Problems and solutions for alkene polymerisation catalysts incorporating Schiff-bases; migratory insertion and radical mechanisms of catalyst deactivation.
Steric blocking of an intramolecular 1,2-migratory insertion reaction of a zirconium salicylaldiminato complex leads to a long-lived catalyst for ethene polymerisation, but promotes a new radical catalyst decomposition mechanism in certain instances; kinetic and thermodynamic parameters for both pathways have been established.
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK CV4 7AL.
Paul D
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Knight
Adam J
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Clarke
Brian S
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Kimberley
Richard A
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Jackson
Peter
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Scott