Awakening a dormant catalyst: salicylaldimine systems for ethene/tert-butylstyrene copolymerization.
A group of readily available zirconium catalysts incapable of ethene-co-styrene polymerization are remarkably active and selective for the production of the new polymer ethene-co-tert-butylstyrene via a single site mechanism.
Theaker
Giles W
GW
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Morton
Colin
C
Scott
Peter
P
D002384:Catalysis; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013343:Styrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry
D002712:Chlorides; D005030:Ethylenes; D007097:Imines; D011108:Polymers; D013343:Styrenes; C036216:ethylene; D015040:Zirconium; C429984:zirconium chloride