Dramatic effect of heteroatom backbone substituents on the ethylene polymerization behavior of bis(imino)pyridine iron catalysts

Theo M Smit; Atanas K Tomov; Vernon C Gibson; Andrew J P White; David J Williams

doi:10.1021/ic0490775

Dramatic effect of heteroatom backbone substituents on the ethylene polymerization behavior of bis(imino)pyridine iron catalysts

Inorg Chem. 2004 Oct 18;43(21):6511-2. doi: 10.1021/ic0490775.

Authors

Theo M Smit¹, Atanas K Tomov, Vernon C Gibson, Andrew J P White, David J Williams

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

PMID: 15476338
DOI: 10.1021/ic0490775

Abstract

Bis(imino)pyridine iron complexes bearing ether and thioether backbone substituents have been synthesized and evaluated for the polymerization of ethylene. The methoxy derivative is inactive whereas bulky phenoxides or thioether derivatives afford activities as high as the most active systems reported to date.