A lab-scale reaction calorimeter for olefin polymerization

Photolithographic olefin metathesis polymerization.

Patterning functional materials is a central challenge across many fields of science. The ability to lithographically fabricate micro- and nanostructures has been one of the most impactful technological breakthroughs of the last century. In part due to the complexity of the chemical processes in photoresists, there is a limited variety of materials that can currently be patterned by photolithog...

FI Catalyst for Polymerization of Olefin

Insight into Group 4 Metallocenium-Mediated Olefin Polymerization Reaction Coordinates Using a Metadynamics Approach.

We report here the first application of the computationally efficient metadynamics approach for analyzing single-site olefin polymerization mechanisms. The mechanism of group 4 metallocenium catalysis for ethylene homopolymerization is investigated by modeling the ethylene insertion step at the cationic (η(5)-C5H5)Zr(CH3)2(+) center using molecular dynamics simulations within the Density Functi...

Zirconium enolatoimine complexes in olefin polymerization.

Zirconium complexes with enolatoimine ligands bearing an electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl group on the alkoxy moiety [κ²-N,O-{2,6-R₂N=C(CH₃)C(H)=C(O)CF₃]₂ZrCl₂ (2a, R = H; 2b, R = F; 2c, R = CH₃; 2d, R = (i)Pr) were prepared. The isopropyl substituents hinder rotation in solution for 2d, and result in a trans-arrangement of the N-donors in the solid state. Catalyst activities are similar fo...

Advances in non-metallocene olefin polymerization catalysis.

B. Anionic Ligands 302 IX. Group 9 Catalysts 302 X. Group 10 Catalysts 303 A. Neutral Ligands 303 1. R-Diimine and Related Ligands 303 2. Other Neutral Nitrogen-Based Ligands 304 3. Chelating Phosphorus-Based Ligands 304 B. Monoanionic Ligands 305 1. [PO] Chelates 305 2. [NO] Chelates 306 3. Other Monoanionic Ligands 306 4. Carbon-Based Ligands 306 XI. Group 11 Catalysts 307 XII. Group 12 Catal...