Synthesis and structural characterisation of a boralumoxane capable of activating a zirconocene ethene polymerisation catalystElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental, spectroscopic and polymerisation details. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b103670j/ Netherlands Institute for Catalysis Research (NIOK) publication no. RUG 01-4-03.
Abstract
The reaction of But3Al with ArB(OH)2 (Ar = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) leads, via the intermediate [But2Al(O)BAr(OH)]2
1, to the crystallographically characterised boralumoxane Al(But2Al)(ButAl)2(O2 BAr)4
3 which is able to activate Cp2ZrMe2 to effect catalytic