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A continuing legend: the Brookhart-type α-diimine nickel and palladium catalysts

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Ethylene polymerization of nickel catalysts with α-diimine ligands: factors controlling the structure of active species and polymer properties

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Exploring the o-aryl halogen effects of α-diimine Pd(ii) catalysts on ethylene (co)polymerization

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Highly branched unsaturated polyethylenes achievable using strained imino-cyclopenta[b]pyridyl-nickel precatalysts

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Trifluoromethoxy-substituted nickel catalysts for producing highly branched polyethylenes: impact of solvent, activator andN,N′-ligand on polymer properties

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Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 1040
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Elastomeric polyethylenes accessible via ethylene homo-polymerization using an unsymmetrical α-diimino-nickel catalyst

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Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 2785
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ortho-Cycloalkyl substitutedN,N′-diaryliminoacenaphthene-Ni(ii) catalysts for polyethylene elastomers; exploring ring size and temperature effects

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Raising the N-aryl fluoride content in unsymmetrical diaryliminoacenaphthylenes as a route to highly active nickel(ii) catalysts in ethylene polymerization

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Ultra-high molecular weight elastomeric polyethylene using an electronically and sterically enhanced nickel catalyst

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Impact of o-aryl halogen effects on ethylene polymerization: steric vs. electronic effects

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N , N -chelated nickel catalysts for highly branched polyolefin elastomers: a survey

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Enhancing performance of α‐diiminonickel precatalyst for ethylene polymerization by substitution with the 2,4‐bis(4,4'‐dimethoxybenzhydryl)‐6‐methylphenyl group

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Balancing high thermal stability with high activity in diaryliminoacenaphthene‐nickel(II) catalysts for ethylene polymerization

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Alkylaluminum activator effects on polyethylene branching using a N,N′‐nickel precatalyst appended with bulky 4,4′‐dimethoxybenzhydryl groups

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Thermally stable unsymmetrical 2,3-diiminobutane-nickel pre-catalysts for synthesis of high molecular weight polyethylene elastomers

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Ortho-substituted α-diimine nickel catalysts: Enabling high-temperature synthesis of polyethylene elastomers with superior mechanical properties

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Attaining highly branched polyethylene elastomers by employing modified α-diiminonickel(II) catalysts: Probing the effects of enhancing fluorine atom on the ligand framework towards mechanical properties of polyethylene

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Synthesis and ethylene polymerization of 8‐(fluorenylarylimino)‐5,6,7‐trihydroquinolylnickel chlorides: Tailoring polyethylenes by adjusting fluorenyl position and adduct Et2Zn

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Branched polyethylenes attainable using thermally enhanced bis(imino)acenaphthene-nickel catalysts: Exploring the effects of temperature and pressure

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Catalytic Activity Prediction of α-Diimino Nickel Precatalysts toward Ethylene Polymerization by Machine Learning

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Amino‐containing α‐Diimine Nickel Complexes with Adjustable Electronic Properties and their Effective Use in Forming Highly Branched Polyethylene

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Remote naphthyl enhancing bis(imino)acenaphthene-Nickel precatalysts in ethylene polymerization

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Moderately branched ultra‐high molecular weight polyethylene by using N,N′‐nickel catalysts adorned with sterically hindered dibenzocycloheptyl groups

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Unveiling the mutual effects of hydroxyl and dibenzhydryl groups in α‐diimino‐nickel precatalysts for direct synthesis of polyethylene elastomers

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Recent Progress in Ethylene Polymerization Catalyzed by Ni and Pd Catalysts

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The crystal structure of {N 1,N 2-bis[2,4-dimethyl-6-(4-(tert-butyl)phenyl)(phenyl)methyl]acenaphthylene-1,2-diimino-κ2 N, N′}-dibromido-nickel(II) – dichloromethane(1/2), C64H64Br2Cl4N2Ni

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Recent advances on α-diimine Ni and Pd complexes for catalyzed ethylene (Co)polymerization: A comprehensive review

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Recent advances in Ni-mediated ethylene chain growth: Nimine-donor ligand effects on catalytic activity, thermal stability and oligo-/polymer structure

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Molecular weight control of polyethylene waxes using a constrained imino‐cyclopenta[b]pyridyl‐nickel catalyst

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Vinyl/Vinylene functionalized highly branched polyethylene waxes obtained using electronically controlled cyclohexyl‐fused pyridinylimine‐nickel precatalysts

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High molecular weight bimodal polyethylene elastomers using N,N'-nickel catalysts appended with methoxy and trifluoromethoxy functionality

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Fluorinated Sterically Bulky Mononuclear and Binuclear 2-Iminopyridylnickel Halides for Ethylene Polymerization: Effects of Ligand Frameworks and Remote Substituents

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ACS Omega, 2021, 6, 30157
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Unsymmetrical Strategy Makes Significant Differences in α‐Diimine Nickel and Palladium Catalyzed Ethylene (Co)Polymerizations

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Electronic Tuning of Sterically Encumbered 2-(Arylimino)Pyridine-Nickel Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts by Para-Group Modification

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Synthesis of short straight-chain alkylamine based hyperbranched nickel complexes and their catalytic performance of ethylene oligomerization

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Ethylene Polymerization with Ni(II) Diimine Complexes Generated from 8-Halo-1-naphthylamines: The Role of Equilibrating Syn/Anti Diastereomers in Determining Polymer Properties

Bin Wang, Olafs Daugulis and Maurice Brookhart

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Advances in the chemistry of redox-active bis(imino)acenaphthenes (BIAN): A case of transition metal complexes

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Steric and temperature effects in unsymmetrical α‐diimine nickel‐catalyzed ethylene and 1‐octene polymerization

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Recent progress in preparation of branched polyethylene with nickel, titanium, vanadium and chromium catalytic systems and EPR study of related catalytic systems

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European Polymer Journal, 2019, 121, 109339
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Highlycis-1,4 selective polymerization of isoprene promoted by α-diimine cobalt(II) chlorides

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