Metal catalyzed olefin hydrosilylation and metal mediated olefin polymerization are both of great academic and industrial importance, In this article, these two aspects are combined to prepare silicon- functionalized ...Metal catalyzed olefin hydrosilylation and metal mediated olefin polymerization are both of great academic and industrial importance, In this article, these two aspects are combined to prepare silicon- functionalized polyolefin materials, First, pyridine-diimine cobalt-catalyzed dehydrogenative silylations of various terminal olefins with alkylsilanes lead to the formation of a variety of allylsilanes at high yields, Then, the allylsilanes are copolymerized with ethylene using an α-diimine nickel catalyst, leading to the formation of branched polyolefins with high molecular weight and moderate comonomer incorporation. This subsequent catalytic process is an efficient strategy for the synthesis of silicon-functionalized polyolefins using widely available and inexpensive starting materials.展开更多
The transition-metal-catalyzed copolymerization of olefins with polar comonomers is a direct strategy to access polar-functionalized polyolefins in an economical manner.Due to the intrinsic poisoning effect of polar g...The transition-metal-catalyzed copolymerization of olefins with polar comonomers is a direct strategy to access polar-functionalized polyolefins in an economical manner.Due to the intrinsic poisoning effect of polar groups towards Lewis acidic metal centers and the drastic reactivity differences of polar comonomers versus non-polar olefins,it is challenging to develop catalysts that provide the desired polymer molecular weight,comonomer incorporation,and activity.In this contribution,we tackle this issue from a comonomer perspective using 5,6-disubstituted norbornenes,which are highly versatile,easily accessible,inexpensive,and capable of introducing two functional groups in a single insertion.More importantly,they are only mildly poisoning due to the presence of long spacers between double bonds and polar groups,and are not prone to b-hydride elimination due to their cyclic structures.As strong pdonors,they can competitively bind to metal centers versus olefins.Indeed,phosphine-sulfonate palladium catalysts can catalyze the copolymerization of ethylene with 5,6-disubstituted norbornenes and simultaneously achieve a high polymerization activity,copolymer molecular weight,and comonomer incorporation.The practicality of this system was demonstrated by studying the properties of the resulting polymers,copolymerization in hydrocarbon solvents or in bulk,recovery/utilization of unreacted comonomer,molecular weight modulation,and large-scale synthesis.展开更多
Studies on transition-metal catalyzed olefin-polar monomer coordination copolymerization and their resulting polar-functionalized polyolefin materials have attracted attention from both academia and industry.After dec...Studies on transition-metal catalyzed olefin-polar monomer coordination copolymerization and their resulting polar-functionalized polyolefin materials have attracted attention from both academia and industry.After decades of research,recent developments in a variety of high-performance catalytic systems have shown that this field is on the brink of industrialization.This review summarizes representative olefin-polar monomer coordination copolymerization catalyst systems that may be suitable for industrial polyolefin production via homogeneous solution-phase processes or heterogeneous gas-phase/slurry-phase processes.展开更多
Ultrahigh molecular weight functionalized isotactic polypropylene(f-UHMW-iPP)through the direct copolymerization of propylene with polar monomers is highly desirable but has not been accessed thus far because it invol...Ultrahigh molecular weight functionalized isotactic polypropylene(f-UHMW-iPP)through the direct copolymerization of propylene with polar monomers is highly desirable but has not been accessed thus far because it involves challenging regio-and stereochemistry along with usually reduced molecular weight.Herein,in contrast to the unsuccessful catalyst strategy,a polar monomer-assisted strategy is used to access the above material.The introduction of O-or S-functionalized long-chain polar olefins into the hafnium-catalyzed copolymerization of propylene(and bulkierα-olefins)significantly increases the copolymer molecular weight with a maximum observed increase of+488%.f-UHMW-iPP and functionalized isotactic poly(α-olefin)s(M_(w)>2000 kDa,[mmmm]:99%)are thus prepared at ambient conditions.The incorporation of 1 mol%of polar monomer improves the surface property and significantly increases the long-sought toughness(860%)of brittle iPP,without reducing the tensile strength(42 MPa)due to the key achievement of ultrahigh molecular weight.A discussion of the mechanism involved in the beneficial effects of incorporating the polar monomer is herein presented by an in-depth density functional theory calculation.展开更多
