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Control of molecular weight in Ni(ii)-catalyzed polymerization via the reaction medium

Damien Guironnet, Thomas Rünzi, Inigo Göttker‐Schnetmann, Stefan Mecking

Chemical Communications · 2008 · 68 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

The reaction medium controls polymerization with highly active (kappa(2)-P,O)-phosphinesulfonato nickel methyl complexes to afford polyethylenes ranging from low molecular weight (M(n)) branched material to high molecular weight (M(n)) strictly linear polymer.

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