A Novel Phenoxyimine-based Schiff Base Ligand and Its Mononuclear Nickel(Ⅱ) Complex：Synthesis,Crystal Structure,Norbornene Polymerization and Catalytic Activity

A novel phenoxyimine-based Schiff base ligand and its mononuclear complex [C（58）H（52）N2NiO2]（L = 2-benzhydryl-4-dimethoxy-3,5-dimethyl-salicylaldehyde） has been synthesized and characterized by IR spectrum, elemental analysis, TG, WAXD spectra, ^1H NMR and ^（13）C NMR. In addition, the molecular structure has been measured by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal belongs to the monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a = 14.510（6）, b = 18.573（7）, c = 20.961（6） A, β = 123.453（19）°, V = 4713（3）A^3, Mr = 867.73, Z = 4, Dc = 1.223 g/cm^3, μ = 0.456 mm^-1, F（000） = 1832, the final R = 0.0685 and wR = 0.1758（I 〉 2σ（I））. The complex was used as homogeneous catalysis of polymerization of norbornene, and the MAO as cocatalyst. The nickel complex exhibited good catalytic activity up to 1.913 × 10^7 g of PNB（mol of Ni）^-1h^-1,and the yields of these reactions depend on the nature of the substituent in the aromatic ring.

Synthesis, Structure and Norbornene Polymerization Catalyzed by Nickel(Ⅱ) Complex Bearing N,O-bis(1-(6-ethylpyridin-2-ylimino)-methylenyl)naphthalen-2-ol Ligand

The title complex bis{1-{[（6-ethyl-2-pyridinyl）imino]methylenyl}-2-naphthale- nolato-N,O}-nickel（lI） （C36H32NnO2Ni） has been synthesized by the reaction of l-{[（6-ethyl-2- pyridinyl）imino]methylenyl}-2-naphthalenol with Ni（CH3COO）2·4H2O, and characterized by IR spectrum, elemental analysis and TG. The complicated space structure has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal belongs to the monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a = 11.410（4）, b = 14.382（4）, c = 18.121（6） ,A, β = 97.147（6）% V= 2950.5（16）A3, C36H32N4O2Ni, Mr = 611.37, Z = 4, Dc = 1.376 g/cm3, μ = 0.698 mm-1 F（000） = 1280, the final R = 0.0519 and wR = 0.1493 （1 〉2σ（I））. This title compound was used as precatalysts for the polymerisation of norbornene. When activated with MAO, the complex exhibited excellent catalytic activity up to 1.98 × 107 g ofPNB （mol of Ni）-1 h-1 with high monomer conversion.

Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Activity of a Palladium(Ⅱ) Complex Based on 4-Chloro-2-[(6-methyl-pyridin-2-ylimino)-methyl]-phenol Ligand

The title complex bis{4-chloro-2-[（6-methyl-pyridin-2-ylimino）-methyl]-phenol}-palladium（Ⅱ）（C_（26）H_（20）Cl_2N_4O_2Pd） has been synthesized by the reaction of 4-chloro-2-[（6-methylpyridin- 2-ylimino）-methyl]-phenol with Pd（CH_3COO）_2, and characterized by IR spectrum and elemental analysis. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis results further confirmed the molecular structures. The crystal belongs to the monoclinic system, space group P2_1/c with a = 4.1324（2）, b = 23.5432（16）, c = 11.8943（8） A, β = 91.238（5）o, V = 1156.93（12） ？~3, C_（26）H_（20）Cl_2N_4O_2Pd, M_r = 597.76, Z = 2, D_c = 1.716 g/cm^3, μ = 1.067 mm^（-1）, F（000） = 600, the final R = 0.0247 and w R = 0.0677（I 〉 2σ（I））. In the presence of methylaluminoxane（MAO）, the complex exhibits excellent catalytic activities（1.737×10~7 g of PNB（mol of Pd）^（-1）·h^（-1）） in the vinyl polymerization of norbornene.