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A highly efficient titanium-based olefin polymerisation catalyst with a monoanionic iminoimidazolidide pi-donor
Winfried P Kretschmer1, Chris Dijkhuis, Auke Meetsma
1Dutch Polymer Institute/Centre for Catalytic Olefin Polymerisation, Stratingh Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands. kretschmer@chem.rug.nl
Abstract:
The titanium complex Cp[1,3-(2',6'-Me2C6H3)2(CH2N)2C=N]Ti(CH2Ph)2, with a monoanionic eta 1-iminoimidazolidide ancillary ligand, is shown to be a highly efficient catalyst for olefin polymerisation when activated with the Lewis acid B(C6F5)3.