Abstract
N,N-bis((1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)(cyclohexyl)methanamine (LA), N,N-bis((1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)-2,6-diethylbenzenamine (LB), N,N-bis((1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)-4-bromobenzenamine (LC), N,N-bis((1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)cyclohexanamine (LD), N,N-bis((1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)(furan-2-yl)methanamine (LE), N,N-bis((1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)-2-methoxyethanamine (LF), and N,N-bis((1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)-3-(methylthio)propan-1-amine (LG) with [CoCl2·6H2O] in ethanol yield a novel series of Co(II) chloride complexes; i.e. [LnCoCl2] (Ln=LA–LG), respectively. The molecular structures of [LnCoCl2] (Ln=LA–LC) and [LnCoCl2] (Ln=LD–LG) exist as monomeric four-coordinated and five-coordinated complexes, respectively. [LnCoCl2] (Ln=LA–LC) showed a distorted tetrahedral geometry involving non-coordination of the nitrogen atom of the N′-substitution amine moiety and the Co(II) centre, resulting in the formation of an eight-membered chelate ring. The geometry at each Co(II) centre in [LnCoCl2] (Ln=LD–LG) were best described as a distorted trigonal bipyramid involving coordination of the nitrogen atom of the N′-substitution amine group and the Co(II) centre. Specifically, a distorted trigonal bipyramid was achieved in [LDCoCl2] through a coordinative interaction of the nitrogen atom of the cyclohexylamine unit and the Co(II) atom with an σ plane of symmetry based on the bond length of Co–Ncyclcohexylamine [2.466(4)Å]. Moreover, [LDCoCl2] showed the highest activity for methyl methacrylate (MMA) polymerization in the presence of modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO) at 60°C and yielded poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) with a high molecular weight (Mw) and narrower polydispersity index (PDI) compared to the other Co(II) complexes. However, all Co(II) complexes produced syndiotactic (PMMA), characterised using 1H NMR spectroscopy, with ca. 0.70.
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