Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a Schiff base cobalt complex for catalyzing polycarbonate synthesis, which has a structural formula shown as follows:
wherein the ligand is ionized Schiff base, and the central atom is bivalent cobalt metal ion;
The central cobalt atom is respectively coordinated with two nitrogen atoms and two halogen ions of the Schiff base ligand;
R 1、R2 is a substituent;
n is alkyl carbon chain length.
Preferably, the structural formula of the ionized schiff base is as follows:
Wherein R 1 is substituent on benzene ring, which is one of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl and tert-butyl;
r 2 is substituent on quaternary ammonium salt and is one of methyl and ethyl;
n is alkyl carbon chain length, n=1-3;
X is a halogen ion;
The external anion Y - of the ligand is one of hexafluorophosphate ion, tetrafluoroborate ion or halogen ion.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the ionic Schiff base cobalt complex, which comprises the following steps:
S1, synthesizing an ionic bidentate Schiff base ligand: 2-aminophenol or a derivative thereof is taken as an initial compound, and ionic bidentate Schiff base ligand is obtained through condensation with glyoxal, phenolic hydroxyl alkylation and tertiary amine salification;
S2, synthesizing a Schiff base cobalt complex: tetrahydrofuran is used as a solvent, ionic bidentate Schiff base ligand and halogenated cobalt with the molar ratio of 1.1:1 are added, and the mixture reacts for 5 hours at room temperature to separate out a solid product; and (5) carrying out suction filtration, washing with tetrahydrofuran solution, and drying to obtain the Schiff base cobalt complex.
On the basis of the above method, preferably, the specific operation of step S1 is as follows:
s1, dissolving 2-aminophenol or a derivative thereof and glyoxal in a molar ratio of 1:2 in a round bottom bottle filled with 100 ml absolute ethyl alcohol, heating, stirring and refluxing 12: 12 h; cooling to room temperature to obtain a first-step condensation product; suction filtering, repeatedly washing the solid product with absolute ethanol solution, drying, and collecting;
S2, adding 3 equivalents of dibromoalkane and potassium carbonate into the condensation product of the first step, and heating at 80 ℃ in acetonitrile solution to react for 6-12 h; after the reaction is finished, removing acetonitrile solvent under reduced pressure, extracting with ethyl acetate, washing with saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution, concentrating, and separating by a chromatographic column to obtain a second-step alkylation product;
S3, dissolving the alkylation product obtained in the second step in acetonitrile solution, adding 5 equivalents of triethylamine or trimethylamine, and heating and refluxing overnight to enable the alkyl bromide to be fully salified; after the reaction is finished, concentrating an acetonitrile solvent under reduced pressure, then adding diethyl ether, and separating out ionic Schiff base ligand, wherein the yield is 40-65%; after dissolving the ionic schiff base ligand in methanol/water solution, sodium hexafluorophosphate or sodium tetrafluoroborate is added, and the ligand external anions can be exchanged into PF 6 - or BF 4 -.
The invention also aims to prepare a catalyst for catalyzing the polymerization of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide to form carbonic ester by using the ionic Schiff base cobalt complex, wherein the dosage of the catalyst in the polymerization reaction is 0.05 percent of the molar quantity of propylene oxide, the conversion rate of propylene oxide can reach 91.8 percent after the polymerization reaction is catalyzed for 6 hours, and the selectivity of polycarbonate reaches 89.9 percent.
The beneficial technical effects of the invention are as follows: the novel ionic Schiff base cobalt complex synthesized by the invention has the advantages of easy change of substituent groups on benzene rings and substituent groups on quaternary ammonium salts, easy synthesis, stable performance and environmental friendliness. The quaternary ammonium ionic structure can stabilize the Schiff base cobalt complex, and can improve the activity of catalytic reaction, and the cobalt metal complex can effectively catalyze the polymerization of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide to form carbonate.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
Example 1
Synthesis of ionic Schiff base ligand L1-L6
The ionic Schiff base ligand (L1-L6) is synthesized in three steps:
(1) First, 0.05 mol of 2-aminophenol or a derivative thereof and 0.1mol of glyoxal are dissolved in a round bottom flask containing 100ml of absolute ethanol, heated and refluxed with 12 h. Cooling to room temperature to obtain the condensation product of the first step, filtering, repeatedly washing the solid product with absolute ethanol solution, drying, and collecting.
(2) Adding 3 equivalents of dibromoalkane and potassium carbonate into the condensation product of the first step, heating and reacting at 80 ℃ in acetonitrile solution for 6-12 h, wherein the dibromoalkane is 1, 2-dibromoethane, 1, 3-dibromopropane or 1, 4-dibromobutane, decompressing and removing acetonitrile solvent after the reaction is finished, extracting by using ethyl acetate, washing by using saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution, concentrating and separating by using chromatographic columns to obtain the alkylation product of the second step.
