Living polymerization of 1-hexene due to an extra donor arm on a novel amine bis(phenolate) titanium catalyst

Edit Y. Tshuva, Israel Goldberg, Moshe Kol, Zeev Goldschmidt

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Abstract

Two amine bis(phenolate) titanium dibenzyl complexes were synthesized in one-pot reactions starting from the ligand precursors and titanium tetra(isopropoxide). The catalyst derived from a ligand having an extra donor on a side arm leads to living polymerization of 1-hexene at room temperature, whereas the one derived from a ligand lacking it, leads to low molecular weight poly(1-hexene) with PDI values of around 2.0. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)611-614
Number of pages4
JournalInorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume3
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by the Israel Science Foundation founded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. E.Y.T. thanks the Buchmann Foundation for a predoctoral fellowship. We thank Sima Alfi from BIU for technical assistance.

Keywords

  • Living polymerization
  • Phenolate ligands
  • Titanium complexes

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