Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Heavy metal containing
Patent
1997-06-17
1998-06-02
Shaver, Paul F.
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Heavy metal containing
C07F 708
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active
057602620
ABSTRACT:
The reaction between a hafnium tetrahalide-diamine adduct and a metallated bis(cyclopentadienyl-moiety containing) ligand, offers great promise as a way of producing racemic hafnocenes, but involves a number of complications. Tetrahydrofuran, a commonly-used solvent/diluent for such reactions, when present in substantial portions in the liquid reaction medium containing the reactants and/or reaction product(s) has been found to cause a substantial reduction in yields of chiral hafnocenes. Apparently the presence of a substantial amount of THF causes or at least results in the formation of increased amounts of the undesirable meso isomer, tends to cause or result in tar formation, and results in a product having poor filterability. Thus large amounts of THF if fed to the reactor with the reactant(s) are purged to a suitably low level, replaced by a liquid aromatic hydrocarbon, and then the reaction mixture is heated to a higher reaction temperature. Large amounts of liquid paraffins and free diamine in the reaction mixture during reaction also contribute to tar formation and reduction in yields of chiral hafnocene. Thus the presence of such materials in the reaction mixture is kept to a minimum. These process modifications make it possible to increase yields of the chiral hafnocene, to reduce formation of the meso isomer, and to sharply reduce the amount of tar formation in the synthesis of chiral hafnocenes from diamine adducts of hafnium tetrahalide and metallated bis(cyclopentadienyl-moiety containing) ligands. Moreover, the hafnocene reaction product so formed has significantly improved filterability characteristics.
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Balhoff John F.
DeSoto Troy E.
Lin Ronny W.
Albemarle Corporation
Pippenger Philip M.
Shaver Paul F.
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