WO2004037834A2 - Racemoselective preparation of bridged metallocene complexes having unsubstituted or 2-substituted indenyl ligands - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for preparing racemic metallocene complexes of the formula (I)
- R 1 , R 2 , R 3 R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 9 , R 10 , R 1 , R 1' , R 2' , R 3' , R 4' , R 5' , R 6' , R 9' , R 10' , R 1 ' are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, Ci-Cao-alkyl, 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl which may in turn bear a C ⁇ -C 10 -alkyl group as substituent, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, alkylaryl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, arylalkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to
- R 13 are identical or different and are each C C ⁇ o-alkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, C 3 -C 10 -cycIoaIkyl, alkylaryl, where the radicals mentioned may be partially or fully substituted by het- eroatoms,
- R 8 , R 12 , R 8' , R 12' are identical or different and are each C ⁇ -C,o-alkyl
- Y are identical or different and are each
- R 1 4 are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, C 1 —C 10 — alkyl, C ⁇ ,-C 10 -fluo- roalkyl, C 6 -C 10 -fluoroaryl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl, C ⁇ -C ⁇ 0 -alkoxy, C 2 -C ⁇ 0 -alkenyl, C 7 -C 40 - arylalkyl, C 8 -C 0 -arylalkenyl, C ⁇ C ⁇ -alkylaryl or two radicals R 14 together with the atoms connecting them form a ring, and
- M 1 is silicon, germanium or tin
- R' is a -[Z(R 15 )(R 6 )] m - group
- R , R are each hydrogen, C C 10 -alkyl, C 3 -C ⁇ . 0 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 15 -aryl,
- n 1 , 2, 3 or 4,
- X are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, C ⁇ -C 10 -alkyl, C 6 -C ⁇ 5 -aryl, alkylaryl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, -OR 17 or -NR 7 2 , where R 17 are identical or different and are each C C 10 -alkyI, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, alkylaryl, is an integer from 1 to 4 and corresponds to the valence of M minus 2,
- M 2 is an alkali metal ion or alkaline earth metal ion
- p is 1 when M 2 is an alkaline earth metal ion and is 2 when M 2 is an alkali metal ion
- the present invention further relates to corresponding racemic metallocene complexes of the formula (I) and to the use of racemic metallocene complexes of the formula (I) as catalysts or as constituents of catalysts for the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated compounds or as reagents or catalysts in stereoselective synthesis.
- enantioselective organic synthesis increasingly offers interesting possible uses for chiral metallocene complexes of metals of transition groups 111 - VI of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
- An example which may be mentioned is the enantioselective hydrogenation of prochiral substrates, for example prochiral olefins, as described in R. Waymouth, P. Pino, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112 (1990), p. 4911-4914, or prochiral ketones, imines and oximes, as described in WO 92/9545.
- racemoselective syntheses of ansa- metallocenes There have therefore been attempts in the past to develop racemoselective syntheses of ansa- metallocenes.
- a significant step in racemoselective syntheses of ansa-metallocenes proceeds via the intermediate of an ansa-metallocene bisphenoxide or an ansa-metallocene biphenoxide.
- Corresponding general synthesis routes are described, for example, in WO 99/15538 and in DE 10030638.
- reaction path possibly proceeds via a kinetically controlled mechanism in which two different diastereomeric transition states having a different energy are formed, so that the two isomers, namely the meso form and the racemate form, are formed in different amounts.
- the bisphenoxide complexes are thermally stable as soon as they are formed, so that no isomeri- zation between rac and meso form occurs during the elimination of the phenoxide auxiliary ligands.
- a disadvantage of the known syntheses using the multiply alkyl-substituted.bi(s)phenoxide auxiliary ligands customarily employed is the relatively high solubility of these usually nonpolar complexes in the aromatic solvents customarily employed, which makes isolation of the complex in pure form by crystallization considerably more difficult.
