Recent advances on α-diimine Ni and Pd complexes for catalyzed ethylene (Co)polymerization: A comprehensive review

Highly active and thermostable camphyl α‐diimine–nickel(II) catalysts for ethylene polymerization: Effects of N ‐aryl substituting groups on catalytic properties and branching structures of polyethylene

(2022) Qiuyue Zhang et al.   APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

An Ionic Cluster Strategy for Performance Improvements and Product Morphology Control in Metal-Catalyzed Olefin–Polar Monomer Copolymerization

(2022) Chen Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Trifluoromethoxy-substituted nickel catalysts for producing highly branched polyethylenes: impact of solvent, activator and N,N′-ligand on polymer properties

(2022) Ming Liu et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Unprecedented Square-Planar α-Diimine Dibromonickel Complexes and Their Ethylene Polymerizations Modulated by Ni–Phenyl Interactions

(2022) Handou Zheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A general strategy for heterogenizing olefin polymerization catalysts and the synthesis of polyolefins and composites

(2022) Chen Zou et al.   Nature Communications

Boosting the Thermal Stability of α-Diimine Palladium Complexes in Norbornene Polymerization from Construction of Intraligand Hydrogen Bonding and Simultaneous Increasing Axial/Equatorial Bulkiness

(2021) Xiaohua Wang et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A disubstituted-norbornene-based comonomer strategy to address polar monomer problem

(2021) Menghe Xu et al.   Science Bulletin

Multinuclear late transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerization

(2021) Mostafa Khoshsefat et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Recent advances in nickel mediated copolymerization of olefin with polar monomers

(2021) Hongliang Mu et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Norbornene-Based Polar-Functionalized Polyolefin Elastomers

(2021) Wenbing Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photoresponsive Palladium and Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization

(2021) Dan Peng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Nonalternating Polyketones Using Cationic Diphosphazane Monoxide-Palladium Complexes

(2021) Shi-Yu Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Promoting Ethylene (co)Polymerization in Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Solvents Using tert ‐Butyl Substituted Nickel Catalysts

(2021) Ao Chen et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Early Transition Metal Catalysis for Olefin-Polar Monomer Copolymerization

(2020) Tobin Jay Marks et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catechol Functionalized Polyolefins

(2020) Yinna Na et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetrical Strategy Makes Significant Differences in α‐Diimine Nickel and Palladium Catalyzed Ethylene (Co)Polymerizations

(2020) Xiaoqiang Hu et al.   ChemCatChem

Assessment of microplastics release from polyester fabrics: the impact of different washing conditions

(2020) Giulia Dalla Fontana et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ultrahighly Branched Main‐Chain‐Functionalized Polyethylenes via Inverted Insertion Selectivity

(2020) Yuxing Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Self‐Supporting Strategy for Gas‐Phase and Slurry‐Phase Ethylene Polymerization using Late‐Transition‐Metal Catalysts

(2020) Shengyu Dai et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Thermally robust α-diimine nickel and palladium catalysts with constrained space for ethylene (co)polymerizations

(2020) Liu Zhong et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Direct Synthesis of Polar Functionalized Polyethylene Thermoplastic Elastomer

(2020) Shengyu Dai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene: Catalysis, structure, properties, processing and applications

(2020) Ketan Patel et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

A concerted double-layer steric strategy enables an ultra-highly active nickel catalyst to access ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylenes

(2020) Jian Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Polyolefin thermoplastic elastomers from polymerization catalysis: Advantages, pitfalls and future challenges

(2020) Giorgia Zanchin et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Interplay of Supramolecular Chemistry and Photochemistry with Palladium-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization

(2020) Guohong Wang et al.   CCS Chemistry

Bispentiptycenyl–Diimine–Nickel Complexes for Ethene Polymerization and Copolymerization with Polar Monomers

(2019) Yuki Kanai et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Alkylaluminum activator effects on polyethylene branching using a N,N′ -nickel precatalyst appended with bulky 4,4′-dimethoxybenzhydryl groups

(2019) Shifang Yuan et al.   APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Branched polyethylenes attainable using thermally enhanced bis(imino)acenaphthene-nickel catalysts: Exploring the effects of temperature and pressure

(2019) Qiuyue Zhang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Emerging Palladium and Nickel Catalysts for Copolymerization of Olefins with Polar Monomers

(2019) Chen Tan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Olefins and Vinyl Polar Monomers: Bridging the Gap for Next Generation Materials

