First examples of neutral and cationic indenyl nickel(II) complexes bearing arsine or stibine ligands: highly active catalysts for the oligomerisation of styrene

Clara S B Gomes; Paramasivam Krishnamoorthy; Leonel C Silva; Sandra I Costa; Pedro T Gomes; Manuel Jiménez-Tenorio; Pedro Valerga; M Carmen Puerta

doi:10.1039/c5dt02794b

First examples of neutral and cationic indenyl nickel(II) complexes bearing arsine or stibine ligands: highly active catalysts for the oligomerisation of styrene

Dalton Trans. 2015 Oct 21;44(39):17015-9. doi: 10.1039/c5dt02794b. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

Authors

Clara S B Gomes¹, Paramasivam Krishnamoorthy, Leonel C Silva, Sandra I Costa, Pedro T Gomes, Manuel Jiménez-Tenorio, Pedro Valerga, M Carmen Puerta

Affiliation

¹ Centro de Química Estrutural, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal. pedro.t.gomes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt.

PMID: 26384036
DOI: 10.1039/c5dt02794b

Abstract

New indenyl nickel(ii) complexes bearing arsine or stibine ligands synthesised by a new methodology exhibit very high catalytic activities for the oligomerisation of styrene.