- a further object is to find racemic metallocene complexes which can either be used directly as or in catalysts, primarily for olefin polymerization, or can after modification, for example after replacement of an "auxiliary ligand", be used as or in catalysts, primarily for olefin polymerization, or can be used as reagents or catalysts in stereoselective synthesis.
- the process of the present invention can be carried out in a "single-vessel process" starting from the cyclopentadiene derivatives without isolation of intermediates and the process proceeds racemoselectively with high total yields under these conditions. For this reason, particular preference is given to carrying out the process of the present invention starting from the cyclopentadiene derivatives without isolation of intermediates after the individual process steps.
- the term "virtually meso-free" means that more than 80%, preferably at least 90%, of a compound are present in the form of the racemate, particularly preferably at least 95%.
- phenoxides encompass all phenoxide ligands claimed according to the present invention and their analogous derivatives in which the phenol oxygen is replaced by other elements or groups as defined for Y.
- metallocene bisphenoxide complexes having simple alkyl sub- stituents in the 2 and 6 positions of the phenoxide ligand lead in high rac excesses to products which can be isolated and crystallized significantly more easily regardless of whether the customarily used bisindenyl ligand or its derivative are substituted in the 2 position of the indenyl.
- bridged transition metal complexes used as starting materials in the process of the present invention have the formula (II)
- M is titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten or an element of transition group III of the Periodic Table and the lan- thanides,
- R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 9 ', R 10 ', R 11 ' are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 2t r- alkyl, 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl which may in turn bear a C ⁇ .-C 10 -alkyl group as substituent, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, alkylaryl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, aryialkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, -OR 13 , -SR 13 , -N(R 13 ) 2 , -P(R 13 ) 2 or Si(R 13 ) 3 , where R 13 are identical or different and are each C 1 -C 10 -alkyl, C 6 -C ⁇ . 5 -aryl, C 3 -C
- R 8 , R 12 , R 8 ', R 12 ' are identical or different and are each C C 0 -alkyl
- Y are identical or different and are each
- R 14 are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, C ⁇ -C ⁇ 0 -alkyl, C ⁇ .-C 10 -fluo- roalkyl, C 6 -C 10 -fluoroaryl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl, C ⁇ -Cio-alkoxy, C 2 -C 10 -alkenyl, CT-CAO- arylalkyl, C 8 -C 0 -arylalkenyl, C ⁇ C ⁇ -alkylaryl or two radicals R 14 together with the atoms connecting them form a ring, and
- M is silicon, germanium or tin
- X are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, C ⁇ -C 10 -alkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, alkylaryl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, -OR 17 or -NR 17 2 , where R 7 are identical or different and are each C C 10 -alkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, C 3 -C ⁇ 0 -cycloalkyI, alkylaryl, and is an integer from 1 to 4 and corresponds to the valence of M minus 2.
- Preferred metals M are titanium, zirconium and hafnium, in particular zirconium.
- substituents X are fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, preferably chlorine, and also C1- C6— alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, i-butyl, preferably tert-butyl.
- substituents X ' are alkoxides -OR 9 or amides -N(R 9 ) 2 where R 9 are identical or different and are each C C 0 -aIkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, fluoroalkyl or fluoroaryl each having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl radical.
- radicals X are methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, tert-butyl, phenyl, naphthyl, p-tolyl, benzyl, trifluoromethyl, pentafluorophenyl.
- R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 9' , R 10' , R 11 ' are identical or different and are each hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, C r C 20 -aikyI, -OR 13 , -SR 3 , -N(R 13 ) 2 , -P(R 13 ) 2 or Si(R 3 ) 3 , where R 13 are identical or different and are each C C 10 -alkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, alkylaryl.
- the substituents R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 9' , R 0' , R 11 ' may also be 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl which may in turn bear a C C 10 -aIkyl radical such as methyl, ethyl or propyl as substituent.
- cycloalkyl radicals are cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, preferably cyclohexyl, norbornyl, and also C 6 -C 15 - aryl such as phenyl, naphthyl; alkylaryl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, e.g.
- arylalkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, e.g. benzyl, neophyl.
