Due to a unique chain walking process, α-diimine nickel catalysts produce variously branched polyolefins using only ethylene as the feedstock.
AbstractC18H20Cl4N2OZr, monoclinic, Pnma (no. 62), a = 12.457(3) Å, b = 22.806(8) Å, c = 7.398(2) Å, V = 2101.7(11) Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.0291, wRref(F2) = 0.0685, T = 110 K.