(3) The alkylation product obtained in the second step is dissolved in acetonitrile solution, 5 equivalents of triethylamine or trimethylamine are added, and the mixture is heated and refluxed overnight to enable the alkyl bromide to be fully salified. After the reaction is finished, the acetonitrile solvent is decompressed and concentrated, then diethyl ether is added, and ionic Schiff base ligand L1-L6 is separated out, and the yield is 40-65%. After the ionic Schiff base ligand L1-L6 is dissolved in methanol/water solution, sodium hexafluorophosphate or sodium tetrafluoroborate is added, and the ligand external anions can be exchanged into PF 6 - or BF 4 -.
Example 2
Example 2 (Synthesis of Ionic Schiff base cobalt Complex Co 1),
The ligand L1 (1.25 g,2.2 mmol) prepared in example 1, anhydrous cobalt bromide (0.44 g, 2.0 mmol) was stirred in 15 mL tetrahydrofuran at room temperature to precipitate a solid powder, which was then subjected to suction filtration after 5 hours of further reaction, and the solid product was washed with tetrahydrofuran solution and dried to give complex Co1 in yield 73%.1H NMR (dmso-d6): 7.96 (s, CH, 2H), 7.42 (d,J= 8.0 Hz, Ph CH, 2H), 7.23-7.17 (m, Ph CH, 4H), 6.94 (d,J= 4.0 Hz, Ph CH, 2H), 4.55 (t,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.80 (t,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.22 (s, CH3, 18H).13C NMR (dmso-d6): 151.1, 150.1, 138.9, 127.7, 127.4, 123.3, 113.0, 64.8, 64.7, 54.6 ppm.
Example 3
Synthesis of ionic Schiff base cobalt complex Co2
Ligand L2 (1.32 g,2.2 mmol), anhydrous cobalt bromide (0.44 g, 2.0 mmol) and 15 mL tetrahydrofuran are stirred at room temperature to separate out solid powder, after the reaction is continued for 5 hours, suction filtration is carried out, and the solid product is washed by tetrahydrofuran solution and dried to obtain complex Co2, the yield is high 65%.1H NMR (dmso-d6): 7.99 (s, CH, 2H), 7.44-7.41 (m, Ph CH, 2H), 7.22-7.17 (m, Ph CH, 4H), 6.98-6.95 (m, Ph CH, 2H), 4.20 (t,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.41 (t,J= 8.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.23 (s, CH3, 18H), 2.27-2.21 (m, CH2, 4H).13C NMR (dmso-d6): 151.8, 149.8, 139.2, 127.6, 127.3, 123.2, 112.9, 66.1, 64.6, 53.0, 26.2 ppm.
Example 4
Synthesis of ionic Schiff base cobalt complex Co3
Ligand L3 (1.38 g,2.2 mmol), anhydrous cobalt bromide (0.44 g, 2.0 mmol) and 15 mL tetrahydrofuran are stirred at room temperature to separate out solid powder, after the reaction is continued for 5 hours, suction filtration is carried out, and the solid product is washed by tetrahydrofuran solution and dried to obtain complex Co3, the yield 53%.1H NMR (dmso-d6): 7.97 (s, CH, 2H), 7.43-7.41 (m, Ph CH, 2H), 7.21-7.17 (m, Ph CH, 4H), 6.98-6.95 (m, Ph CH, 2H), 4.09 (t,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.40 (t,J= 8.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.22 (s, CH3, 18H), 1.90-1.80 (m, CH2, 8H).13C NMR (dmso-d6): 151.9, 149.8, 139.2, 127.7, 127.3, 123.2, 112.9, 68.8, 67.2, 53.0, 25.9, 23.4 ppm.
Example 5
Synthesis of ionic Schiff base cobalt complex Co4
Ligand L4 (1.44 g,2.2 mmol), anhydrous cobalt bromide (0.44 g, 2.0 mmol) and 15 mL tetrahydrofuran are stirred at room temperature to separate out solid powder, after the reaction is continued for 5 hours, suction filtration is carried out, and the solid product is washed by tetrahydrofuran solution and dried to obtain complex Co4, the yield 58%.1H NMR (dmso-d6): 7.96 (s, CH, 2H), 7.42 (d,J= 8 Hz, Ph CH, 2H), 7.23-7.17 (m, Ph CH, 4H), 6.94 (d,J= 4 Hz, Ph CH, 2H), 4.40 (t,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.89 (t,J= 8.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.40 (q,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 12H), 1.30 (t, CH2,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 18H).13C NMR (dmso-d6): 151.0, 149.8, 138.8, 127.6, 127.3, 123.2, 113.0, 62.8, 56.7, 53.8, 8.7 ppm.
Example 6
Synthesis of ionic Schiff base cobalt complex Co5
Ligand L5 (1.32 g,2.2 mmol), anhydrous cobalt bromide (0.44 g, 2.0 mmol) and 15 mL tetrahydrofuran are stirred at room temperature to separate out solid powder, after the reaction is continued for 5 hours, suction filtration is carried out, and the solid product is washed by tetrahydrofuran solution and dried to obtain complex Co5, the yield is high 71%.1H NMR (dmso-d6): 7.97 (s, CH, 2H), 7.17 (d,J= 8 Hz, Ph CH, 2H), 7.00 (d,J= 8 Hz, Ph CH, 2H), 677 (d,J= 4 Hz, Ph CH, 2H), 4.53 (t,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.79 (t,J= 8.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.22 (s, CH3, 18H), 2.33 (s, CH3, 6H).13C NMR (dmso-d6): 151.2, 149.6, 138.3, 136.0, 126.4, 123.8, 113.6, 64.7, 64.6, 54.2, 21.5 ppm.
