Synergistic Effect of Rigid and Flexible Substituents in Insertion Polymerization with α-Diimine Nickel and Palladium Catalysts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zijuan Hai ◽  
Zhou Lu ◽  
Shuaikang Li ◽  
Zhong-Yan Cao ◽  
Shengyu Dai

α-Diimine catalysts with rigid steric hindrance demonstrated great potential in the field of olefin polymerization. We have recently focused on developing bulky yet flexible alkyl-substituted α-diimine catalysts and their application...

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (35) ◽  
pp. 4866-4871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lihua Guo ◽  
Wenting Sun ◽  
Shuaikang Li ◽  
Guoyong Xu ◽  
Shengyu Dai

The bulky yet flexible substituent on the N-aryl moieties of α-diimine ligands may adopt different conformations and provide dynamic steric hindrance in the process of ethylene (co)polymerization.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (39) ◽  
pp. 4856-4865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolu Wu ◽  
Zhi Yang ◽  
Xinwen Yan ◽  
Pengfei Zhang ◽  
Lin Wang ◽  
...  

Cationic (S,S)-bis(oxazolinylphenyl)amido-ligated palladium species were first used for the coordination–insertion polymerization of 1-chloro-2-phenylacetylenes.


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Francesco Zaccaria ◽  
Peter H. M. Budzelaar ◽  
Cristiano Zuccaccia ◽  
Roberta Cipullo ◽  
Alceo Macchioni ◽  
...  

Even after several decades of intense research, mechanistic studies of olefin polymerization by early transition metal catalysts continue to reveal unexpected elementary reaction steps. In this mini-review, the recent discovery of two unprecedented chain termination processes is summarized: chain transfer to solvent (CTS) and chain transfer to monomer (CTM), leading to benzyl/tolyl and allyl type chain ends, respectively. Although similar transfer reactions are well-known in radical polymerization, only very recently they have been observed also in olefin insertion polymerization catalysis. In the latter context, these processes were first identified in Ti-catalyzed propene and ethene polymerization; more recently, CTS was also reported in Sc-catalyzed styrene polymerization. In the Ti case, these processes represent a unique combination of insertion polymerization, organic radical chemistry and reactivity of a M(IV)/M(III) redox couple. In the Sc case, CTS occurs via a σ-bond metathesis reactivity, and it is associated with a significant boost of catalytic activity and/or with tuning of polystyrene molecular weight and tacticity. The mechanistic studies that led to the understanding of these chain transfer reactions are summarized, highlighting their relevance in olefin polymerization catalysis and beyond.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1393-1400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengyu Dai ◽  
Shuaikang Li ◽  
Guoyong Xu ◽  
Cheng Wu ◽  
Yudan Liao ◽  
...  

The investigation of the relationship between the structure of the catalyst and the microstructure of the obtained polymer has attracted much attention and broad interest in the field of transition metal-catalyzed olefin polymerization.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Dong ◽  
Baiquan Wang

Late-transition metal complexes containing N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are still limited in the field of olefin polymerization, especially in the copolymerization of olefins with polar monomers. In this contribution, a series...


2001 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayusman Sen

The coordination of the functionalities that may be present either in the monomer or in the growing polymer chain to the metal center is a key impediment in the development of new transition metal-based catalysts for the insertion polymerization of polar monomers. Several examples are discussed to illustrate this problem. Additionally, it is shown that the reduction of the electrophilicity of the metal center is one way to decrease this interaction.


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