title: New phenoxyketimine titanium complexes: combining isotacticity and living behavior in propylene polymerization.
abstract: A series of titanium bis(phenoxyketimine) olefin polymerization catalysts were synthesized and screened for propylene polymerization. The phenoxyketimine ligands contain pentafluorophenyl N-aryl groups and ortho-phenol substituents of varying size. Catalysts with ortho-phenol substituents of intermediate size produce living, substantially isotactic polypropylene. The living nature of these catalyst systems is demonstrated through the synthesis of block copolymers with narrow molecular weight distributions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Geoffrey W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Coates