Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 945-951.doi: 10.1007/s40242-018-8186-y

• Articles • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Nickel Complexes Based on Salicylaldehyde-imine Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Oligomerization of Ethylene

CHEN Liduo1, HUO Hongliang2, WANG Libo2, MA Lili2, JIANG Yan2, XIE Junyi1, WANG Jun1   

  1. 1. Provincial Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Chemical Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, P. R. China;
    2. Daqing Chemical Research Center of PetroChina Petrochemical Research Institute, Daqing 163714, P. R. China
  • Received:2018-06-04 Online:2018-12-01 Published:2018-09-29
  • Contact: WANG Jun E-mail:wangjun1965@yeah.net
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFB0306701).

Abstract: A series of nickel complexes {NOONR}Ni(A:R=Me; B:R=t-Bu; C:R=OMe) based on salicylaldehyde-imine ligands was synthesized through Schiff base condensation and metal complexation reaction. Upon activation with methylaluminoxane(MAO), nickel complexes A-C all exhibited good catalytic activity[turnover frequency=5.2×105-16.3×105 g/(mol Ni·h)] and oligomer selectivity(above 85%, mass fraction) in ethylene oligomerization. In addition, C8-C12 olefins occupied an important proportion in the products of oligomers. Under the conditions of 4.0 MPa, 25℃ and Al/Ni molar ratio of 275, the catalytic selectivity of A/MAO system toward C8-C12 was about 30.1%(mass fraction), and the content of C8-C12 α-olefins was consistently above 70%. Furthermore, besides the ligand environment, the catalytic properties of A-C were substantially affected by experimental parameters, such as the reaction pressure, reaction temperature and Al/Ni ratio.

Key words: Salicylaldehyde-imine ligand, Nickel complex, Ethylene oligomerization, C8-C12 olefin