- the substituents may also be triorganosilyl Si(R 13 ) 3 where R 13 are identical or different and are each C ⁇ -C 2cr alkyl, C 3 -C 10 -cycIoalkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, for example trimethylsilyl, tert-butyldimethylsilyl, triphenylsilyl.
- radicals mentioned can of course also be partially or fully substituted by heteroatoms, for example by S-, N-, O- or halogen-containing structural elements.
- substituted radicals R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 9' , R 10' and R 11' are the trifluoromethyl, pentafluoroethyl, heptafluoropropyl, heptafluoroisopropyl and pentafluorophenyl groups.
- Preferred substituents R 8 , R 12 , R 8' and R 12' are, independently of one another, C ⁇ .-C 1tr alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, i-butyl, tert-butyl, preferably simply methyl. Particular preference is given to all substituents R 8 , R 12 , R 8' and R 2' being identical and each being methyl.
- R 8 , R 12 , R 8' and R 12' and also R 0 and R 10' in the formulae (I) and (II) are methyl, particularly preferably in combination with Y being -0-, i.e. 2,4,6-trimethylphenol is used as ligand in formula (II). Furthermore, the use of 2,6-dimethylphenol is also preferred according to the present invention.
- the substituents R 10 and R 10' can be varied within a wide range to alter the solubility of the metallocene complexes (I) resulting from the process of the present invention and, according to the present invention, are identical or different and are each hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, preferably chlorine, alkoxides -OR 13 , thiolates -SR 13 , amines -N(R 13 ) 2 , -P(R 13 ) 2 or Si(R 13 ) 3 , where R 13 are identical or different and are each C C 10 -aIkyl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloaIkyl, in particular 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl which may in turn bear a C C 10 -alkyl radical such as methyl, ethyl or propyl as substituent.
- cycloalkyl radicals are cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, preferably cyclohexyl, norbornyl.
- R 13 may also be a halogen-substituted alkyl or cycloalkyl radical, for example trifluoromethyl, pentafluoroethyl, heptafluoropropyl or heptafluoroisopropyl.
- R 10' in order to increase the solubility of the metallocene complexes (I) in nonpolar solvents and will choose polar substituents R 10 and R 10' , for example halogen, alkoxides, thiolates, amines and the like, to reduce the solubility of the complexes (I) in nonpolar solvents.
- R 10 and R 10' are preferably halogens such as chlorine or bromine, alkoxides -OR 13 , thiolates -SR 13 or amines -N(R 13 ) 2 , where R 13 is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, tert- butyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, norbornyl.
- halogens such as chlorine or bromine, alkoxides -OR 13 , thiolates -SR 13 or amines -N(R 13 ) 2 , where R 13 is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, tert- butyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, norbornyl.
- R 13 being methyl.
- R 10 and R 0' in the formula (II) are particularly preferably chlorine, bromine, methoxy, ethoxy, isopropyloxy, tert-butyloxy, cyclopropyloxy or cyclohexyloxy.
- Possible briding units Y are the following:
- R 14 are identical or different and are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C ⁇ Cio- alkyl group, a C 1 -C 10 -fluoroalkyl group, a C 6 -C 10 -fluoroaryl group, a C 6 -C 10 -aryl group, a C-i- C 10 -alkoxy group, a C 2 -C 10 -aIkenyl group, a C -C 40 -arylalkyl group, a C 8 -C 0 -arylalkenyl group or a C ⁇ C ⁇ -alkylaryl group or two radicals R 14 together with the atoms connecting them form a ring, and M 1 is silicon, germanium or tin.
- Preferred bridging units Y are methylene -CH 2 -, S, O, -C(CH 3 ) 2 -; very particular preference is given to the briding units Y being identical and each being oxygen -
- transition metal complexes (II) are generally prepared by methods known to those skilled in the art.
- the following procedure has been found to be useful for this purpose, and is generally carried out in a temperature range from -78 to 110°C, preferably initially at about 20°C, and the reaction can then be completed by boiling under reflux.
