First Cr(III)-SNS complexes and their use as highly efficient catalysts for the trimerization of ethylene to 1-hexene.
Cr(III) complexes of tridentate SNS ligands have been prepared and evaluated as catalysts for ethylene trimerization, with several giving very high activity and excellent selectivity toward 1-hexene when activated with methylaluminoxane. The new complexes illustrate the potential of sulfur-based ligands on early transition metals for catalysis.
McGuinness
David S
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Institut für Technische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie der RWTH Aachen, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Wasserscheid
Peter
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Keim
Wilhelm
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Morgan
David
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Dixon
John T
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Bollmann
Annette
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Maumela
Hulisani
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Hess
Fiona
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Englert
Ulli
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