Uranium(IV) amido-borohydrides as highly active diene polymerisation catalysts

Dalton Trans. 2013 Jul 7;42(25):9033-9. doi: 10.1039/c3dt50131k. Epub 2013 Apr 10.

Abstract

The synthesis and structural characterisation of the uranium(IV) amido-borohydrides (N'')2U{κ(2)-N(SiMe3)SiMe2CH2BBN-H} and U{κ(2)-N(SiMe3)SiMe2CH2BBN-H}2, and their activity as pre-catalysts for the polymerisation of isoprene are described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amides / chemistry*
  • Borohydrides / chemistry*
  • Butadienes / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Hemiterpenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Hemiterpenes / chemistry*
  • Latex / chemical synthesis*
  • Latex / chemistry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Pentanes / chemistry*
  • Polymerization
  • Uranium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amides
  • Borohydrides
  • Butadienes
  • Hemiterpenes
  • Latex
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pentanes
  • isoprene
  • Uranium
  • 1,4-polyisoprene