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Sterically-Controlled Self-Assembly of a Robust Multinuclear Palladium Catalyst for Ethylene Polymerization Qian Liu, and Richard F. Jordan J. Am. Chem. Soc., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02465 • Publication Date (Web): 15 Apr 2019 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on April 15, 2019

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Sterically-Controlled Self-Assembly of a Robust Multinuclear Palladium Catalyst for Ethylene Polymerization Qian Liu and Richard F. Jordan* Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States

Supporting Information Placeholder faces of the cage are blocked by the arene rings of the Pd-bound arenesulfonate groups, which are close-packed with the non-Pdbound arenesulfonate groups. 1 has S4 symmetry with SSRR configurations at the P atoms. 1 undergoes partial dissociation to Pd1 species in solution. Under conditions where 1 is partially dissociated (hexanes suspension at 80 °C or CH2Cl2 solution at 25 °C), 1 produces linear PE with a bimodal MW distribution (MWD) comprising a high-MW fraction formed by the Pd4 cage and a low-MW fraction formed by Pd1 species. 1 also copolymerizes ethylene with vinyl fluoride (VF) with a higher level of VF incorporation (up to 4 mol %) vs. monomeric (PO)PdRL catalysts (< 0.5 mol %).5 The self-assembly of (PO)PdR-type catalysts into multinuclear structures such as 1 may offer a general approach to achieving high MW PEs and high levels of polar monomer incorporation, provided that disassembly to monomeric species under catalytic conditions can be prevented. Here we show that increasing the steric profile of the OPO2- ligand enables the self-assembly of a tetranuclear {(OPO-Li)PdMe(py')}4Li2Cl2 complex (3) in which four (phosphine-sulfonate)PdMe(py') units are arranged around the periphery of an "expanded" Li4S4O12•Li2Cl2 cage that is more resistant to disassembly than 1. 3 functions as a single-site catalyst for the polymerization of ethylene to high-molecular-weight PE in hexanes suspension.

ABSTRACT: The self-assembly and reactivity of a robust multinuclear Pd catalyst based on the sterically-expanded phosphine-bisarenesulfonate ligand PPh(2-SO3--4,5-(OMe)2-Ph)2 (OPO2-, 2) are described. The reaction of Li2[2] with (COD)PdMeCl and 4-(5-nonyl)-pyridine (py') generates the tetranuclear complex {(OPO-Li)PdMe(py')}4Li2Cl2 (3) in which four (phosphine-sulfonate)PdMe(py') units are arranged around the periphery of a Li4S4O12•Li2Cl2 cage. The Pd atoms in 3 are arranged in pairs with a Pd–Pd distance of 6.6 Å within each pair. 3 is more resistant to disassembly to Pd1 species than previously studied {(OPO-Li)PdMe(py)}4 compounds based on Li4S4O12 cages. 3 is a single-site catalyst for the polymerization of ethylene to high-molecular weight polyethylene hexanes suspension at 80 oC.

(PO)PdRL complexes that contain phosphine-arenesulfonate ligands (PO-) polymerize ethylene to linear polyethylene (PE) and copolymerize ethylene with polar CH2=CHX monomers to functionalized PEs (Scheme 1).1,2 However, the activities of (PO)PdRL catalysts and the molecular weights (MWs) of the polymers they produce are lower than for other single-site catalysts, and the polar monomers often are inhibitors and chain transfer agents, further compromising catalyst performance.

Scheme 2. Reversible self-assembly of 1. py’ = 4-(5nonyl)pyridine. The lower (Li-OPO)PdMe(py’) units in the schematic structure of 1 are denoted by “Pd”.

Scheme 1. Ethylene/CH2=CHX copolymerization by (PO)PdRL catalysts. R = alkyl, aryl; L = pyridine or other labile ligand; X = C(O)OR, OAc, CN, OR, F, etc. R

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R P

Ph

Me Pd

X +

O

S O O

Pd

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X ...

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P 4

Pd S O O O

One potential strategy for enhancing the performance of olefin polymerization catalysts is to incorporate the active metal-alkyl unit into a multinuclear assembly.3 Previously we reported that (OPO-Li)PdR(py) catalysts that contain phosphine-bisarenesulfonate (OPO2-) ligands self-assemble into Pd4 species that are held together by a Li4S4O12 double-four-ring (D4R) cage, as exemplified by 1 (Scheme 2).4 The Pd units in 1 are arranged in pairs at the “top” and “bottom” faces of the cage. The four “side”

SO3Li Me

O O S P O

O

Li

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The self-assembly of a multinuclear Pd catalyst based on the methoxy-substituted OPO2- ligand PPh(2-SO3--4,5-(OMe)2-Ph)2

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(2) is shown in Scheme 3. The reaction of Li2[2] with (COD)PdMeCl and 4-(5-nonyl)-pyridine (py') in CH2Cl2 generates a clear or slightly cloudy pale-yellow solution, from which tetranuclear complex 3 is isolated in crystalline form in 67% yield by layering pentane onto the solution and cooling to – 40 °C.

Scheme 3. Self-assembly and structure of 3. py’ = 4-(5nonyl)pyridine. The lower (Li-OPO)PdMe(py’) units in the schematic structure of 3 are denoted by “Pd”. py' Me

MeO MeO

SO3Li

4

P Ph SO3Li

MeO MeO

Li2[2]

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is close to the ortho and meta-Hs (H9, 2.52 Å; H10, 2.94 Å) of the non-Pd-bound arenesulfonate ring on the top of the cage. Therefore, replacement of H17, H10 and the C20 and C13 methyl groups by methoxy groups in 3 would not be possible without significant structural distortion. Inclusion of the inner Li2Cl2 layer in the core of 3 elongates the cage enough to satisfy the steric requirements of the methoxy groups while maintaining close packing of the arene units (Figure 2b).

