Spectral Studies of a Cr(PNP)–MAO System for Selective Ethylene Trimerization Catalysis: Searching for the Active Species

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Abstract

Variable temperature spectroscopic, kinetic, and chemical studies were performed on a soluble CrIIICl₃(PNP) (PNP = bis(diarylphosphino)alkylamine) ethylene trimerization precatalyst to map out its methylaluminoxane (MAO) activation sequence. These studies indicate that treatment of CrIIICl₃(PNP) with MAO leads to first replacement of chlorides with alkyl groups, followed by alkyl abstraction, and then reduction to lower-valent species. Reactivity studies demonstrate that the majority of the chromium species detected is not catalytically active.

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