldiminato)yttrium mono(alkyl) complex (1) of central symmetry. In this process, L1 is deprotonated by metal alkyl and its imino CN group is reduced to C?N by intramolecular alkylation, generating dianionic species that bridge two yttrium alkyl units in a unique η5/η1:κ1 mode. The pyrrolyl ring behaves as a heterocyclopentadienyl ligand. Reaction of Y(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2 with 2 equiv of L1 afforded the monomeric bis(pyrrolylaldiminato)yttrium mono(alkyl) complex (2), selectively. Amination of 2 with 2,6-diisopropylaniline gave the corresponding yttrium amido complex (3). In 3 the pyrrolide ligand is monoanionic and bonds to the yttrium atom in a η1:κ1 mode. The homoleptic tris(η1:κ1-pyrrolylaldiminato)yttrium complex (4) was isolated when the molar ratio of L1 to Y(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2 increases to 3:1. Reaction of L2 with equimolar Y(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2 afforded an asymmetric binuclear complex (5). The dianionic N,N,P tridentate moieties derived from L2 coordinate to yttrium atoms in η5/η1:κ2modes, generating tetrahedron and trigonal/pyramidal geometry around the two metal centers, respectively. Both alkylation of the imino CN group of ligand L2 and the pyrrole''s ability to act similar to a heterocyclopentadienyl moiety were also found in complex 5. Complexes 1?3 and 5 initiated polymerizations of d,l-lactide to give atactic polylactides with high molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions.