Letter. On the activation of [CrCl3{R-SN(H)S-R}] catalysts for selective trimerization of ethene: a freeze-quench Cr K-edge XAFS study
Letter. On the activation of [CrCl3{R-SN(H)S-R}] catalysts for selective trimerization of ethene: a freeze-quench Cr K-edge XAFS study
Homogeneous chromium catalysts for the selective conversion of ethene to hex-1-ene are formed from Cr(III) reagents, amino-thioether ligands of the type HN(CH2CH2SR)2, and aluminum reagents. In this study the early activation steps are investigated by EPR, UV-visible and Cr K-edge XAFS spectroscopy; rapid stopped-flow mixing and a freeze-quench allows good quality EXAFS analysis of a species formed in ~ 1 second of reaction. This is shown to involve reduction to Cr(II) and deprotonation of a NH group of the auxiliary ligand. This 4-coordinate metal-center may act as precursor for the coordination of ethene and subsequent selective oligomerization.
homogeneous catalysis, chromium, oligomerization, XAFS spectroscopy, DFT calculations
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Bartlett, Stuart A.
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Moulin, Jerome
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Tromp, Moniek
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Reid, Gillian
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Dent, Andrew J.
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Cibin, Giannantonio
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McGuinness, David S.
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Evans, John
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21 October 2014
Bartlett, Stuart A.
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Moulin, Jerome
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Tromp, Moniek
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Reid, Gillian
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Dent, Andrew J.
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Cibin, Giannantonio
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McGuinness, David S.
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Evans, John
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Bartlett, Stuart A., Moulin, Jerome, Tromp, Moniek, Reid, Gillian, Dent, Andrew J., Cibin, Giannantonio, McGuinness, David S. and Evans, John
(2014)
Letter. On the activation of [CrCl3{R-SN(H)S-R}] catalysts for selective trimerization of ethene: a freeze-quench Cr K-edge XAFS study.
ACS Catalysis, .
(doi:10.1021/cs501017g).
Abstract
Homogeneous chromium catalysts for the selective conversion of ethene to hex-1-ene are formed from Cr(III) reagents, amino-thioether ligands of the type HN(CH2CH2SR)2, and aluminum reagents. In this study the early activation steps are investigated by EPR, UV-visible and Cr K-edge XAFS spectroscopy; rapid stopped-flow mixing and a freeze-quench allows good quality EXAFS analysis of a species formed in ~ 1 second of reaction. This is shown to involve reduction to Cr(II) and deprotonation of a NH group of the auxiliary ligand. This 4-coordinate metal-center may act as precursor for the coordination of ethene and subsequent selective oligomerization.
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Published date: 21 October 2014
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homogeneous catalysis, chromium, oligomerization, XAFS spectroscopy, DFT calculations
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