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Title: Organo-Lewis acids of enhanced utility, uses thereof, and products based thereon

Abstract

The organo-Lewis acids are novel triarylboranes which are are highly fluorinated. Triarylboranes of one such type contain at least one ring substituent other than fluorine. These organoboranes have a Lewis acid strength essentially equal to or greater than that of the corresponding organoborane in which the substituent is replaced by fluorine, or have greater solubility in organic solvents. Another type of new organoboranes have 1-3 perfluorinated fused ring groups and 2-0 perfluorophenyl groups. When used as a cocatalyst in the formation of novel catalytic complexes with d- or f-block metal compounds having at least one leaving group such as a methyl group, these triorganoboranes, because of their ligand abstracting properties, produce corresponding anions which are capable of only weakly, if at all, coordinating to the metal center, and thus do not interfere in various polymerization processes such as are described.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
874510
Patent Number(s):
6403732
Application Number:
09/863,721
Assignee:
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07F - ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-86ER13511
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2001 May 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
organo-lewis; acids; enhanced; utility; products; based; novel; triarylboranes; highly; fluorinated; type; contain; substituent; fluorine; organoboranes; lewis; acid; strength; essentially; equal; organoborane; replaced; solubility; organic; solvents; 1-3; perfluorinated; fused; 2-0; perfluorophenyl; cocatalyst; formation; catalytic; complexes; d-; f-block; metal; compounds; leaving; methyl; triorganoboranes; ligand; abstracting; properties; produce; anions; capable; weakly; coordinating; center; interfere; polymerization; processes; described; organic solvent; metal compound; lewis acid; organo-lewis acid; type contain; products based; /526/502/999/

Citation Formats

Marks, Tobin J., and Chen, You-Xian. Organo-Lewis acids of enhanced utility, uses thereof, and products based thereon. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Marks, Tobin J., & Chen, You-Xian. Organo-Lewis acids of enhanced utility, uses thereof, and products based thereon. United States.
Marks, Tobin J., and Chen, You-Xian. Tue . "Organo-Lewis acids of enhanced utility, uses thereof, and products based thereon". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874510.
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