Example 7
Synthesis of ionic Schiff base cobalt complex Co6
Ligand L6 (1.50 g,2.2 mmol), anhydrous cobalt bromide (0.44 g, 2.0 mmol) and 15 mL tetrahydrofuran are stirred at room temperature to separate out solid powder, after the reaction is continued for 5 hours, suction filtration is carried out, and the solid product is washed by tetrahydrofuran solution and dried to obtain complex Co6, the yield 65%.1H NMR (dmso-d6): 7.96 (s, CH, 2H), 7.17-7.12 (m, Ph CH, 4H), 6.77 (d,J= 4 Hz, Ph CH, 2H), 4.53 (t,J= 4.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.79 (t,J= 8.0 Hz, CH2, 4H), 3.29 (s, CH3, 18H), 1.33 (s, CH3, 18H).13C NMR (dmso-d6): 151.3, 150.4, 149.7, 135.6, 126.5, 121.0, 111.5, 64.7, 64.6, 54.2, 35.0, 31.6 ppm.
Example 8
Catalytic polycarbonate synthesis
Anhydrous propylene oxide (6.5 mL,100 mmol) is added into a 100mL high-pressure reaction kettle, the ionic Schiff base cobalt catalyst prepared in the examples 2-7 is added, trimethylbenzene (30 [ mu ] L) as an internal standard is added, carbon dioxide gas is introduced, the pressure is regulated to 3 Mpa, the temperature is increased to 30-50 ℃, and the reaction is carried out for 6-12 h. After the reaction was completed, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, the carbon dioxide remaining in the reaction vessel was released under reduced pressure, the reaction product was dissolved with methylene chloride, transferred to a round-bottomed flask, and the solvent methylene chloride and unreacted propylene oxide were distilled off under reduced pressure. A small sample was taken for hydrogen nuclear magnetic resonance detection and the remaining product was dissolved with a small amount of tetrahydrofuran, precipitated by dropwise addition to methanol, the solution was decanted and the polymer was dried in vacuo. The conversion of Propylene Oxide (PO) in the catalytic reaction and the selectivity of polycarbonate (PPC) and carbonate (PC) were calculated from the integral ratio of the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum ascribed to polycarbonate (4.92 ppm, 1H), carbonate (4.77 ppm, 1H), polypropylene oxide (3.46-3.64 ppm, 3H) to the internal standard mesitylene (6.70 ppm, 3H).
The steric hindrance and the electronic effect of the ionic Schiff base cobalt catalyst are adjusted by changing the substituent on the benzene ring of the Schiff base ligand, the length of the alkyl carbon chain and the substituent on the quaternary ammonium salt, so that the catalytic activity of the catalyst is influenced. As can be seen from Table 1, co6 having a tertiary butyl substituent on the benzene ring has a catalytic activity greater than Co5 containing methyl on the benzene ring and greater than Co1 having no substituent on the benzene ring (Co 6> Co5> Co 1). This demonstrates that the electron-donating property and steric hindrance of the substituents on the benzene ring have a large influence on the catalytic polymerization activity. Compared with the catalytic activity of Co1, co2 and Co3, the alkyl carbon chain length has little influence on the catalytic activity of the ionic Schiff base cobalt catalyst. The R 2 substituent on the alkali salt is changed from methyl (Co 1) to ethyl (Co 4), and the catalytic activity of the ionic Schiff base cobalt catalyst is not changed significantly.
TABLE 1 catalysts Co1-Co6 catalyze the copolymerization of Propylene Oxide (PO) with carbon dioxide
Example 9
Influence of the reaction conditions on the polymerization, the catalyst here being Co6 prepared in example 7
TABLE 2 influence of temperature and time on catalytic polymerization
When carbon dioxide and propylene oxide are polymerized, the selectivity of the polymer has a great relationship with the temperature, and as shown in tables 2 (1-3), after catalytic polymerization of 3 h, the selectivity of polycarbonate (PPC) tends to be increased and then decreased with the increase of the reaction temperature. When the reaction temperature was 20 ℃, the selectivity of PPC was 81.6%, and when the reaction temperature was increased to 40 ℃, the selectivity of PPC was increased to 87.5%, but the temperature was further increased to 50 ℃, the selectivity of PPC was reduced to 83.4%, so that the selectivity of polymerization reaction was the best at 40 ℃. Subsequently we extended the catalytic polymerization time to 6 h (tables 2-4) at which point the PPC selectivity reached 89.9 and the Propylene Oxide (PO) conversion reached 91.8%. After extension to 12h, the PPC selectivity and PO conversion did not change significantly (tables 2-5).
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.