Abstract:
The title complex bis{1-{[(6-ethyl-2-pyridinyl)imino]methylenyl}-2-naphthalenolato-N,O}-nickel(Ⅱ) (C36H32N4O2Ni) has been synthesized by the reaction of 1-{[(6-ethyl-2-pyridinyl)imino]methylenyl}-2-naphthalenol with Ni(CH3COO)2·4H2O, and characterized by IR spectrum, elemental analysis and TG. The complicated space structure has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal belongs to the monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a=11.410(4), b=14.382(4), c=18.121(6)Å, β=97.147(6)°, V=2950.5(16)Å3, C36H32N4O2Ni, Mr=611.37, Z=4, Dc=1.376 g/cm3, μ=0.698 mm-1, F(000)=1280, the final R=0.0519 and wR=0.1493 (I>2σ(I)). This title compound was used as precatalysts for the polymerisation of norbornene. When activated with MAO, the complex exhibited excellent catalytic activity up to 1.98×107g of PNB (mol of Ni) h with high monomer conversion.