Early-late heterobimetallic complexes as initiator for ethylene polymerization. Cooperative effect of two metal centers to afford highly branched polyethylene

Junpei Kuwabara; Daisuke Takeuchi; Kohtaro Osakada

doi:10.1039/b605800k

Early-late heterobimetallic complexes as initiator for ethylene polymerization. Cooperative effect of two metal centers to afford highly branched polyethylene

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Sep 28:(36):3815-7. doi: 10.1039/b605800k. Epub 2006 Aug 3.

Authors

Junpei Kuwabara¹, Daisuke Takeuchi, Kohtaro Osakada

Affiliation

¹ Chemical Resources Laboratory (R1-03), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan.

PMID: 16969467
DOI: 10.1039/b605800k

Abstract

Ethylene polymerization initiated by early-late transition-metal complexes afforded a polymer with different branched structures and properties depending on the type of late transition-metal.