EP0885231A1 - Titanocensynthese - Google Patents

Titanocensynthese

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EP0885231A1
EP0885231A1 EP96942783A EP96942783A EP0885231A1 EP 0885231 A1 EP0885231 A1 EP 0885231A1 EP 96942783 A EP96942783 A EP 96942783A EP 96942783 A EP96942783 A EP 96942783A EP 0885231 A1 EP0885231 A1 EP 0885231A1
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titanocene
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    • B01J2531/40—Complexes comprising metals of Group IV (IVA or IVB) as the central metal
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  • This invention relates to the synthesis of titanocenes including constrained geometry titanocene catalysts utilizing a unique titanium trichloride reagent.
  • the early preparations of Group IV metallocenes involved reactions of the metal tetrahalides, typically the tetrachlorides, with deprotonated ligands, such as sodium cyclopentadienide, to give the metallocenes in good yields.
  • the metallocenes of current interest possess more complicated ligand structures, and their preparations are not as straightforward.
  • the use of titanium tetrachloride often results in low yields of the desired metallocenes. Titanium trichloride (TiCl 3 ) is often specified for use in place of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl 4 ) ; subsequent oxidation gives the desired metallocenes in greatly improved yields.
  • titanium trichloride so used is produced from commercial titanium tetrachloride. Titanium trichloride produced by hydrogen reduction of the tetrachloride is most often used in lab-scale preparations. For commercial-scale preparations, this is impractical due to cost and the presence of acidic impurities. These impurities require purification of the titanium trichloride, typically by preparation and isolation of an ether complex, usually the tetrahydrofuran complex.
  • titanium trichloride is produced by the reduction of the tetrachloride with alkyl aluminum compounds.
  • the titanium trichloride so produced contains aluminum chloride, which is not removed.
  • Typical analyses specify 76-79 weight percent of titanium trichloride with the remaining weight percent comprised mostly of aluminum chloride.
  • the use of aluminum-reduced titanium trichloride in metallocene preparations often gives products which contain varying amounts of aluminum- containing impurities. Separation of these impurities from the product titanocenes is not straightforward in most cases, especially on a commercial scale. The presence of these impurities can have significant adverse effects during subsequent uses of the titanocenes, particularly in olefin polymerizations. Accordingly, a need exists for a titanium trichloride reagent useful to produce titanocenes free of aluminum containing impurities.
  • Titanocene Compound - A compound comprised of titanium bonded to one or more cyclopentadienyl rings.
  • Titanocene Ligand - A chemical precursor which contains cyclopentadienyl or substituted cyclopentadienyl moieties (including indenyl, fluorenyl, etc.) used to prepare a titanocene compound.
  • CGC Constrained Geometry Catalyst
  • CpSA Ligand (t-butylamino) (tetramethylcyclo- pentadienyl) dimethylsilane. (CpSA) 2" - doubly-deprotonated CpSA ligand.
  • This invention includes a general method for producing titanium trichloride containing mixtures suitable for the preparation of titanium-containing metallocenes including constrained geometry Ti(IV), Ti(III) and Ti(II) complexes free of aluminum containing impurities.
  • the titanium trichloride containing mixtures are produced by the preferably stoichiometric (1:1) reaction of an organometallic compound, such as n-butyl lithium or n-butyl magnesium chloride, with titanium tetrachloride in a non-interfering solvent medium. These mixtures are used directly without isolation of the titanium trichloride in reactions with appropriate ligands to produce the desired titanocenes, including constrained geometry titanium complexes, in good yields. The resulting titanocene products are specifically free of aluminum-containing impurities.
  • organometallic compound such as n-butyl lithium or n-butyl magnesium chloride
  • the invention is a method for producing a titanium- containing metallocene compound which comprises separately providing a first reaction mixture containing titanium trichloride and a second reaction mixture containing a magnesium or alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a metallocene compound ligand.
  • the first and second mixtures are combined for reaction to produce an intermediate from which an aluminum-free titanocene useful as an olefin polymerization catalyst may be synthesized.
  • the first reaction mixture is produced by reacting TiCl with an alkali metal compound having the formula R ⁇ -M or a Grignard reagent having the formula RMgX.
  • R is a straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group, preferably an alkyl group, having 2 to 10 carbon atoms. R may also be an alkaline earth metal such as calcium, barium or strontium.
  • X is the value of M.
  • M is an alkali metal such as sodium, potassium or lithium.
  • X is a halogen, preferably chlorine.
  • n-butyl lithium or n-butyl magnesium chloride are preferred.
  • the reactants are combined in substantially stoichiometric amounts in a non-interfering, preferably hydrocarbon, medium.
  • Useful hydrocarbon media include aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons, such as hexane, heptane, cyclohexane, benzene, toluene and xylene. Toluene is preferred for the specific examples shown here.
  • Useful ether and polyether solvents include tetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether, ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and dioxane. Mixtures of any hydrocarbon and ether solvents are useful for the reaction.
  • the reaction is preferably accomplished under dry, oxygen-free conditions.
  • the temperature at which the reaction is conveniently conducted is -20°C or 120 °C, with the optimum temperature range being 30-40 °C.