- the phenol derivative is firstly deprotonated in a sol- vent, for example tetrahydrofuran (THF), for example by means of sodium hydride or n-butyllithium, and the transition metal compound, for example the halide such as titanium tetrachloride, zirconium tetrachloride or hafnium tetrachloride, advantageously in the form of the bis- THF adduct, is subsequently added.
- THF tetrahydrofuran
- the transition metal compound for example the halide such as titanium tetrachloride, zirconium tetrachloride or hafnium tetrachloride, advantageously in the form of the bis- THF adduct
- the bridged transition metal complexes (II) prepared according to the present invention generally still contain from 1 to 4 equivalents of a Lewis base which is generally introduced via the synthetic route.
- Lewis bases are ethers such as diethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran (THF) and also amines such as TMEDA.
- THF tetrahydrofuran
- TMEDA amines
- novel racemic metallocene complexes of the formula (I) are prepared by reacting the transition metal complexes (II) with cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the alkali metals or alkaline earth metals and subsequently heating the resulting reaction mixture, in the presence or absence of free radicals or free radical formers, as described below.
- transition metal complexes (II) in which M is zirconium and the radicals R 8 , R 8' , R 10 , R 10' , R 12 , R 12' have the above-described, preferred meanings and Y is oxygen.
- Very useful complexes (II) are dichlorozirconium bis(2,6-dimethylphenoxide), dichlorozirconium bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenoxide), dichlorozirconium bis(2,6-dimethyl-4-ch!orophenoxide), dichlorozirconium bis(2,6-dimethyl-4-bromophenoxide), dichlorozirconium bis(2,6-dimethyl-4- methoxyphenoxide), dichlorozirconium bis(2,6-dimethyl-4-ethoxyphenoxide), dichlorozirconium bis(2,6-dimethyl-4-tert-butoxyphenoxide) and the zirconium bisphenoxide compounds mentioned in the examples.
- cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the alkali metals or alkaline earth metals use is made of compounds of the formula (III):
- M 2 is an alkali metal ion or alkaline earth metal ion, in particular of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba,
- R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 1 , R 2' , R 3' , R 4' , R 5' , R 6' are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, C ⁇ .-C 20 -alkyl, 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl which may in turn bear a C.,- C ⁇ 0 — alkyl group as substituent, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, alkylaryl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, arylalkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part,
- R are identical or different and are each C r C 10 -alkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, C 3 -C ⁇ . 0 -cycloalkyl, alkylaryl, where the radicals mentioned may be partially or fully substituted by het- eroatoms, and
- R 7 is a -[Z(R 15 )(R 16 )] m - group, where
- R are each hydrogen, C C 0 -alkyl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 15 -aryl and
- n 1 , 2, 3 or 4.
- Preferred compounds of the formula (III) are those in which M 2 is lithium, sodium and in particular magnesium. Furthermore, particular preference is given to compounds of the formula (III) in which M 2 is magnesium and which comprise, in particular, an indenyl-type ring system or a heteroatom- containing analog thereof.
- Such alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compounds (III) can be obtained by methods known from the literature, for example by the, preferably stoichiometric, reaction of an organometallic com- pound or a hydride of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal with the corresponding cyclopentadi- enyl-type hydrocarbon.
- Suitable organometallic compounds are, for example, n-butyllithium, di-n- butylmagnesium and (n,s)-dibutylmagnesium.
- the reaction of the transition metal complexes (II) with the cyclopentadienyl derivatives of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals of the formula (III) usually takes place in an organic solvent or suspension medium, preferably in a solvent mixture comprising a Lewis-basic solvent, in a temperature range from - 78°C to 250°C, preferably from 0 to 110°C.
- aliphatic hydrocarbons such as pentane, hexane, heptane, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene, ortho-, meta- or para-xylene or isopropylbenzene (cumene), ethers such as tetrahydrofuran (THF), diethyl ether, methyl tert-butyl ether or dimethoxyethane (DME), amines such as diisopro- pylamine, tetramethylethanediamine (TMEDA) or pyridine.
