The preparation of well-defined functionalized polyolefins via coordination-insertion
polymerization method is a hot topic in polymer science. Late transition organometallic …

Ligands, Lewis bases that coordinate to the metal center in a complex, can completely
change the catalytic behavior of the metal center. In this Account, we summarize new …

Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …

Branched polyolefin microstructures resulting from so‐called “chain walking” are a
fascinating feature of late transition metal catalysts; however, to date it has not been …

Functional polyolefins (ie, polyethene or polypropene bearing functional groups) are highly
desired materials, due to their beneficial surface properties. Many different pathways exist …

Akifumi Nakamura (left) was born in 1984 in Kanagawa, Japan. He received his BS degree
in 2007 and MS degree in 2009 from the University of Tokyo under the guidance of …

The ability to carry out transition‐metal‐catalyzed copolymerizations of olefins with polar
monomers is a great challenge in the field of olefin polymerization. Palladium has been the …

1.1 Background A prolific coupling of polymer science with organometallic chemistry has
recently yielded phenomenal scientific and commercial successes in the production of …

Several nickel complexes bearing sterically bulky phosphino-phenolate ([P, O]) ligands were
synthesized and explored as catalysts for olefin (co) polymerization. In the absence of an …

Ni (II) complexes bearing an o-bis (aryl) phosphinophenolate ligand were synthesized as
catalysts for copolymerization of ethylene and alkyl acrylates. When the P-bound aryl group …