Designing catalysts for olefin polymerization and copolymerization: beyond electronic and steric tuning

C Chen - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018‏ - nature.com
More than 50 years have passed since Ziegler and Natta shared the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry for their discovery of olefin polymerization catalysts. The field of metal-catalysed …

Emerging palladium and nickel catalysts for copolymerization of olefins with polar monomers

C Tan, C Chen - Angewandte Chemie, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Transition‐metal‐catalyzed copolymerization of olefins with polar monomers represents a
challenge because of the large variety of substrate‐induced side reactions. However, this …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on α-diimine Ni and Pd complexes for catalyzed ethylene (Co) polymerization: A comprehensive review

R Wu, WK Wu, L Stieglitz, S Gaan, B Rieger… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract α-Diimine Ni and Pd complexes are one of the most examined late-transition
organometallics in the application of catalyzed ethylene (co) polymerization. These …

Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties

JC Worch, H Prydderch, S Jimaja, P Bexis… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The importance of stereochemistry to the function of molecules is generally well understood.
However, to date, control over stereochemistry and its potential to influence properties of the …

Completely recyclable biopolymers with linear and cyclic topologies via ring-opening polymerization of γ-butyrolactone

M Hong, EYX Chen - Nature Chemistry, 2016‏ - nature.com
Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) is a powerful synthetic methodology for the chemical
synthesis of technologically important biodegradable aliphatic polyesters from cyclic esters …

Atom transfer radical polymerization: billion times more active catalysts and new initiation systems

TG Ribelli, F Lorandi, M Fantin… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Approaching 25 years since its invention, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is
established as a powerful technique to prepare precisely defined polymeric materials. This …

Polymerization of polar monomers mediated by main-group Lewis acid–base pairs

M Hong, J Chen, EYX Chen - Chemical reviews, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
The development of new or more sustainable, active, efficient, controlled, and selective
polymerization reactions or processes continues to be crucial for the synthesis of important …

Palladium and nickel catalyzed chain walking olefin polymerization and copolymerization

L Guo, S Dai, X Sui, C Chen - Acs Catalysis, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
In this perspective, recent developments on palladium and nickel mediated chain walking
olefin polymerization and copolymerization with polar functionalized comonomers are …

Recent advances in Ni-mediated ethylene chain growth: Nimine-donor ligand effects on catalytic activity, thermal stability and oligo-/polymer structure

Z Wang, Q Liu, GA Solan, WH Sun - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Homogeneous nickel catalysts have a considerable track record for mediating ethylene
chain growth in the form of oligomerization and more recently polymerization. Within the …

Half-sandwich rare-earth-catalyzed olefin polymerization, carbometalation, and hydroarylation

M Nishiura, F Guo, Z Hou - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus The search for new catalysts for more efficient, selective chemical
transformations and for the synthesis of new functional materials has been a long-standing …