Zirconium zirconocenes

Zirconium turnings. See Zirconium Zirconocene dichloride CAS 1291-32-3 EINECS/ELINCS 215-066-8 Synonyms Dicyclopentadienylzirconium dichloride Zirconium, dichloro-di-pi-cyclopentadienyl-... 

A further improvement in the cuprate-based methodology for producing PGs utilizes a one-pot procedure (203). The CO-chain precursor (67) was first functionalized with zirconocene chloride hydride ia THF. The vinyl zirconium iatermediate was transmetalated direcdy by treatment with two equivalents of / -butyUithium or methyUithium at —30 to —70° C. Sequential addition of copper cyanide and methyUithium eUcited the /V situ generation of the higher order cyanocuprate which was then reacted with the protected enone to give the PG. 

Zirconocene dichloride (bis[cyclopentadienyl]zirconium dichloride) [1291-32-3] M 292.3, m 242-245 , 248 . Purified by recrystn from CHCI3 or xylene, and dried in vacuum. H NMR (CDCI3) 8 6.52 from MeaSi. Store in the dark under N2 as it is moisture sensitive. [IR, NMR, MS Aust J Chem 18 173 7965 method of J Am Chem Soc 81 1364 7959 and references in the previous entry.]... 

The metallocene dichloride of zirconium and hafnium 20b and 20c were also prepared and underwent reduction with potassium to give monomeric metallocene monochloride complexes 21b and 21c (Eq. 8) [39b]. The structure of the zirconocene complex 21 b in the crystal showed a conformation which suggests a less steric strain as compared to 21a due to zirconium s larger atomic size. As a consequence of the coordinative unsaturation an unusually short Zr —Cl bond length was found. 

The zirconocene complex Zr(Si2Cp)2Cl2 (90) is a versatile starting material for a variety of zirconocene complexes with zirconium in the oxidation state IV, III,... 

In their early studies, Schwartz and co-workers [5, 80] reported the zirconocene hydrido chloride [Cp2Zr(H)Cl] (1) as a reagent capable of reacting under mild conditions with a variey of non-functionalized alkenes to form isolable alkylzirconi-um(lV) complexes Cp2Zr(R)Cl in which the zirconium is attached to the least-hindered terminal primary carbon, irrespective of the original location of the double bond in the olefin chain. As an example, at room temperature in benzene, 1-octene, cis-4-octene and trows-4-octene all yield the n-octylzirconocene derivative (Scheme 8-6) [80]. 

The regioselective hydrozirconahon of internal unsymmetrical alkenes remains a challenge, as it could considerably expand the use of zirconocene complexes. Little is known about the mechanism of zirconium migration along an alkyl chain. 

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]. 

Styrene hydrozirconation led to a ratio for terminal and benzylic zirconocene products of around 85 15 [97]. Experimental evidence on alkyl-substituted styrene suggested that both electronic [98,99] and steric effects [41,86] are important for the formation of the benzyhc and terminal zirconium isomers. Migration of the metal fragment during the reaction of the zirconocene moiety might occur, perturbing the terminal/benzyl regioisomer ratio of the isolated products (Scheme 8-11) [67, 83, 98-102]. 

Bimetallic Transition Metal-Zirconocene Complexes from Zirconium Hydrides... 

Addition of zirconocene to unsymmetric acetylenes is often regiospe-cific. Thus the reaction of 1-trimethylsilyl-l-propyne (50) with zirconocene dichloride and magnesium amalgam gives the zirconocycle 51, where the large trimethylsilyl groups are adjacent to zirconium.21 Iodination of 51 affords diiodide 52, which has been converted to the corresponding di-stibaferrocene 55 and dibismaferrocene 56. 

Along similar lines, Schwartz and Gell later reported that tertiary phosphines would also induce reductive elimination in bis(i7-cyclopenta-dienyl) (cyclohexylmethyl) (hydrido)zirconium resulting in high yields of zirconocene bis(phosphine) complexes (53-55). Carbon monoxide was found to readily react with a benzene solution of Cp2Zr(PMePh2)2... 

Zirconocene dichloride Zirconium, dichloro-jc-cyclopentadienyl- (8)- Zirconium, dichlorobis(r 5-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-yl)- (9) (1291-32-3)... 

The isotacticities and activities achieved with nonbridged metallocene catalyst precursors were low. Partially isotactic polypropylene has been obtained by using a catalyst system of unbridged (non-ansa type) metallocenes at low temperatures [65]. A chiral zirconocene complex such as rac-ZrCl2(C5H4 CHMePh)2 (125) is the catalyst component for the isospecific polymerization of propylene (mmmm 0.60, 35% of type 1 and 65% of type 2 in Scheme Y) [161]. More bulky metallocene such as bis(l-methylfluorenyl)zirconium dichloride (126) together with MAO polymerized propylene to isotactic polypropylene in a temperature range between 40 and 70°C [162]. 

When a chiral ansa-type zirconocene/MAO system was used as the catalyst precursor for polymerization of 1,5-hexadiene, an main-chain optically active polymer (68% trans rings) was obtained84-86. The enantioselectivity for this cyclopolymerization can be explained by the fact that the same prochiral face of the olefins was selected by the chiral zirconium center (Eq. 12) [209-211]. Asymmetric hydrogenation, as well as C-C bond formation catalyzed by chiral ansa-metallocene 144, has recently been developed to achieve high enantioselectivity88-90. This parallels to the high stereoselectivity in the polymerization. 

The exchange of zirconium in isostructural complexes leads to a new family of asymmetric metallocenes (Fig. 1) bearing a 2-methyl substituent and varied substituents in positions 5, 6, and 7 of the indenyl moiety. After borate activation all catalysts show an unexpected high and constant activity toward the polymerization of propylene and lead to significantly increased molecular weight products compared to the zirconocene species [9-11],... 

Scheme 1.58. Zirconium and alkene migration of diene-zirconocene complexes.

Carbon monoxide rapidly inserts into the carbon—zirconium bond of alkyl- and alkenyl-zirconocene chlorides at low temperature with retention of configuration at carbon to give acylzirconocene chlorides 17 (Scheme 3.5). Acylzirconocene chlorides have found utility in synthesis, as described elsewhere in this volume [17]. Lewis acid catalyzed additions to enones, aldehydes, and imines, yielding a-keto allylic alcohols, a-hydroxy ketones, and a-amino ketones, respectively [18], and palladium-catalyzed addition to alkyl/aryl halides and a,[5-ynones [19] are examples. The acyl complex 18 formed by the insertion of carbon monoxide into dialkyl, alkylaryl, or diaryl zirconocenes may rearrange to a r 2-ketone complex 19 either thermally (particularly when R1 = R2 = Ph) or on addition of a Lewis acid [5,20,21]. The rearrangement proceeds through the less stable... 

A useful synthesis of alkynes and particularly of terminal ( )-enynes results from the insertion of the readily formed ( )-l,2-dichloro-l-lithioethene (68) into organozirconocene chlorides (Scheme 3.17). An intermediate ( )-2-chloroalkenyl zirconium species 69 undergoes anti-elimination of zirconocene dichloride to yield terminal alkynes 70 [38]. 

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