NMR spectroscopic identification of Ni(ii) species formed upon activation of (α-diimine)NiBr2 polymerization catalysts with MAO and MMAO.

The nature of Ni(ii) species formed upon the activation of the Brookhart's α-diimine polymerization pre-catalyst LNiBr2 with MAO and MMAO (L = 1,4-bis-2,4,6-dimethylphenyl-2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diazabuta-1,3-diene) has been established using 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The heterobinuclear ion pair [LNiII(μ-Me)2AlMe2]+[MeMAO]- is observed at the initial stage of the reaction of LNiBr2 with MAO at -40 °C, whereas the ion pair [LNiII-tBu]+[MeMMAO]- predominates at the initial stage of the reaction of LNiBr2 with MMAO under the same conditions. At higher temperatures, both ion pairs transform into a Ni(i) species displaying an axially anisotropic EPR spectrum (g‖ = 2.21, g⊥ = 2.06, A⊥ = 1.06 mT).

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