Synthesis of a new olefin polymerization catalyst supported by an sp3-C donor via insertion of a ligand-appended alkene into the Hf-C bond of a neutral pyridylamidohafnium trimethyl complex

Gregory J Domski; Joseph B Edson; Ivan Keresztes; Emil B Lobkovsky; Geoffrey W Coates

doi:10.1039/b811384j

Synthesis of a new olefin polymerization catalyst supported by an sp3-C donor via insertion of a ligand-appended alkene into the Hf-C bond of a neutral pyridylamidohafnium trimethyl complex

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Dec 14:(46):6137-9. doi: 10.1039/b811384j. Epub 2008 Oct 22.

Authors

Gregory J Domski¹, Joseph B Edson, Ivan Keresztes, Emil B Lobkovsky, Geoffrey W Coates

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA.

PMID: 19082098
DOI: 10.1039/b811384j

Abstract

A new living and isoselective propylene polymerization precatalyst was generated via the intramolecular insertion of a ligand-appended vinyl group into the Hf-C bond of a neutral pyridylamidohafnium trimethyl complex.