Issue 44, 2013
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Dalton Transactions

Addition of a phosphine ligand switches an N-heterocyclic carbene-zirconium catalyst from oligomerization to polymerization of 1-hexene†

Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub,*ab   Lawrence M. Henling,c   Jay A. Labinger*c  and  John E. Bercaw*c  

* Corresponding authors

a CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France

b Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, LCC, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
E-mail: emmanuelle.despagnet-ayoub@lcc-toulouse.fr

c Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories of Chemical Synthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
E-mail: bercaw@caltech.edu

Abstract

A catalyst for the oligomerization of 1-hexene, generated by the activation of a benzimidazolylidene zirconium dibenzyl complex, switches to a polymerization catalyst on addition of a trialkylphosphine.

Graphical abstract: Addition of a phosphine ligand switches an N-heterocyclic carbene-zirconium catalyst from oligomerization to polymerization of 1-hexene

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3DT52342J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Aug 2013
Accepted
01 Sep 2013
First published
06 Sep 2013

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 15544-15547

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Addition of a phosphine ligand switches an N-heterocyclic carbene-zirconium catalyst from oligomerization to polymerization of 1-hexene

E. Despagnet-Ayoub, L. M. Henling, J. A. Labinger and J. E. Bercaw, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 15544 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT52342J

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