Production of bridged metallocene complexes and intermediates therefor
US5861522A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S526/943
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Bridged metallocene compounds are produced by a process of promising commercial utility for plant-sized operations. One of the key steps of the process involves converting a deprotonated silicon-, germanium- or tin-containing ligand into the metallocene. Preferably, and in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, this is accomplished to great advantage by adding a diamine adduct of a Group IV, V, or VI metal tetrahalide to a solution or slurry formed from a deprotonated silicon-, germanium- or tin-containing ligand and an organic liquid medium so as to form a metallocene. The overall process of the invention involves the direct conversion of benzoindanones to benzoindanols which, without isolation, are converted to benzoindenes. Thereupon the benzoindenes are bridged by deprotonating the benzoindenes with a strong base such as butyllithium and reacting the resultant deprotonated product with a suitable silicon-, germanium- or tin-containing bridging reactant such as dichlorodimethylsilane. The resultant bridged product is deprotonated with a strong base such as butyllithium and reacted with a suitable Group IV, V, or VI metal-containing reactant such as ZrCl.sub.4 to provide…
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