The invention discloses a pincerlike bi-N-heterocyclic
carbene biphenyl amine
rare earth metal catalyst, a preparation method and an application thereof and belongs to the field of catalysts. The catalyst has one
structural formula. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly heating bromoiodobenzene, 2-bromobenzenamine and the like to react in a dark place in a
nitrogen or an
argon atmosphere, so as to obtain a first-step product by
column chromatography, heating with
imidazole to react, so as to obtain a second-step product by virtue recrystallization; reacting with
alkyl iodides while heating, filtering, washing and
drying to obtain a pincerlike bi-N-heterocyclic
carbene biphenyl amine ligand; and dropwise adding a
hydrogen-pulling
reagent into a ligand liquid to react in a low-temperature,
nitrogen or
argon atmosphere, then dropwise adding a liquid with a
metal source dissolved to react, and filtering and recrystallizing to obtain the pincerlike bi-N-heterocyclic
carbene biphenyl amine
rare earth metal catalyst. The raw materials are easily available and the catalyst can be used for homopolymerization or copolymerization of olefins, alkynes and polar monomers or copolymerization with CO2, respectively. The preparation method is simple in process, economic and environment-friendly and suitable for industrial production.