- aliphatic hydrocarbons such as pentane, hexane, heptane, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene, ortho-, meta- or para-xylene or isopropylbenzene (cumene)
- ethers such as tetrahydrofuran (THF), diethyl ether, methyl tert-butyl ether or dimethoxyethan
- Well-suited solvent mixtures are mixtures of toluene and THF, toluene and DME or toluene and TMEDA, with the Lewis base generally being present in an amount of from 0.1 to 50 mol%, pref- erably from 1 to 20 mol%, based on the solvent mixture.
- the molar ratio of the transition metal complex (I) to the cyclopentadienyl derivative of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal (III) is usually in the range from 0.8 : 1 to 1 : 1.2, preferably 1 : 1.
- M z is an alkali metal ion or alkaline earth metal ion, where P is 1 when M 2 is an alkaline earth metal ion and is 2 when M 2 is an alkali metal ion, and R 7 is as defined above;
- X are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, C 1 —C 10 — alkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, alkylaryl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl part, -OR 17 or
- R 7 are identical or different and are each C C ⁇ o-alkyl, C 6 -C 15 -aryl, C 3 -
- C 10 -cycloalkyl, alkylaryl is an integer from 1 to 4 and corresponds to the valence of M minus 2, and the other substituents are as defined above, with all substituents and their preferred ranges being as defined above.
- Suitable deprotonating agents are, as mentioned above, n-butyllithium,. tert- butyllithium, sodium hydride, potassium tert-butoxide, Grignard reagents of magnesium, magnesium compounds such as di-n-butylmagnesium, (n,s)-dibutylmagnesium or other suitable alkaline earth metal alkyl or alkali metal alkyl compounds.
- racemic metallocene complexes of the present invention are preferably compounds of the formula (I)
- Preferred compounds of the formula (I) are those in which M is titanium, hafnium and in particular zirconium.
- Particularly preferred compounds of the formula (I) are metallocenes in which an indenyl-type ring system which is unsubstituted or methyl-substituted in the 2 position is present.
- R 3 to R 6 and R 3' to R 6' are as defined above.
- Most preferred compounds (I) are those which are described in the examples, in particular dimethylsilylbis(1-indenyl)zirconium bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenoxide), dimethylsilylbis(2-methyl-1-indenyl)zirconium bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenoxide), dimethyIsilylbis(2-methyl-1-indenyl)zirconium bis(2,6-dimethylphenoxide), dimethylsiIylbis(2-methyl-1-indenyl)zirconium bis(2,6-dimethyl-4-bromophenoxide), or ethanediyl- bis(1-indenyl)zirconium bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenoxide), and also: dimethylsiIanediylbis(2,4,7-trimethylindenyl)zirconium bis(2,6-dimethylphenoxide);
- racemic metallocene complexes preferably those of the formula (
- the phenoxide ligands in the complex (I) can, for example, be replaced either individually or together in a substitution reaction and the split-off ligands can, if appropriate, be reused.
- Suitable substitution methods are reaction of the racemic metallocene complexes, preferably those of the formula (I), with SOCI 2 , silicon tetrachloride, methylaluminum dichloride, dimeth- ylaluminum chloride, aluminum trichloride, dialkylaluminum chlorides, aluminum sesquichlorides, particularly preferably ethylaluminum dichloride, or a Bronsted acid such as a hydrogen halide, i.e.
- HF, HBr, HI preferably HCl
- solvents such as diethyl ether, THF.
- solvents are aliphatic hydrocarbons such as pentane, hexane, heptane, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene, ortho-, meta- or para- xylene or isopropylbenzene (cumene), ethers such as tetrahydrofuran (THF), diethyl ether, methyl tert-butyl ether or dimethoxyethane (DME), amines such as diisopropylamine, tetramethylethane- diamine (TMEDA) or pyridine.
