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Current Organic Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1385-2728
ISSN (Online): 1875-5348

Recent Advances in Chromium Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization

Author(s): Kevin M. Smith

Volume 10, Issue 9, 2006

Page: [955 - 963] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/138527206777435517

Price: $65

Abstract

Research interest in non-metallocene olefin polymerization catalysts has led to advances in the synthesis of well-defined paramagnetic organometallic complexes of first-row transition metals, including chromium. Single component polymerization catalysts have been prepared using cationic Cr(III) alkyl complexes with substituted cylopentadienyl or β-diketiminato ancillary ligands. High throughput screening strategies have been developed to assist in the rapid evaluation of structure-activity relationships. Density functional theoretical studies have also proved useful both for rationalizing the observed reactivity of known catalysts and for suggesting new potential catalytic systems.

Keywords: Ziegler-Natta systems, single crystal X-ray diffractometer technology, X-ray diffractometers, polymerization, cationic Cr(IV) amido complexes


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