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US 6,610,805 B1Granted
Catalyst ligands, catalytic metal complexes and processes using same
AssigneeSymyx Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAnil S. Guram, Anne Marie LaPointe, Howard W. Turner, Tetsuo Uno
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Abstract
New ligands having a backbone comprised of NCCX can be combined with a metal or metal precursor compound or formed into a metal-ligand complex to catalyze a number of different chemical transformations, including polymerization.
Claims58
A polymerization or oligomerization reaction comprising polymerizing or oligomerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of a composition comprising
- (1) a compound characterized by the general formula
- wherein
- each R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof, optionally, R1 and R2 are joined together in a ring structure;
- R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl), substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, and silyl;
- Q1 and Q2are, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio seleno, and combinations thereof, optionally, Q1 and Q2 are joined together in a ring structure;
- X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen or sulfur;
- (2) a metal precursor characterized by the general formula M(L)n, where M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, and Groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the Periodic Table of the Elements;
- L is independently each occurrence a ligand;
- n is 0, 1, 2, 3,4, or 5;
- and,
- (3) optionally, at least one activator.
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A process for polymerizing or oligomerizing an olefin, diolefin or acetylenically unsaturated compound, comprising contacting said olefin, diolefin or acetylenically unsaturated compound with a complex that can be characterized by one of the following general formulas:
- wherein
- each R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof, optionally, R1 and R2 are joined together in a ring structure;
- R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, and silyl;
- Q1 and Q2are, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof, optionally, Q1 and Q2 are joined together in a ring structure;
- X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen or sulfur;
- M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Sc Y and Groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Periodic Table of Elements;
- L is independently each occurrence, a ligand;
- n is a number 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5;
- and
- m is 1,2,3 or 4.
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A process for polymerizing or oligomerizing a functionalized monomer, comprising contacting said functionalized monomer with a complex that can be characterized by one of the following general formulas;
- wherein
- each R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof, optionally, R1 and R2 are joined together in a ring structure;
- R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, and silyl;
- Q1 and Q2 are, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof;
- optionally, Q1 and Q2 are joined together in a ring structure;
- X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen or sulfur;
- M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y and Groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Periodic Table of Elements;
- L is independently each occurrence, a ligand;
- n is a number 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5;
- and
- m is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
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A process for polymerizing or oligomerizing an olefin, diolefin or acetylenically unsaturated compound, comprising contacting said olefin, diolefin or acetylenically unsaturated compound with a complex that can be characterized by the general formula
- wherein each
- R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof;
- Q1 and Q2are, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof, optionally, Q1 and Q2 are joined together in a ring structure;
- X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen or sulfur;
- M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Sc Y and Groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 of the Periodic Table of Elements;
- L is independently each occurrence, a ligand;
- and
- n is a number 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
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A process for polymerizing or oligomerizing a functionalized monomer, comprising contacting said functionalized monomer with a complex that can be characterized by the general formula
- wherein each
- R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof;
- Q1 and Q2 are, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof, optionally, Q1 and Q2are joined together in a ring structure;
- X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen or sulfur;
- M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Sc Y and Groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 of the Periodic Table of Elements;
- L is independently each occurrence, a ligand;
- and
- n is a number 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.