- THF tetrahydrofuran
- DME dimethoxyethane
- amines such as diisopropylamine, tetramethylethane- diamine (TMEDA) or pyridine.
- Lewis base-containing solvent mixtures of hydrocarbons and ethers or amines or both for example mixtures of toluene and THF, toluene and DME or toluene and TMEDA, are very useful, with the Lewis base generally being present in an amount of 0.01-50 mol%, preferably 0.1-10 mol%, based on the solvent mixture.
- Particularly well-suited "replacement reagents” are carboxylic acid halides such as acetyl chloride, phenylacetyl chloride, 2-thiophenacetyl chloride, trichloroacetyl chloride, trimethylacetyl chloride, O-acetylmandelyl chloride, 1 , 3, 5-benzenetricarboxyIic chloride, 2,6-pyridinecarboxylic chloride, tert-butylacetyl chloride, chloroacetyl chloride, 4-chlorophen- ylacetyl chloride, dichloroacetyl chloride, 3-methoxyphenylacetyl chloride, acetyl bromide, bromo- acetyl bromide, acetyl fluoride, benzoyl fluoride. These are generally used in the abovementioned solvents or else as such.
- Hal is F, Cl, Br or I.
- a further well-suited substitutionVnethod is reaction of the racemic metallocene complexes of the formula (I) with organoaluminum compounds such as tri-C ⁇ C- 10 -alkyIaIuminums, i.e. trimethylalu- minum, triethylaluminum, tri-n-butylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum.
- organoaluminum compounds such as tri-C ⁇ C- 10 -alkyIaIuminums, i.e. trimethylalu- minum, triethylaluminum, tri-n-butylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum.
- C C 10 -alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, n-butyl, i-butyl
- organoaluminum bisnaphthoxide the components are usually used in a stoichiometric ratio, depending on whether a monosubstituted or disubstituted product is to be obtained.
- the replacement reactions generally take place with retention of the stereochemistry of the met- allocene complexes, i.e. it is generally the case that no transformation of the racemic form into the meso form of the metallocene complexes takes place.
- the process of the present invention makes it possible for the rac form of metallocene complexes (I) and also the corresponding dihalides (la) obtainable therefrom to be obtained very selectively.
- Novel bisphenoxide complexes of the bisindenyl-metallocene type which have hydrogen or a ligand different from hydrogen in the vicinity of the bridging unit R 7 (namely the 2-position) can be obtained particularly advantageously.
- racemic metallocene complexes (I) can be obtained selectively by the process of the present invention regardless of the presence or absence of a substituent in the 2 position on the indenyl system. Furthermore, the process of the present invention makes it possible for the solubility of the resulting products to be controlled in a simple fashion by selection of the substituent in the 4 position on the phenoxide ligand (R 10 or R 10' ), which makes isolation of the products easier and increases the yields of the synthesis.
- a further significant advantage is that the process of the present invention can be carried out ra- cemoselectively as a single-vessel process.
- a single- vessel process means that no intermediates are isolated after the individual process steps.
- the further reaction can be carried out directly using the reaction product mixtures from the preceding step.
- racemic metallocene complexes of the present invention in particular those of the formula (I) or their above-described derivatives of the formula (la) which are obtainable, for example, by replacement of the phenoxide ligands, can be used as catalysts or in catalyst systems for the po- lymerization of olefinically unsaturated compounds such as ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, 1- hexene, 1-octene, styrene. They are particularly advantageous for the stereoselective polymerization of prochiral, olefinically unsaturated compounds such as propylene and styrene.
- Suitable catalysts or catalyst systems in which the racemic metallocene complexes of the present invention can function as "metallocene component" are usually obtained by means of compounds ca- pable of forming metallocenium ions, as described, for example, in EP-A-0 700 935, page 7, line 34, to page 8, line 21 , and the formulae (IV) and (V) therein.
- Further compounds capable of forming metallocenium ions are aluminoxanes (RAIO) n such as methylaluminoxane, and also boron activators.
