Abstract
The reaction of [Pd(CH3CN)2Cl2] with N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)aniline (L1) and its derivatives (L 2-L6) in ethanol yields [(NN′)PdCl2] complexes, namely [LnPdCl2] (Ln = L 1-L6). The X-ray crystal structure of Pd(II) complexes revealed that the palladium atom in [LnPdCl2] (L n = L1-L6) showed a square plane geometry involving two nitrogen atoms of NN′-bidentate and two chlorido ligands. Complex [L4PdCl2] containing 2,4,6-trimethyl-N-(pyridin-2- ylmethyl)aniline (L4) showed the highest catalytic activity for the polymerisation of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the presence of modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO) with an activity of 1.41 × 105 g PMMA/mol Pd·h at 60 °C and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) syndiotacticity (characterised using 1H NMR spectroscopy) of ca. 0.70.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 66-74 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Polyhedron |
Volume | 77 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 27 Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- MMA polymerization
- N,N′-bidentate ligand
- N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)aniline
- Palladium(II) complex
- Syndiotacticity