Weak attractive ligand-polymer and related interactions in catalysis and reactivity: impact, applications, and
1Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. mcwchan@cityu.edu.hk
Abstract:
The notion of weak attractive ligand-polymer interactions is introduced, and its potential application, importance, and conceptual links with "cooperative" ligand-substrate interactions are discussed. Synthetic models of weak attractive ligand-polymer interactions are described, in which intramolecular weak C-H...F-C interactions (the existence of which remains contentious) have been detected by NMR spectroscopy and neutron and X-ray diffraction experiments. These C-H...F-C interactions carry important implications for the design of catalysts for olefin polymerization, because they provide support for the practical feasibility of ortho-F...H(beta) ligand-polymer contacts proposed for living Group 4 fluorinated phenoxyimine catalysts. The notion of weak attractive noncovalent interactions between an "active" ligand and the growing polymer chain is a novel concept in polyolefin catalysis.
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