Advances in non-metallocene olefin polymerization catalysis

VC Gibson, SK Spitzmesser - Chemical reviews, 2003 - ACS Publications
The field of olefin polymerization catalysis has experienced a phenomenal acceleration in
research activity over the past 5 years, with many academic and industrial research …

FI Catalysts for olefin polymerization A comprehensive treatment

H Makio, H Terao, A Iwashita, T Fujita - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
1.1. General Overview Polyolefinic materials, exemplified by polyethylenes (PEs),
polypropylenes (PPs), and ethylene/R-olefin amorphous copolymers, display many notable …

Iron and cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts bearing 2, 6-bis (imino) pyridyl ligands: synthesis, structures, and polymerization studies

GJP Britovsek, M Bruce, VC Gibson… - Journal of the …, 1999 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, characterization, and ethylene polymerization behavior of a series of iron and
cobalt halide complexes, LMX n (M= Fe, X= Cl, n= 2, 3, X= Br, n= 2; M= Co, X= Cl, n= 2) …

Bis (imino) pyridines: Surprisingly reactive ligands and a gateway to new families of catalysts

VC Gibson, C Redshaw, GA Solan - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
It has been almost a decade since sterically demanding bis (arylimino) pyridine ligands,[2, 6-
(ArNdCR) 2C5H3N](1)(Figure 1), were found to impart late transition metals, especially iron …

Electronic structure of bis (imino) pyridine iron dichloride, monochloride, and neutral ligand complexes: a combined structural, spectroscopic, and computational study

SC Bart, K Chłopek, E Bill, MW Bouwkamp… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The electronic structure of a family of bis (imino) pyridine iron dihalide, monohalide, and
neutral ligand compounds has been investigated by spectroscopic and computational …

Progression of diiminopyridines: from single application to catalytic versatility

Z Flisak, WH Sun - Acs Catalysis, 2015 - ACS Publications
Diiminopyridyl metal complexes, first characterized several decades ago, found practical
application in 1998 when they were used as precatalysts in coordinative ethylene …

Ethylene oligomerization, homopolymerization and copolymerization by iron and cobalt catalysts with 2, 6-(bis-organylimino) pyridyl ligands

C Bianchini, G Giambastiani, IG Rios… - Coordination chemistry …, 2006 - Elsevier
In this review are highlighted the key advances that have occurred in the discovery and
development of 2, 6-bis (imino) pyridyl iron (II) and cobalt (II) catalysts for the transformation …

Catalytic polymerization and post polymerization catalysis fifty years after the discovery of Ziegler's catalysts

R Mülhaupt - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
During the 1920's Hermann Staudinger, who was awarded the Nobel prize in 1953,
introduced his revolutionary concept of high molecular weight macromolecules and …

Synthesis and structures of cationic aluminum and gallium amidinate complexes

S Dagorne, IA Guzei, MP Coles… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Aluminum and gallium amidinate complexes,{RC (NR ') 2} MMe2 (R, R '= alkyl; M= Al, Ga),
react with the “cationic activators”[Ph3C][B (C6F5) 4] and B (C6F5) 3 to yield cationic Al and …

Vanadium-based Ziegler–Natta: challenges, promises, problems

S Gambarotta - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
The chemistry of vanadium is reviewed in the view of the ability of this metal to act as a
catalyst for olefin homo-and co-polymerization. The unique ability of some vanadium …