title: A ruthenium catalyst yielding crosslinked polyethylene.
abstract: A ruthenium phosphane aryl sulfonate was found to be an efficient catalyst for the polymerization of ethene. Surprisingly, the resulting polyethylene is crosslinked.
authors.affiliation: Quebec Center for Functional Materials-NanoQAM, Department of Chemistry, UQAM, Succ Centre Ville-CP 8888, Montreal, Qc, H3C3P8, Canada.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piche
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Daigle
authors.forename: Jerome P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Claverie
mesh_terms: D001190:Arylsulfonates / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D020959:Polyethylene / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D058105:Polymerization; D017975:Ruthenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001190:Arylsulfonates; D005030:Ethylenes; D017975:Ruthenium Compounds; D020959:Polyethylene; C036216:ethylene