title: High tacticity control in organolanthanide polymerization catalysis: formation of isotactic poly(alpha-alkenes) with a chiral C3-symmetric thulium complex.
abstract: The thulium complexes [Tm((i)Pr-trisox)(CH(2)SiMe(2)R)(3)] (R = Me , Ph ) were synthesized from the thulium trialkyl precursors [Tm(CH(2)SiMe(2)R)(3)(thf)(2)]; reaction of with two equivalents of [Ph(3)C][B(C(6)F(5))(4)] gave a cationic complex 1c, which was found to polymerize 1-hexene, 1-heptene and 1-octene to give the corresponding polyolefins with moderate to good activities and with minimum isotacticity of 90%, 83% and 95%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lukesová
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellemin-Laponnaz
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wadepohl
authors.forename: Lutz H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Gade