  • the second reaction mixture is separately provided by deprotonating the desired metallocene ligand with the appropriate base by known methods. See, generally, Paquette, et al., supra; Zaegel, et al., supra ; and Halterman, supra.
  • the first reaction mixture which includes the medium or solvent, titanium trichloride and a metal halide such a LiCl or MC1 2 , is added directly without isolation of the titanium trichloride to the second deprotonated ligand reaction mixture to produce a first titanocene.
  • FIGURE Figure 1 is a generalized depiction of steps (1) , (2), and (3) as comprised by one embodiment of the invention for preparation of a Ti(IV) complex constrained geometry catalyst.
  • Step (1) of Figure 1 illustrates the reaction of TiCl 4 in substantially stoichiometric amount with n-butyl lithium or n-butyl magnesium chloride to produce TiCl 3 and lithium or magnesium chloride in a hydrocarbon or ether medium, or mixed hydrocarbon and ether medium.
  • Step (2) of Figure 1 illustrates the double deprotonation of the metallocene compound ligand (t- butylamino) (tetramethylcyclopentadienyl) dimethylsilane (CpSA ligand) with an organometallic deprotonating agent, preferably an organolithium or an organomagnesium compound (Grignard reagent) , in a hydrocarbon medium, preferably toluene.
  • organometallic deprotonating agent preferably an organolithium or an organomagnesium compound (Grignard reagent)
  • the solvent medium and the organometallic compound may be the same as or different from the solvent medium and the organometallic compound used in Step (1) .
  • the concentration of the CpSA ligand in the solvent is appropriately 0.05 to 1.5 M, preferably 0.45 to 0.6 M.
  • Grignard reagent may be used to deprotonate the metallocene compound ligand, e.g. , CpSA.
  • Useful Grignard reagents have the formula RMgX as defined above.
  • Isopropyl magnesium chloride is preferred.
  • a practical range of Grignard concentration in the solvent is 0.5 to 3.0 M, preferably 1.9 to 2.3 M.
  • the temperature is controlled to be 45-50 °C. at the end of the Grignard feed, and then heated to 85-90 °C for the prescribed time.
  • Step (2) reaction mixture is preferably used directly in Step (3) as the toluene solution present in the reaction vessel in which it is produced.
  • Step (3) of Figure 1 illustrates one method for reacting the titanium trichloride containing reaction mixture of Step (1) with the (CpSA) 2" containing second reaction mixture of Step (2) to produce [(t-butylamido) (tetramethylcyclopentadienyl) dimethylsilane]titanium dichloride, (CpSA) 2" TiCl 2 .
  • the agitated Step (1) reaction mixture is transferred directly into the reactor containing agitated Step (2) reaction mixture.
  • the vessel which contained the Step (1) mixture is rinsed with toluene which is then charged to the Step (3) reactor.
  • the exothermic reaction mixture becomes reddish brown in color. A temperature rise of about 15°C. is usually observed.
  • a chloride-containing oxidizing agent such as dichloromethane or silver chloride, is then charged to the reaction vessel utilized in Step (3) .
  • the resulting reaction mixture is agitated for a time appropriate, usually about two hours, for the Step (3) reaction to occur.
  • Solvents are removed under reduced pressure, i.e., 60-80 mm Hg, to about one-half of the starting volume. Hydrocarbon solvent, e.g., toluene, is added back, Celite ® filter aid is added, and the mixture is filtered. Solvents are distilled to concentrate the product.
  • Hydrocarbon solvent e.g., toluene
  • the solid titanocene can be isolated from this mixture by methods dependent upon the actual compound being produced.
  • the reaction apparatus consisted of a 500-mL 3-neck flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer. On one side-neck was placed a Claisen adapter with a reflux condenser and a thermometer inserted into the reaction mixture. This apparatus was previously dried and then purged with nitrogen after assembly. The solvent was added via the other side-neck of the reaction flask, which was then capped with a rubber septum.
  • TiCl 4 (ca. 25 mL, 42-44 g.
  • the reaction apparatus consisted of a 2000-mL 3-neck flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer; on one side- neck was placed a Claisen adapter with a Vigereaux column and distillation head for solvent distillation. A thermometer was inserted into the reaction flask through the Claisen adapter. The glass apparatus was previously dried and purged with nitrogen after assembly. Toluene (425 mL) and CpSA ligand (55.0 g, 0.219 mol) were added to the reaction flask. The temperature of the reaction mixture was adjusted to 45-50°C.
  • the reaction apparatus consisted of a 2000-mL 3-neck flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer; on one side- neck was placed a Claisen adapter with a reflux condenser and a thermometer inserted into the reaction flask.
  • the glass apparatus was previously dried and purged with nitrogen after assembly.
  • Ether (300 mL) and CpSA ligand (62.9 g, 0.250 mol) were added to the reaction flask.
  • the reaction mixture was cooled to -20°C.
  • a solution of BuLi in hexanes 305 mL of a 0.170 M solution, 0.518 mol of BuLi was added over 1.5 hours; the temperature was maintained at -20 to -15°C during this addition.
  • This toluene solution is again filtered under nitrogen pressure to remove residual magnesium salts.
  • the filtrate is concentrated again to a volume of 200 mL by simple distillation under reduced pressure.
  • Heptanes 400 L were added over 30 min with stirring at 20-25°C.
  • a first crop of orange, crystalline (CpSA) 2" TiCl 2 is collected by filtration under nitrogen, washing with heptanes, to give 61.1 g of product in 76% yield.
  • a second crop was obtained by concentration of the mother liquors to ca. 100 mL and dilution with heptanes.
  • the product solution in toluene obtained after removal of the magnesium salts was used directly to prepare other metallocenes.
  • the toluene solution of (CpSA) 2" TiCl 2 was treated with 2 equivalents of methylmagnesium chloride (THF solution) to give (CpSA) 2" Ti(CH 3 ) 2 in 70-75% overall yield.

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