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Bulky yet flexible substituents in insertion polymerization with α-diimine nickel and palladium systems

Lihua Guo, Wenting Sun, Shuaikang Li, Guoyong Xu, Shengyu Dai

Polymer Chemistry · 2019 · 110 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

The bulky yet flexible substituent on the <italic>N</italic>-aryl moieties of α-diimine ligands may adopt different conformations and provide dynamic steric hindrance in the process of ethylene (co)polymerization.

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