Zirconium complexes dissociation

Irrespective of the electron count, coordinative unsaturation may result from easy dissociation of a ligand. The zirconium complex 2.61 and the rhodium complex 2.59 illustrate this point. The zirconium compound is electronically unsaturated, but its reactivity in catalytic alkene polymerization is due to the easy displacement of THF by alkene. Complex 2.59 is electronically saturated but undergoes PPhj dissociation to generate coordinative and electronic unsaturation. 

The concentration of fluoride in drinking water may be determined indirectly by its ability to form a complex with zirconium. In the presence of the dye SPADNS, solutions of zirconium form a reddish colored compound, called a lake, that absorbs at 570 nm. When fluoride is added, the formation of the stable ZrFe complex causes a portion of the lake to dissociate, decreasing the absorbance. A plot of absorbance versus the concentration of fluoride, therefore, has a negative slope. 

Then, contrary to what was reported previously, the olefin dissociates from the zirconium metal complex. This conclusion was further supported by other experimental observations. However, it cannot be completely excluded that competition between dissociative and direct rearrangement pathways could occur with the different isomerization processes studied up to now. Note that with cationic zirconocene complexes [Cp2Zr-alkyl], DFT studies suggest that Zr-alkyl isomerizations occur by the classical reaction route, i.e. 3-H transfer, olefin rotation, and reinsertion into the Zr-H bond the olefin ligand appears to remain coordinated to the Zr metal center [89]. 

Casey was able to prepare related zirconocene alkenyl complexes according to Scheme 8.18. Alkene coordination was established by a number of NMR techniques. While zwitterionic compounds 38 allowed the determination of the alkene dissociation energy, AG = 10.5 kcal mol , very similar to that of 35. Thermally more stable complexes were obtained by protonation of 37 with [HNMePh2][B(C5F5)4[. Dynamic NMR spectroscopy and line shape analysis allowed the measurement of the barriers of alkene dissociation (AG = 10.7 and 11.1 kcal mol ), as well as for the site epimerisation ( chain skipping ) at the zirconium center (AG = 14.4 kcal mol" ) (Scheme 8.19) [77]. 

The meso-tetraphenylporphyrin complex [Zr(TPP)Cl2] has been prepared by reaction of H2TPP with ZrCl4 in boiling benzonitrile. The electronic spectrum of [Zr(TPP)Cl2] and the facile kinetics of TPP dissociation in acidic media suggest that the zirconium atom lies considerably out of the plane of the TPP ligand with both chlorine atoms being located on the same side of the TPP plane.708... 

Dichloro-bis (2,4-pentanedionato) zirconium(IV) is monomeric and a weak electrolyte in nitrobenzene solution n.m.r. chemical shifts,7 infrared and Raman spectra,8 and dipole-moment studies21 indicate that this compound exists in solution as the octahedral cis geometrical isomer. Chloro- and bromotris(2,4-pentanedionato) zirconium (IV) are seven-coordinate complexes which are monomeric in benzene and only slightly dissociated in nitrobenzene and 1,2-dichloroethane. Iodotris(2,4-pen-tanedionato) zirconium (IV), however, is appreciably dissociated both in nitrobenzene and in 1,2-dichloroethane.7... 

Flere MAO first generates the dimethyl complex 6.26 from 6.25. This reaction, of course, can also be brought about by Me3Al. It is the subsequent reaction (i.e., the conversion of 6.26 to 6.27 that is of crucial importance. The high Lewis acidity of the aluminum centers in MAO enables it to abstract a CH3 group from 6.26 and sequesters it in the anion, [CH3-MAO]. Although 6.27 is shown as ionically dissociated species, probably the anion, [CH3-MAO], weakly coordinates to the zirconium atom. It is this coordinatively unsaturated species, 6.27, that promotes the alkene coordination and insertion that are necessary for polymerization activity. 

We have previously shown that the mononuclear zirconium hydride complexes 1 activate, under very mild conditions, the C-H bond of alkanes, including methane [7], The mechanism involves a four center intermediate, as proposed earlier for electrophilic activation of C-H bonds by group 3, 4 and lanthanides d° complexes [8], Given the similarities of the energies of dissociation of C-H and Si-H bonds, it is not surprising at ail that activation of Si-H bonds occurs with 1. Reactions of H/D exchange, followed by in situ IR spectroscopy, reveal that all types of silanes are activated, i.e. primary, secondary and even tertiary silanes [9],... 

The reaction of zirconium(IV) with 5-sulfosalicylic acid has been studied by Babko (37) and Deich (142), with the latter concluding that only a highly dissociated species exists in solution. In contrast to these observations Sheka (284) reports that in a zirconium (hafnium) solution of 0.02 M metal ion and 6.1 M hydrochloric acid, a 1 1 complex is... 

The zirconium tetrahalides react with esters to form ZrX4 2 ester adducts (302, 303, 330, 407-410, 412) in which, coordination number six is attained. On the basis of dipole moments (Table XIII), it is concluded that the adducts have the cis structure. This has been supported, at least in the case of ZrCl4 2011300 0 02115, by the infrared spectrum (330). Oryoscopic studies in benzene solution of the 2 1 adducts of zirconium tetrachloride and ethyl formate, ethyl acetate, and ethyl butryrate show that these complexes tend to decompose to the 1 1 species, the extent of dissociation increasing with the number of carbon atoms in the acid radical. The estimated dissociation constant is about 5 x 10", whereas for the ethyl acetate adduct of zirconium tetrabromide it is only 2 X 10". The approximate dissociation constant of the complex zirconium tetraiodide 2 ethyl acetate is 3.5 x 10". The 1 1 species were synthesized by direct reaction in benzene with strictly stoichiometric ratios of the reactants. Oryoscopic determination of molecular weights of the 1 1 complexes indicate that these complexes generally... 

The complexation and dissociation data for Fe and H, respectively, were taken from the earlier work of [49DOD/ROL]. The data for the complexation with Fe are consistent with other literature data and the stability constants, when corrected for ionic strength, are consistent with the auxiliary data listed in Chapter II of this review for HF but not for HF . However, the latter species is unimportant in both the experimental solutions of [49DOD/ROL] and [62BUS] and, as such, will have negligible effect on the stability constants found for zirconium-fluoride complexes in the latter work. 

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