Pyridylamido Bi-Hafnium Olefin Polymerization Catalysis: Conformationally Supported Hf···Hf Enchainment Cooperativity

Homobimetallic Hf(IV) complexes, L2-Hf2Me5 (3) and L2-Hf2Me4 (4) (L2 = N,N′-{[naphthalene-1,4-diylbis(pyridine-6,2-diyl)]bis[(2-isopropylphenyl)methylene)]bis(2,6-diisopropylaniline}), were synthesized by reaction of the free ligand L2 with the appropriate Hf precursor and were characterized in solution (NMR) and in the solid state (X-ray diffraction). In 3, L2 acts as a dianionic tridentate ligand for one Hf metal center and as a monoanionic bidentate ligand for the other, whereas in 4, both Hf units are tricoordinated to opposite sides of L2. In the solid state, the Hf···Hf distance is significantly different in 3 vs 4 (6.16 vs 8.06 A, respectively), but in solution, the structural dynamics of the two linked metallic units in bis-activated complex 3 accesses conformers with far closer Hf···Hf distances (∼3.2 A). Once activated with Ph3C+B(C6F5)4– (B1) or PhNMe2H+B(C6F5)4– (NB), 3 exhibits pronounced bimetallic cooperative effects in ethylene homopolymerization and ethylene +1-octene copolymerization vs ...

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