Metal complex comprising amidine and indole fused cyclopentadienyl ligands

• Main Authors: Voskoboynikov, Alexander Zel'Manovich, Samsonov, Oleg Vladimirovich, Berthoud, Alexandra, Valla, Maxence, Goryunov, Georgy Pavlovich, Uborsky, Dmitry Vadimovich
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.01.2023
• Subjects: ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

A metal complex of the formula (1) InCyLMZp (1), wherein M is a group 4 metal, Z is an anionic ligand, p is number of 1 to 2, InCy is an indole fused cyclopentadienyl-type ligand of the formula (2) wherein R1 independently is a C1-C4-alkyl, m is a number of 0 to 4, R2 is a C1-C10-alkyl, C5-C10-cycloalkyl, or a C6-C10-aryl unsubstituted or substituted with C1-C10-alkyl or C1-C4-dialkyl amino, R3, R4 and R5 each is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C6-C10-aryl unsubstituted or substituted with C1-C4-alkyl, halide, or both of C1-C4-alkyl and halide and, L is an amidinate ligand of the formula (3a) wherein the amidine-containing ligand (3a) is bonded to the metal M via the imine nitrogen atom N2, wherein R7 is independently selected from C1-C4-alkyl and halide and q is a number of 0 to 4, Sub4 is a cyclic or linear aliphatic or aromatic substituent.