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Highly branched unsaturated polyethylenes achievable using strained imino-cyclopenta[<i>b</i>]pyridyl-nickel precatalysts

Youfu Zhang, Chuanbing Huang, Xinxin Wang, Qaiser Mahmood, Xiang Hao, Xinquan Hu, Cun‐Yue Guo, Gregory A. Solan, Wen‐Hua Sun

Polymer Chemistry · 2017 · 51 citations · 61 references

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Highly branched and unsaturated PEs with narrow PDIs have been obtained using nickel catalysts that display high activities, rapid regeneration of active species and high rates of chain isomerization.

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