Neutral Nickel(II)-Based Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization

Chunming Wang, Stefan Friedrich, Todd R. Younkin, Robert T. Li, Robert H. Grubbs, Donald A. Bansleben, Michael W. Day

Organometallics · 1998 · 637 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Neutral salicylaldiminato Ni(II) complexes have been synthesized, and their structure has been confirmed by an X-ray analysis of complex 4e . These compounds are active catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene under mild conditions in the presence of a phosphine scavenger such as Ni(COD) 2 or B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 .

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