Preparation of bissilylnorbornane compounds

Details Preparation of bissilylnorbornane compounds Preparation of bissilylnorbornane compounds

2001-08-24

2002-07-30

Shaver, Paul F. (Department: 1621)

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ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to the preparation of bissilylnorbornane compounds by hydrosilylating 2,5-norbornadiene.
2. Background Art
Bissilylnorbornane compounds of the following general formula (2):
wherein “a” is 0, 1 or 2 have excellent properties including hardness and scratch resistance because of the norbornane skeleton within its molecule. They are thus useful as coupling agents to be added to paints for automotive painting and building painting, crosslinking agents and adhesives. They are also useful intermediates to alkoxysilane coupling agents.
For the preparation of these compounds, it is regarded best to start with 2,5-norbornadiene and add a hydrogenchlorosilane compound to the two double bonds in 2,5-norbornadiene. One such process using a radical initiator is disclosed in Japanese Publication of International Patent Application (JP-A) No. 11-500129. This process, however, has the drawbacks that there is a hazard because of the radical initiator having a risk of explosion, and reaction control is difficult. The radical initiator must be replenished in sequence, requiring complex steps. Moreover, the proportion of a bissilylated product, bistrichlorosilylnorbornane in the reaction solution is as low as 40%, and reactivity is poor. Thus the process is disadvantageous in industrial practice.
Other processes proposed thus far include reaction of 2,5-norbornadiene with a hydrogenchlorosilane compound in the presence of a platinum catalyst (J. Gen. Chem. USSR, 31, 4, 1109) and in the presence of a palladium catalyst (Tetrahedron Lett., 33 (1992), 7185). The former process relates to monosilylation, with the yield of monosilylated compound being as low as 44.3%. The low yield of the monosilylated compound of the following formula (4) is accounted to the formation of nortricyclene of the following formula (5).
If the nortricyclene compound forms upon hydrosilylation of the monosilylated compound following monosilylation, the yield of the bissilylated compound becomes low because the nortricyclene compound is no longer hydrosilylated. To obtain the bissilylated compound in good yields, the formation of the nortricyclene compound must be minimized.
The latter process must use an organic phosphorus compound, which requires many stages of synthesis and is thus expensive, as a ligand to palladium atom. The reaction must be carried out at a low temperature over 24 hours in order to suppress the formation of the nortricyclene compound. If the temperature is raised to reduce the reaction time, more nortricyclene forms. The process is not advantageous to produce the desired compound on an industrial scale.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide a process for preparing a bissilylnorbornane compound of formula (2) in an efficient and economical manner.
The invention is directed to a process for preparing a bissilylnorbornane compound of the following formula (2):
wherein “a” is 0, 1 or 2, by reacting 2,5-norbornadiene with a hydrogenchlorosilane compound of the following general formula (1):
HSi(CH
3
)
a
Cl
3−a
  (1)
wherein “a” is 0, 1 or 2. It has been found that when both a palladium compound and a phosphite are used as the catalyst, the formation of nortricyclene is minimized and the bissilylnorbornane compound of formula (2) is obtained C in high yields.
Therefore, the invention provides a process for preparing a bissilylnorbornane compound of the formula (2) by reacting 2,5-norbornadiene with a hydrogenchlorosilane compound of the formula (1) in the presence of a catalyst which is a mixture of a palladium compound and a phosphate or a palladium complex having a phosphate coordinated thereto.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
In the inventive process, the hydrogenchlorosilane compound used as a starting reactant has the general formula (1):
HSi(CH
3
)
a
Cl
3−a
  (1)
wherein “a” is 0, 1 or 2. Illustrative of the compound are trichlorosilane, methyldichlorosilane and dimethylchlorosilane.
The blending ratio of the hydrogenchlorosilane compound to 2,5-norbornadiene is not critical although it is preferred from the reactivity and productivity standpoints to use 1.0 to 3.0 mol, especially 1.5 to 2.5 mol of the hydrogenchlorosilane compound per mol of 2,5-norbornadiene.
Examples of the palladium compound used herein include palladium acetate, palladium chloride, sodium palladium chloride, dichlorobis(benzonitrile)palladium, dichloro(1,5-cyclooctadiene)palladium, and di-R-chlorobis(&pgr;-allyl)dipalladium.
The amount of the palladium compound used is not critical although it is preferred from the reactivity and productivity standpoints to use 0.000001 to 0.01 mol, especially 0.00001 to 0.001 mol of the palladium compound per mol of 2,5-norbornadiene. Less than 0.000001 mol of the palladium compound may fail to develop the desired catalysis whereas more than 0.01 mol of the palladium compound may fail to achieve a reaction promoting effect enough to compensate for such increments.
Illustrative examples of the phosphite include trimethyl phosphite, triethyl phosphite, tripropyl phosphite, tributyl phosphite, truisobutyl phosphite, tripentyl phosphite, trineopentyl phosphite, tri(2-ethylhexyl)phosphite, truisopropyl phosphite, tri-s-butyl phosphite, tri-t-butyl phosphite, tri-t-amyl phosphite, tricyclopentyl phosphite, tricyclohexyl phosphite, triphenyl phosphite, tribenzyl phosphite, tris(trimethylsilylmethyl)phosphite, tris(1-trimethylsilylethyl)phosphite, tris(2-trimethylsilylethyl)phosphite, and tris(3-trimethylsilylpropyl)phosphite. From the reactivity and selectivity standpoints, compounds of the following general formula (3) are especially preferred.
Herein R
1
, R
2
and R
3
, which may be the same or different, are substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. At least one of R
1
, R
2
and R
3
is a branched aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group, cyclic aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group or trialkylsilyl-substituted aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon group.
The substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups include straight, branched or cyclic aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon groups, preferably straight, branched or cyclic alkyl groups, aryl groups and aralkyl groups, and trialkylsilyl-substituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups corresponding to the foregoing hydrocarbon groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms thereon are substituted with trialkylsilyl groups, especially trialkylsilyl-substituted aliphatic monovalent hydrocarbon groups. Illustrative examples include methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, phenyl, benzyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, s-butyl, t-butyl, neopentyl, isoamyl, t-amyl, 2-ethylhexyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, 1-trimethylsilylethyl, 2-trimethylsilylethyl and 3-trimethylsilylpropyl.
At least one of R
1
, R
2
and R
3
is a branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group, cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group or trialkylsilyl-substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, for example, isopropyl, isobutyl, s-butyl, t-butyl, neopentyl, isoamyl, t-amyl, 2-ethylhexyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, 1-trimethylsilylethyl, 2-trimethylsilylethyl or 3-trimethylsilylpropyl.
Illustrative preferred examples of the phosphite of the formula (3) include triisopropyl phosphite, tri-s-butyl phosphite, tricyclohexyl phosphite, tris(trimethylsilylmethyl)phosphite, tris(1-trimethylsilylethyl)phosphite, tris(2-trimethylsilylethyl)phosphite, and tris(3-trimethylsilylpropyl)phosphite. Of these, triisopropyl phosphite and tri-s-butyl phosphite are especially preferred.
The amount of the phosphite used is not critical although it is preferred to use 1 to 4 mol of the phosphite per mol of palladium atom in the palladium compound. Less than 1 mol of the phosphite may lead to a lowering of reaction selectivity whereas more than 4 mol of the phosphite may lead to a loss of catalytic activity.
Instead of using the palladium compound in admixture with the phosphate, a complex

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