Brookhart-typeα-diimine nickel and palladium catalysts have been extensively studied over the past several decades;however,the heterogenization of these metal complexes has received much less attention.In this contri...Brookhart-typeα-diimine nickel and palladium catalysts have been extensively studied over the past several decades;however,the heterogenization of these metal complexes has received much less attention.In this contribution,we installed a trifluoroborate potassium substituent on anα-diimine framework.The ionic nature of trifluoroborate potassium endowed theα-diimine nickel complex with a strong affinity for the SiO_(2)support,while its electron-donating nature enhanced the catalyst stability and polyethylene molecular weight.In the presence of only 100 equiv.of Et2AlCl cocatalyst,the SiO_(2)-supported catalyst demonstrated significantly better performance than its homogeneous analog during ethylene polymerization,with extremely high activity(1.42–6.53×10^(7)g mol^(−1)h^(−1))and high thermal stability.The heterogeneous system led to the formation of high-molecular-weight polyethylenes(Mn 142,500–732,800 g/mol),narrow polydispersities(2.18–3.00),tunable branching densities(21–64 per 1000 carbon atoms),and great mechanical properties.Moreover,the efficient copolymerization of ethylene with comonomers such as methyl 10-undecenoate,6-chloro-1-hexene or 5-hexenylacetate was achieved.These superior properties enabled by the trifluoroborate potassium moiety may inspire its applications in other polymerization catalyst systems.展开更多
Theα-imino-ketone nickel catalyst is an emerging versatile platform that is easy to prepare and allows for the production of branched high molecular weight functionalized polyethylenes.However,study on this catalyst ...Theα-imino-ketone nickel catalyst is an emerging versatile platform that is easy to prepare and allows for the production of branched high molecular weight functionalized polyethylenes.However,study on this catalyst system is rare thus far.In this contribution,by introducing different backbones,flexible and rigid axial substituents into theα-imino-ketone framework,a family of cationic nickel catalysts were synthesized and fully characterized.Without the addition of any activator,systematic studies on ethylene polymerization and copolymerization with polar monomers were performed to explore the influence of both backbone and axial substituent on catalytic activity,polymer molecular weight,branching density and incorporation.In particular,owing to the unique semi-opening feature of theα-imino-ketone framework,the preferred nickel catalyst exhibited high activity of 175 kg·mol^(-1)·h^(-1)to produce functionalized polyethylene with molecular weight of 13.4 kg·mol^(-1)and comonomer incorporation of 2.9 mol%.展开更多
Beyond the single ligand electronic and/or steric modifications, external stimuli are a useful tool for modulating catalytic polymerization reactions. Light stands out from external stimuli, but the corresponding phot...Beyond the single ligand electronic and/or steric modifications, external stimuli are a useful tool for modulating catalytic polymerization reactions. Light stands out from external stimuli, but the corresponding photoresponsive transition metal catalysts are significantly rare for olefin polymerization due to the difficult synthesis. In this contribution, in consideration of the key role of steric shielding on the axial sites, we installed four concerted azobenzene moieties into symmetrically terphenyl-based α-diimine Ni(II) complexes to prepare photoresponsive catalysts, which were applied to ethylene polymerization and copolymerization with polar monomer. Via the trans-cis isomerization of azobenzene-functionalized Ni(II) catalysts in dark or under UV light, catalytic activity, polymer molecular weight, branching density, incorporation of co-monomer, and even the ratio of branching pattern were significantly modulated in ethylene (co)polymerizations. This photo-controlled strategy behaved an opposite influence between ethylene polymerization and copolymerization, in terms of catalytic activity and polymer molecular weight. As a result, slightly branched ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylenes and high molecular weight functionalized polyethylenes were produced at ambient conditions.展开更多
For the rational design of metal catalyst in olefin polymerization catalysis,various strategies were applied to suppress the chain transfer by bulking up the axial positions of the metal center,among which the"sa...For the rational design of metal catalyst in olefin polymerization catalysis,various strategies were applied to suppress the chain transfer by bulking up the axial positions of the metal center,among which the"sandwich"type turned out to be an eficient category in achieving high molecular weight polyolefin.In the a-dimine system,the"sandwich"type catalysts were built using the typical 8-aryl-naphthyI framework.In this contribution,by introducing the rotationally restrained benzosuberyl substituent into the ortho-position of N-aryl rings,a new class of "sandwich-like"a-diimine nickel catalysts was constructed and fully identified.The rotationally restrained benzosuberyl substituents played a"sandwich-like"function by capping the nickel center from two axial sites.Compared to the nickel catalyst Ni1 bearing freely rotated benzhydryl substituent,Ni2 featuring benzosubery|substituent enabled the increase(8 times)of polymer molecular weights from 8 kDa to 65 kDa in the polymerization of ethylene.By further increasing the steric bulk of another ortho-site of the N-aryl ring,the polymer molecular weight even reached an ultrahigh level of 833 kDa(Mw=1857 kDa)using the optimized Ni3.Notably,these nickel catalysts could also mediate the copolymerization of ethylene with methyl 10-undecenoate,with Ni3 giving the highest copolymer molecular weight(88 kDa)and the highest incorporation of comonmer(2.0 mol1%),along with high activity of up to 10^(5)g·mol^(-1)·h^(-1).展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21690071 and 51522306)
