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US 6,645,903 B2Granted
Fluoroborane salts comprising a reactive cation and uses thereof
AssigneeColorado State University Research Foundation
InventorsSteven H. Strauss, Sergei V. Ivanov
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Abstract
The present invention provides catalyst components comprising a compound having a weakly coordinating anion salt and a reactive cation, in particular a compound of the formula MxQy. Preferably, each M is independently a cation with at least one M being a reactive cation as defined herein. Q is a fluorinated polyhedral borate moiety. And x and y are absolute values of the oxidation states of Q and M, respectively. The present invention also provides processes for using the catalyst components defined herein.
Claims14
A catalyst component comprising a compound of the formula:
- MxQy,
- wherein
- each M is independently a cation, provided at least one M is a reactive cation selected from the group consisting of silver cation, aluminum cation, silylium cation, ammonium cation, protonated arene, and triaryl carbocation;
- Q is a fluorinated polyhedral borate moiety selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) monoheteroborate of the formula (R6)aZBbHcFdXe(OR7)f, wherein R6 is bonded to Z, Z is bonded to B, and each of H, F, X, and OR7 is bonded to a different boron atom;
- and
- (ii) aminoborate of the formula R8R9R10NBgHhFi, wherein R8, R9, and R10 are bonded to N, and N is bonded to boron, and each of H and F is bonded to a different boron atom;
- wherein
- R6 is selected from the group consisting of polymer, hydrogen, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl;
- Z is selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, N, P, As, Sb, and Bi;
- each X is independently halide;
- R7 is selected from the group consisting of polymer, hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl;
- each of R8, R9, and R10 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, and a polymer;
- R11 is aryl;
- each of R12, R13, R14 and R15 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkakyl, halide, and a polymer;
- M1 is a non-reactive cation;
- m is 0 or 1;
- n is 1 or 2, provided the sum of m+n is an absolute value of the oxidation sate of Q;
- a is 0 or 1;
- b is an integer from 5 to 13;
- c is an integer from 0 to 12;
- d is an integer from 2 to 13;
- e is an integer from 0 to 11;
- f is an integer from 0 to 5;
- g is an integer from 6 to 14;
- h is an integer from 0 to 13;
- i is an integer from 1 to 14;
- the sum of c+d+e+f is b;
- and
- the sum of 1+h+i is g;
- x is an absolute value of the oxidation state of Q;
- and
- y is an absolute value of the oxidation state of M.
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A process for preparing an olefin polymer by polymerization of at least one olefin in the presence of a catalyst component, wherein said catalyst component comprises a compound of the formula:
- MxQy,
- wherein
- each M is independently a cation, provided at least one M is a reactive cation selected from the group consisting of silver cation, aluminum cation, silylium cation, ammonium cation, protonated arene, and triaryl carbocation;
- Q is a fluorinated polyhedral borate moiety selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) monoheteroborate of the formula (R6)aZBbHcFdXe(OR7)f, wherein R6 is bonded to Z, Z is bonded to B, and each of H, F, X, and OR7 is bonded to a different boron atom;
- and
- (ii) aminoborate of the formula R8R9R10NBgHhFi, wherein R8, R9, and R10 are bonded to N, and N is bonded to boron, and each of H and F is bonded to a different boron atom;
- wherein
- R6 is selected from the group consisting of polymer, hydrogen, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl;
- Z is selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, N, P, As, Sb, and Bi;
- each X is independently halide;
- R7 is selected from the group consisting of polymer, hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl;
- each of R8, R9, and R10 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, and a polymer;
- R11 is aryl;
- each of R12, R13, R14 and R15 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkakyl, halide, and a polymer;
- M1 is a non-reactive cation;
- m is 0 or 1;
- n is 1 or 2, provided the sum of m+n is an absolute value of the oxidation sate of Q;
- a is 0 or 1;
- b is an integer from 5 to 13;
- c is an integer from 0 to 12;
- d is an integer from 2 to 13;
- e is an integer from 0 to 11;
- f is an integer from 0 to 5;
- g is an integer from 6 to 14;
- h is an integer from 0 to 13;
- i is an integer from 1 to 14;
- the sum of c+d+e+f is b;
- and
- the sum of 1+h+i is g;
- X is a halide;
- x is an absolute value of the oxidation state of Q;
- and
- y is an absolute value of the oxidation state of M.
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A process for coupling an olefin to an aryl compound comprising:
- (a) contacting an aryl compound of the formula:
- R11H
- with a metal complex of the formula:
- M1m(R1R2Al)nQq
- to form a hydrocarbylaluminum complex selected from the group consisting of a compound of the formula:
- M1m(R1R11Al)nQq, M1m(R2R11Al)nQq, M1m[(R11)2Al]nQq,
- and mixtures thereof, and
- (b) contacting said hydrocarbylaluminum complex with an olefin of the formula:
- R12R13C═CR14R15
- to form an alkyl substituted aryl compound of the formula:
- R11R2R13C—CHR14R15
- wherein
- each of R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, and halide;
- and
- Q is a polyhalogenated polyhedral borate of the formula (B12X12)−2 or a fluorinated polyhedral borate moiety selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) monoheteroborate of the formula (R6)aZBbHcFdXe(OR7)f, wherein R6 is bonded to Z, Z is bonded to B, and each of H, F, X, and OR7 is bonded to a different boron atom;
- and
- (ii) aminoborate of the formula R8R9R10NBgHhFi, wherein R8, R9, and R10 are bonded to N, and N is bonded to boron, and each of H and F is bonded to a different boron atom;
- wherein
- R6 is selected from the group consisting of polymer, hydrogen, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl;
- Z is selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, N, P, As, Sb, and Bi;
- each X is independently halide;
- R7 is selected from the group consisting of polymer, hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl;
- each of R8, R9, and R10 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, and a polymer;
- R11 is aryl;
- each of R12, R13, R14 and R15 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkakyl, halide, and a polymer;
- M1 is a non-reactive cation;
- m is 0 or 1;
- n is 1 or 2, provided the sum of m+n is an absolute value of the oxidation sate of Q;
- q is an absolute value of the total oxidation state of M1 and (R1R2Al)+1;
- a is 0 or 1;
- b is an integer from 5 to 13;
- c is an integer from 0 to 12;
- d is an integer from 2 to 13;
- e is an integer from 0 to 11;
- f is an integer from 0 to 5;
- g is an integer from 6 to 14;
- h is an integer from 0 to 13;
- i is an integer from 1 to 14;
- the sum of c+d+e+f is b;
- and
- the sum of 1+h+i is g.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.