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The solid-state structure of 3 is shown in Figure 1. As for 1, the four Pd centers in 3 are arranged in pairs with a Pd-Pd distance of 6.6 Å within each pair. The Pd–Me groups point toward the py' ring of the neighboring Pd unit. However, 3 differs from 1 in two ways. First, 3 contains a rhomboidal Li2Cl2 unit inserted between the top and bottom Li2S2O6 layers of the cage. The Li+ and Cl– ions in the Li2Cl2 unit adopt tetrahedral and seesaw geometries, respectively.6 Second, 3 is chiral, with C2 symmetry and SSSS (ent RRRR) configurations at the P atoms. 3 crystallizes as a racemic conglomerate, i.e. a mixture of individual crystals that are enantiomerically pure but together comprise a racemate.7

Figure 1. Solid-state structure of 3. Hydrogen atoms and the para-5-nonyl groups of the py' ligands are omitted. Atom color scheme: C: grey; H: white; O: red; P: orange; S: yellow; Li: purple; Cl: green; N: blue; Pd: teal. The structural differences between 3 and 1 provide insight to why 3 forms with the observed composition and structure. As noted above, the arene rings on the periphery of 1 are closepacked. In particular, as shown in Figure 2a, the meta-H (H17) on the Pd-bound arenesulfonate ring that blocks the side of the cage

Figure 2. (a) Space-fill and corresponding capped-stick views of 1 highlighting the close contacts between H17 of the Pd-bound arenesulfonate ring and H9 and H10 of the non-Pd-bound arenesulfonate ring. (b) Space-fill and corresponding capped-stick views of 3 highlighting the close contacts between the methoxy groups of the arenesulfonate rings. Inclusion of the inner Li2Cl2 layer in 3 has important stereochemical consequences. As shown in Figure 3a, assembly of 3 with SSRR configurations at the P atoms (as in 1) is not possible because the ArSO3– and Li+ units in the lower Li2S2O6 layer would be misaligned with the Li+ and Cl– ions in the inner Li2Cl2 layer. However, inversion of the configurations of the bottom two P atoms from RR to SS provides the proper alignment of the lower ArSO3– and Li+ atoms with the inner Li2Cl2 unit and enables cage formation.

Figure 3. (a) Model structure generated by insertion of a Li2Cl2 unit between the Li2S2O6 layers of 1 and inclusion of meta and

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producing high-MW PE with a monomodal narrow MWD (PDI = 2.3). In contrast, as noted above, under this condition 1 produces PE with a broad bimodal MWD due to competing polymerization by the intact cage catalyst and mononuclear species generated by cage disassembly.4a

Figure 4. (a) 7Li{1H} NMR spectrum of 3 (CD2Cl2). (b) Pd-Me region of the variable temperature 1H NMR spectra of 3 (CDCl2CDCl2). The signal labeled Pd4 is due to intact 3 and the signal labeled Pd1 is assigned to the monomeric Pd1 species.

Figure 5. Molecular weight distributions of PEs generated by 1 and 3 determined by high temperature GPC. Polymerization conditions: 410 psi ethylene, hexanes or toluene solvent, 80 °C, 2 h; 410 psi ethylene, CH2Cl2 solvent, 25 °C, 24 h. This work shows that the use of a sterically-expanded OPO2ligand enables the self-assembly of Pd4 catalyst 3, which is held together by a Li4S4O12•Li2Cl2 cage that is more robust than the Li4S4O12 cage in 1. Close packing of arene units around the cage periphery is a key control element in the self-assembly process. This work also shows that the formation of high-MW PE is a general property of Pd4 cage catalysts. Chain transfer may be retarded for these catalysts by steric blockage of one axial face of each Pd center by the cage, which should inhibit associative chain transfer,8 binding of the Li+ to the sulfonate groups, which may enhance the electrophilic character of the Pd centers as observed for binding of B(C6F5)3 to the sulfonate groups of mononuclear (PO)PdRL catalysts,9 and possible cooperative effects between neighboring Pd centers, from which the polymer chains would grow in close proximity if both Pd centers are activated. The availability of robust cage catalysts like 3 will enable mechanistic studies to probe these issues.

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Table 1. Comparison of ethylene polymerization performance for 1 and 3.a

Entry

Catalyst

T (°C)

Time (h)

Solvent

Yield (g)

Activity (kgmol-1h-1)

Mwc (103 Da)

PDIc

Tmd (°C)

3

80 80 80 25 80 80 25

2 2 1 24 2 2 24

hexanes toluene toluene CH2Cl2 hexanes toluene CH2Cl2

6.35

318

1473

2.3

136.5

1.25

62

412

14.3

137.3

0.716

72

136

6.6

135.2

0.424

1.8

1015

12.5

138.7

5.18

259

1000

60

138.7

6.25 1.91

312 8.0

7.87 915

2.6 29

131.7 136.5

1 2 3 4 5b 6b 7b aConditions:

3 3 3 1 1 1

410 psi ethylene, 10 μmol Pd. bData from ref 4a. cDetermined by GPC. dDetermined by DSC.

ASSOCIATED CONTENT Supporting Information Experimental procedures and characterization data for compounds (PDF).Crystallographic data for 3 (cif). The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website.

AUTHOR INFORMATION Corresponding Author [email protected]

Notes The authors declare no competing financial interests.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (CHE-1709159). We thank Drs. Antoni Jurkiewicz, Alexander Filatov and C. Jin Qin for assistance with NMR, X-ray crystallography and mass spectrometry.

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