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eta 6-Arene complexes of Ni(II), efficient catalysts for 1,3-butadiene and styrene polymerization
Juan Cámpora1, María del Mar Conejo, Manuel L Reyes
1Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, cl Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain. campora@iiq.csic.es
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|March 4, 2003
Abstract:
A simple procedure for the preparation of cationic arene complexes of Ni(II) of composition [Ni(eta 6-ArX)(eta 3-C3H5)]+[BAr'4]- (X = OH, H) is reported. These compounds are shown to behave as highly active catalysts for the polymerization of 1,3-butadiene and styrene.