Issue 5, 2013
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Catalysis Science & Technology

Nickel complex pre-catalysts in ethylenepolymerization: new approaches to elastomeric materials

Rong Gao,ab   Wen-Hua Sun*a  and  Carl Redshaw*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
E-mail: whsun@iccas.ac.cn
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b Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Beijing 100013, China

c Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull, UK
E-mail: c.redshaw@hull.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 (0)1482 465219

Abstract

Recent progress on nickel-based complex pre-catalysts has been reviewed. Variation of the complex models by employing different types of heteroatom-containing ligands and the new features associated with the resulting highly branched polyethylenes is discussed. The discussions focus on the influence that fine tuning of the substituents has on the catalytic properties of their nickel complexes. The resultant polyethylene exhibits high branching and can be classified as an elastomeric material. Thus, such nickel complex pre-catalysts have a bright future in both the academic and industrial arenas.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CY20691B
Article type
Minireview
Submitted
08 Oct 2012
Accepted
18 Jan 2013
First published
23 Jan 2013

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013,3, 1172-1179

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Nickel complex pre-catalysts in ethylene polymerization: new approaches to elastomeric materials

R. Gao, W. Sun and C. Redshaw, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013, 3, 1172 DOI: 10.1039/C3CY20691B

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