title: Micro-flow synthesis and structural analysis of sterically crowded diimine ligands with five aryl rings.
abstract: Sterically crowded diimine ligands with five aryl rings were prepared in one step in good yields using a micro-flow technique. X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed the detailed structure of the bulky ligands. The nickel complexes prepared from the ligands exerted high polymerization activity in the ethylene homopolymerization and copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuse
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobutake
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.affiliation: Mitsubishi Chemical Croup, Science and Technology Research Center, Inc., 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tannna
authors.affiliation: Mitsubishi Chemical Croup, Science and Technology Research Center, Inc., 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
keywords: amidine formation; diimine; flow chemistry; polymerization