Cocatalysts for metal-catalyzed olefin polymerization: activators, activation processes, and structure− activity relationships

EYX Chen, TJ Marks - Chemical Reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
One of the most exciting developments in the areas of catalysis, organometallic chemistry,
and polymer science in recent years has been the intense exploration and …

The chemistry of β-diketiminatometal complexes

L Bourget-Merle, MF Lappert, JR Severn - Chemical Reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
Although the β-diketonato1 I and β-enaminoketonato2, 3 II ligands are among the most
ubiquitous chelating systems in coordination chemistry, the isoelectronic β-diketiminato …

Novel polymerization catalysts and hydride clusters from rare-earth metal dialkyls

M Nishiura, Z Hou - Nature Chemistry, 2010 - nature.com
This Review gives an overview on recent progress in the synthesis and chemistry of rare-
earth metal dialkyl complexes bearing monoanionic ancillary ligands, with an emphasis on …

Recent developments in organolanthanide polymerization catalysts

Z Hou, Y Wakatsuki - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
This review describes recent advances in the synthesis and polymerization chemistry of
organolanthanide complexes (including those of scandium and yttrium), with emphasis …

Synthesis and structural chemistry of non-cyclopentadienyl organolanthanide complexes

FT Edelmann, DMM Freckmann, H Schumann - Chemical reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
About 30 years ago organometallic compounds of the rare earth metals were a curiosity.
That changed slowly in the late 1970s and the early 1980s after the availability of modern …

The chemistry of perfluoroaryl boranes

WE Piers - Advances in organometallic chemistry, 2005 - books.google.com
It has been just over 40 years since the first pentafluorophenyl substituted boranes were
prepared using transmetallation reactions of C6F5 SnMe3 and BCl3. 1 Although …

Cationic organometallic complexes of scandium, yttrium, and the lanthanoids

PM Zeimentz, S Arndt, BR Elvidge, J Okuda - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
The organometallic chemistry of the rare-earth metals (the term “rare-earth metal” in this
article will include scandium and yttrium alongside the elements from lanthanum to lutetium …

Non-cyclopentadienyl ancillaries in organogroup 3 metal chemistry: a fine balance in ligand design

WE Piers, DJH Emslie - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, several groups have targeted well-defined organometallic Group 3
metal complexes with ancillary ligand supporting environments alternative to the ubiquitous …

Group 3 metal catalysts for ethylene and α-olefin polymerization

J Gromada, JF Carpentier, A Mortreux - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the use of group 3 organometallic catalysts for ethylene and α-olefins
polymerization, as well as for functionalization of such poly (α-olefin) chains. It describes the …

Tuning steric and electronic effects in transition-metal β-diketiminate complexes

C Chen, SM Bellows, PL Holland - Dalton Transactions, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
β-Diketiminates are widely used supporting ligands for building a range of metal complexes
with different oxidation states, structures, and reactivities. This Perspective summarizes the …