%0 Journal Article
%T Preparation of Thiophene-Fused and Tetrahydroquinoline-Linked Cyclopentadienyl Titanium Complexes for Ethylene/¦Á-Olefin Copolymerization
%A Sung Hun Kim
%A Ji Hae Park
%A Bo Geun Song
%A Seung-Woong Yoon
%A Min Jeong Go
%A Junseong Lee
%A Bun Yeoul Lee
%J Catalysts
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/catal3010104
%X A synthetic scheme was developed for the large-scale preparation of a dimethylthiophene-fused and tetrahydroquinaldine-linked dimethylcyclopentadienyl titanium complex ( 2), which is a high-performance homogeneous Ziegler catalyst. 2,3,4,5-Tetramethyl-4,5-dihydrocyclopenta[ b]thiophen-6-one was prepared without chromatography purification on the 40-g scale in a laboratory setting, from which the ligand precursor for 2 was obtained in 65% yield on a 50-g scale in a one-pot without the need for chromatography purification. Metallation was achieved in a high yield (78%) through reaction of the dilithiated compound with TiCl 4. Many derivatives were prepared by employing the same synthetic scheme as applied for 2. Among them, the titanium complex prepared from 2-methyl-4,5-dimethyl-6-(2- n-butyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroquinolin-8-yl)-4 H-cyclopenta[ b]thiophene exhibited an exceptionally high activity. Under commercially relevant high-temperature polymerization conditions (160 ¡ãC), this compound showed a higher activity than 2 (126 ¡Á 10 6 g/molTi£¿h versus 72 ¡Á 10 6 g/molTi£¿h), albeit with the formation of a polymer of slightly lower molecular weight ( M w, 159,000 versus 218,000) and with a slightly lower 1-octene content (9.3 mol% versus 12 mol%).
%K titanium complex
%K half-metallocene
%K thiophene-fused cyclopentadienyl
%K ethylene polymerization
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/3/1/104