文摘Metal catalyzed olefin hydrosilylation and metal mediated olefin polymerization are both of great academic and industrial importance, In this article, these two aspects are combined to prepare silicon- functionalized polyolefin materials, First, pyridine-diimine cobalt-catalyzed dehydrogenative silylations of various terminal olefins with alkylsilanes lead to the formation of a variety of allylsilanes at high yields, Then, the allylsilanes are copolymerized with ethylene using an α-diimine nickel catalyst, leading to the formation of branched polyolefins with high molecular weight and moderate comonomer incorporation. This subsequent catalytic process is an efficient strategy for the synthesis of silicon-functionalized polyolefins using widely available and inexpensive starting materials.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52025031,21690071,U19B6001,and U1904212)K.C.Wong Education Foundation。
文摘The transition-metal-catalyzed copolymerization of olefins with polar comonomers is a direct strategy to access polar-functionalized polyolefins in an economical manner.Due to the intrinsic poisoning effect of polar groups towards Lewis acidic metal centers and the drastic reactivity differences of polar comonomers versus non-polar olefins,it is challenging to develop catalysts that provide the desired polymer molecular weight,comonomer incorporation,and activity.In this contribution,we tackle this issue from a comonomer perspective using 5,6-disubstituted norbornenes,which are highly versatile,easily accessible,inexpensive,and capable of introducing two functional groups in a single insertion.More importantly,they are only mildly poisoning due to the presence of long spacers between double bonds and polar groups,and are not prone to b-hydride elimination due to their cyclic structures.As strong pdonors,they can competitively bind to metal centers versus olefins.Indeed,phosphine-sulfonate palladium catalysts can catalyze the copolymerization of ethylene with 5,6-disubstituted norbornenes and simultaneously achieve a high polymerization activity,copolymer molecular weight,and comonomer incorporation.The practicality of this system was demonstrated by studying the properties of the resulting polymers,copolymerization in hydrocarbon solvents or in bulk,recovery/utilization of unreacted comonomer,molecular weight modulation,and large-scale synthesis.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(grant no.2021YFA1501700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.52025031,22001004,52373002,U1904212,and 52203016).
文摘Studies on transition-metal catalyzed olefin-polar monomer coordination copolymerization and their resulting polar-functionalized polyolefin materials have attracted attention from both academia and industry.After decades of research,recent developments in a variety of high-performance catalytic systems have shown that this field is on the brink of industrialization.This review summarizes representative olefin-polar monomer coordination copolymerization catalyst systems that may be suitable for industrial polyolefin production via homogeneous solution-phase processes or heterogeneous gas-phase/slurry-phase processes.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.22122110,22171038)the Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department Program for Distinguished Young Scholars.
文摘Ultrahigh molecular weight functionalized isotactic polypropylene(f-UHMW-iPP)through the direct copolymerization of propylene with polar monomers is highly desirable but has not been accessed thus far because it involves challenging regio-and stereochemistry along with usually reduced molecular weight.Herein,in contrast to the unsuccessful catalyst strategy,a polar monomer-assisted strategy is used to access the above material.The introduction of O-or S-functionalized long-chain polar olefins into the hafnium-catalyzed copolymerization of propylene(and bulkierα-olefins)significantly increases the copolymer molecular weight with a maximum observed increase of+488%.f-UHMW-iPP and functionalized isotactic poly(α-olefin)s(M_(w)>2000 kDa,[mmmm]:99%)are thus prepared at ambient conditions.The incorporation of 1 mol%of polar monomer improves the surface property and significantly increases the long-sought toughness(860%)of brittle iPP,without reducing the tensile strength(42 MPa)due to the key achievement of ultrahigh molecular weight.A discussion of the mechanism involved in the beneficial effects of incorporating the polar monomer is herein presented by an in-depth density functional theory calculation.
基金supported by National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFA1501700)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52025031,U19B6001 and U1904212)K.C.Wong Education Foundation.
