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Cationic Palladium(II) Complexes of Phosphine−Sulfonamide Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Ethylene Oligomerization Yanlu Zhang,† Yanchun Cao,† Xuebing Leng,† Changle Chen,*,‡ and Zheng Huang*,† †
The State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People’s Republic of China ‡ CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China S Supporting Information *
ABSTRACT: A series of cationic palladium(II) complexes bearing phosphine−sulfonamide ligands, [(P,O)PdMe(lutidine)][SbF6], were synthesized and used for catalytic ethylene oligomerization. The molecular structure of the complex {[N,Ndicyclohexyl-2-(diphenylphosphanyl)benzenesulfonamide]PdMe(lutidine)}[SbF 6] shows that the phosphorus atom and the oxygen atom coordinate to the palladium center. The ethylene oligomerization behavior is greatly influenced by the phosphino substituents, while the substituents on sulfonamide show only minimal effects. Complexes containing the diphenylphosphanyl group are highly selective for ethylene dimerization, affording 1-butene exclusively with moderate activity. The bulkier bis(2methoxyphenyl)phosphanyl group leads to higher activity and gives α-olefins containing mainly 1-butene and 1-hexene, with a 1-hexene content of up to 35%. The palladium complexes bearing alkyl phosphino substituents give 1-butene and 1-hexene as the major products; a small amount of 2-butene (
