Coplanar binuclear group 4 post-metallocene complexes supported by chelating μ-(σ-aryl) ligands: characterisation and olefin polymerisation catalysis

• Published in: Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 346 - 353
• Main Authors: Li, Yufang, Liu, Qian, Bao, Junhui, Yiu, Shek-Man, Chan, Michael C. W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 19.12.2023
• Subjects: Aromatic compounds; Bimetals; Binding sites; Catalysis; Catalysts; Chelation; Congeners; Crystallography; Ethylene; Hydrogen atoms; NMR spectroscopy; Para hydrogen; Polymerization; Substrates; Zirconium

The report concerns expansion of the previously developed M-[O,N,C] [pyridine-2-phenolate-6-(σ-aryl)] catalyst system into rigid, coplanar bimetallic assemblies, which afford metal-metal distances that are predetermined yet amenable for cooperativity, as well as locked-in " syn " orientati...