Dramatic effect of heteroatom backbone substituents on the ethylene polymerization behavior of bis(imino)pyridine iron catalysts.
Bis(imino)pyridine iron complexes bearing ether and thioether backbone substituents have been synthesized and evaluated for the polymerization of ethylene. The methoxy derivative is inactive whereas bulky phenoxides or thioether derivatives afford activities as high as the most active systems reported to date.
Smit
Theo M
TM
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Tomov
Atanas K
AK
Gibson
Vernon C
VC
White
Andrew J P
AJ
Williams
David J
DJ