New bis (aryloxy)–Ti (iv) complexes and their use for the selective dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene

…, L Magna, P Braunstein, H Oliver-Bourbigou

Index: Grasset, Fabien; Cazaux, Jean-Benoit; Magna, Lionel; Oliver-Bourbigou, Helene; Braunstein, Pierre Dalton Transactions, 2012 , vol. 41, # 34 p. 10396 - 10404,9

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Abstract

New titanium complexes of general formula [(ArO) nTi (Oi-Pr)(4− n)] were synthesized and used as pre-catalysts for the selective dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene. The complexes were prepared in cyclohexane using [Ti (Oi-Pr) 4] and one or two equivalents of the corresponding phenols (ArOH) at room temperature. In this work, both monodentate and chelating phenols were evaluated. For alkyl-substituted phenols, it was demonstrated that ...