文摘Brookhart-typeα-diimine nickel and palladium catalysts have been extensively studied over the past several decades;however,the heterogenization of these metal complexes has received much less attention.In this contribution,we installed a trifluoroborate potassium substituent on anα-diimine framework.The ionic nature of trifluoroborate potassium endowed theα-diimine nickel complex with a strong affinity for the SiO_(2)support,while its electron-donating nature enhanced the catalyst stability and polyethylene molecular weight.In the presence of only 100 equiv.of Et2AlCl cocatalyst,the SiO_(2)-supported catalyst demonstrated significantly better performance than its homogeneous analog during ethylene polymerization,with extremely high activity(1.42–6.53×10^(7)g mol^(−1)h^(−1))and high thermal stability.The heterogeneous system led to the formation of high-molecular-weight polyethylenes(Mn 142,500–732,800 g/mol),narrow polydispersities(2.18–3.00),tunable branching densities(21–64 per 1000 carbon atoms),and great mechanical properties.Moreover,the efficient copolymerization of ethylene with comonomers such as methyl 10-undecenoate,6-chloro-1-hexene or 5-hexenylacetate was achieved.These superior properties enabled by the trifluoroborate potassium moiety may inspire its applications in other polymerization catalyst systems.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22122110,21871250 and 22001244)the Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department Program(No.20200801009GH)。
文摘Theα-imino-ketone nickel catalyst is an emerging versatile platform that is easy to prepare and allows for the production of branched high molecular weight functionalized polyethylenes.However,study on this catalyst system is rare thus far.In this contribution,by introducing different backbones,flexible and rigid axial substituents into theα-imino-ketone framework,a family of cationic nickel catalysts were synthesized and fully characterized.Without the addition of any activator,systematic studies on ethylene polymerization and copolymerization with polar monomers were performed to explore the influence of both backbone and axial substituent on catalytic activity,polymer molecular weight,branching density and incorporation.In particular,owing to the unique semi-opening feature of theα-imino-ketone framework,the preferred nickel catalyst exhibited high activity of 175 kg·mol^(-1)·h^(-1)to produce functionalized polyethylene with molecular weight of 13.4 kg·mol^(-1)and comonomer incorporation of 2.9 mol%.
基金support from the National Natu-ral Science Foundation of China(Nos.22122110 and 21871250).
文摘Beyond the single ligand electronic and/or steric modifications, external stimuli are a useful tool for modulating catalytic polymerization reactions. Light stands out from external stimuli, but the corresponding photoresponsive transition metal catalysts are significantly rare for olefin polymerization due to the difficult synthesis. In this contribution, in consideration of the key role of steric shielding on the axial sites, we installed four concerted azobenzene moieties into symmetrically terphenyl-based α-diimine Ni(II) complexes to prepare photoresponsive catalysts, which were applied to ethylene polymerization and copolymerization with polar monomer. Via the trans-cis isomerization of azobenzene-functionalized Ni(II) catalysts in dark or under UV light, catalytic activity, polymer molecular weight, branching density, incorporation of co-monomer, and even the ratio of branching pattern were significantly modulated in ethylene (co)polymerizations. This photo-controlled strategy behaved an opposite influence between ethylene polymerization and copolymerization, in terms of catalytic activity and polymer molecular weight. As a result, slightly branched ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylenes and high molecular weight functionalized polyethylenes were produced at ambient conditions.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21871250 and 22001244)the Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department Program(No.20200801009GH).
文摘For the rational design of metal catalyst in olefin polymerization catalysis,various strategies were applied to suppress the chain transfer by bulking up the axial positions of the metal center,among which the"sandwich"type turned out to be an eficient category in achieving high molecular weight polyolefin.In the a-dimine system,the"sandwich"type catalysts were built using the typical 8-aryl-naphthyI framework.In this contribution,by introducing the rotationally restrained benzosuberyl substituent into the ortho-position of N-aryl rings,a new class of "sandwich-like"a-diimine nickel catalysts was constructed and fully identified.The rotationally restrained benzosuberyl substituents played a"sandwich-like"function by capping the nickel center from two axial sites.Compared to the nickel catalyst Ni1 bearing freely rotated benzhydryl substituent,Ni2 featuring benzosubery|substituent enabled the increase(8 times)of polymer molecular weights from 8 kDa to 65 kDa in the polymerization of ethylene.By further increasing the steric bulk of another ortho-site of the N-aryl ring,the polymer molecular weight even reached an ultrahigh level of 833 kDa(Mw=1857 kDa)using the optimized Ni3.Notably,these nickel catalysts could also mediate the copolymerization of ethylene with methyl 10-undecenoate,with Ni3 giving the highest copolymer molecular weight(88 kDa)and the highest incorporation of comonmer(2.0 mol1%),along with high activity of up to 10^(5)g·mol^(-1)·h^(-1).