- RAIO aluminoxanes
- the suspension from step c) was transferred under nitrogen by means of a syringe into the suspension from step d) over a period of several minutes.
- the resulting suspension was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour.
- a 1 H-NMR spectrum of the reaction mixture showed the racemoselective formation of the target complex.
- the reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature, subsequently heated to 60°C and, at this temperature, transferred by means of a syringe to a glass filter frit number 4 and filtered into a round-bottom flask with stopcock.
- the precipitate was washed twice with 40 g and 35 g of toluene and the filtrate was subsequently concentrated under reduced pressure. 123 g of solvent were removed.
- step a) of example 1 The preparation was carried out as described in step a) of example 1 , but the amounts used were 9.33 g of ZrCl 4 (40.03 mmol), 140 ml of toluene and 7 g of THF.
- step b) of example 1 The preparation was carried out as described in step b) of example 1, but the amounts used were: 10.90 g (80.04 mmol) of 2,4,6-trimethylphenol, 140 ml of toluene, 5.77 g of THF and 29.0 ml of BuLi solution.
- This reaction step was carried out as described in example 1 , d).
- the amounts used were 11.0 g (38.13 mmol) of dimethylsilylbis(indenyl) in 120 ml of toluene and 7 g of THF. 29 ml of BuLi soluti- on were added, and the mixture was subsequently stirred at room temperature for another 1.5 hours.
- step c) The suspension from step c) was transferred under nitrogen by means of a syringe into the suspension from step d) over a period of several minutes.
- the resulting suspension was stirred at room temperature for three hours.
- 1 H-NMR spectroscopy indicated racemoselective formation of the complex.
- the reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature, then heated at 80°C for 1 hour and subsequently filtered under nitrogen through a glass filter frit number 4 which was blanketed with inert gas into a round-bottom flask with stopcock and the filtrate was concentrated to about 50 ml under reduced pressure.
- the target complex crystallized out at room temperature after 12 hours and was isolated by filtration, washed with small amounts of toluene and dried under reduced pressure. This gave a total of 16.0 g of the target complex in the pure rac form; yield: 64%. Elemental analysis: calculated: found:
- step d) of example 1 The preparation was carried out as in step d) of example 1.
- the amounts used were: 12.0 g of dimethylsilylbis(2-methylindenyl), 44 g of toluene, 5.2 g of DME and 25.7 ml of BuLi solution.
- the suspension was heated to 60°C and stirred for 1 hour, and subsequently cooled back down to room temperature.
- the suspension from step c) was transferred under nitrogen by means of a syringe into the suspension from step d) over a period of several minutes.
- the resulting suspension was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours.
- An 1 H-NMR spectrum showed that the target compound had been formed in a rac/meso ratio of about 20:1.
- the suspension was filtered under nitrogen through a glass filter frit No. 3 into a round-bottom flask with stopcock and the filter cake was washed with 15 g of toluene.
- the filtrate was subsequently evaporated to about 60.8 g at 40°C. 71 g of heptane were added and the mixture was stirred for 15 minutes, resulting in crystallization of the com- plex.
- Example 5 Preparation of dimethylsilylbis(2-methylindenyl)zirconium bis(2,4,6- trimethylphenoxide) starting from 2-methylindene in a single-vessel process
- the suspension from c) was transferred under nitrogen by means of a syringe into the suspension from step d) over a period of several minutes.
- the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours.
- the suspension was subsequently transferred under nitrogen by means of a syringe onto a glass filter frit Number 3 and filtered into a round-bottom flask with stopcock.
- the filter cake was washed twice with 10 g each time of toluene.
- a 1 H-NMR spectrum of the filtrate showed the formation of the target compound in a rac:meso ratio of about 20:1.
- the filtrate was evaporated to about 80.6 g at 40°C. 70 g of heptane were subsequently added at room temperature, resulting in crystallization of the complex.
- the crystals were filtered off, washed with 28 g of diisopropyl ether and dried under reduced pressure. This gave a total of 13.8 g (51%) of the target compound.
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