Ethylene oligomerization promoted by nickel-based catalysts with silicon-bridged diphosphine amine ligands

Wei Wei, Buwei Yu, Fakhre Alam, Yongwang Huang, Shaoling Cheng, Tao Jiang*

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Abstract

A series of nickel complexes [Ni(L1)Br 2 ] (C1), [Ni(L2)Br 2 ] (C2) and [Ni(L3)Br 2 ] (C3) (L1 = N-isopropyl-N-(((diphenylphosphanyl)methyl)dimethylsilyl)-1,1-diphenylphosphanamine, L2 = N-cyclopentyl-N-(((diphenylphosphanyl)methyl)dimethylsilyl)-1,1-diphenylphosphanamine, L3 = N-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-N-(((diphenylphosphanyl)methyl)dimethylsilyl)-1,1-diphenylphosphanamine) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. L1, L2 and L3 each act as bidentate ligands. Upon activation with ethylaluminum dichloride, these complexes produce efficient catalytic systems for selective dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene, with catalytic activities of 3.45 × 10 7  g/(mol Ni ·h) and 95.6% butene selectivity containing 87.6% 1-butene fraction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-133
Number of pages9
JournalTransition Metal Chemistry
Volume44
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 2019
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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