(2019) Eva Harth et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Comparisons between homogeneous and immobilized 1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-nitrophenylimino)-2-mesityliminoacenaphthylnickel bromide as a precatalyst in ethylene polymerization

(2019) Chuanbing Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Pentiptycenyl Substituents in Insertion Polymerization with α-Diimine Nickel and Palladium Species

(2019) Yudan Liao et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Effects of backbone substituent and intra-ligand hydrogen bonding interaction on ethylene polymerizations with α-diimine nickel catalysts

(2019) Liu Zhong et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Access to polyethylene elastomers via ethylene homo-polymerization using N,N′-nickel(II) catalysts appended with electron withdrawing difluorobenzhydryl group

(2019) Yifan Wang et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

A binary nickel diimine-MCM-41 supported catalyst and its application in ethylene polymerization

(2019) Cristiano Favero et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Recent advances in thermoplastic elastomers from living polymerizations: Macromolecular architectures and supramolecular chemistry

(2019) Weiyu Wang et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

π–π interaction effect in insertion polymerization with α-Diimine palladium systems

(2019) Yanfeng Gong et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Concerted steric and electronic effects on α-diimine nickel- and palladium-catalyzed ethylene polymerization and copolymerization

(2019) Qasim Muhammad et al.   Science Bulletin

Direct and Tandem Routes for the Copolymerization of Ethylene with Polar Functionalized Internal Olefins

(2019) Min Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Exploring Ethylene/Polar Vinyl Monomer Copolymerizations Using Ni and Pd α-Diimine Catalysts

(2018) Zhou Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Bridging the Gap between Industrial and Well-Defined Supported Catalysts

(2018) Christophe Copéret et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Recent Progress in Ethylene Polymerization Catalyzed by Ni and Pd Catalysts

(2018) Jun Wang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The Multifaceted Role of Methylaluminoxane in Metallocene-Based Olefin Polymerization Catalysis

(2018) Marjolein E. Z. Velthoen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Double-Decker-Type Dipalladium Catalysts for Copolymerization of Ethylene with Acrylic Anhydride

(2018) Daisuke Takeuchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Direct Synthesis of Polar-Functionalized Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) and Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)

(2018) Yinna Na et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis of Various Branched Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylenes Using Sterically Hindered Acenaphthene-Based α-Diimine Ni(II) Catalysts

(2018) Lihua Guo et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Nickel and palladium complexes with fluorinated alkyl substituted α-diimine ligands for living/controlled olefin polymerization

(2018) Robert Mundil et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis of polyolefin elastomers from unsymmetrical α-diimine nickel catalyzed olefin polymerization

(2018) Jun Fang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis of Polyethylenes with Controlled Branching with α-Diimine Nickel Catalysts and Revisiting Formation of Long-Chain Branching

(2018) Lixia Pei et al.   ACS Catalysis

High Temperature, Living Polymerization of Ethylene by a Sterically-Demanding Nickel(II) α-Diimine Catalyst

(2018) et al.   Polymers

Designing catalysts for olefin polymerization and copolymerization: beyond electronic and steric tuning

(2018) Changle Chen   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Finely tuned nickel complexes as highly active catalysts affording branched polyethylene of high molecular weight: 1-(2,6-Dibenzhydryl-4- methoxyphenylimino)-2-(arylimino)acenaphthylenenickel halides

(2018) Ruikai Wu et al.   POLYMER

Recent advances in thermally robust, late transition metal-catalyzed olefin polymerization

(2018) Nolan E Mitchell et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

N,N-chelated nickel catalysts for highly branched polyolefin elastomers: a survey

(2018) Qaiser Mahmood et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Highly branched and high‐molecular‐weight polyethylenes produced by 1‐[2,6‐bis(bis(4‐fluorophenyl)methyl)‐4‐MeOC 6 H 2 N]‐2‐aryliminoacenaphthylnickel(II) halides

(2018) Ruikai Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Balancing high thermal stability with high activity in diaryliminoacenaphthene-nickel(II) catalysts for ethylene polymerization

(2017) Yanjun Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Direct Synthesis of Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers from Nickel-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization

(2017) Kunbo Lian et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Enhancing Thermal Stability and Living Fashion in α-Diimine–Nickel-Catalyzed (Co)polymerization of Ethylene and Polar Monomer by Increasing the Steric Bulk of Ligand Backbone

(2017) Liu Zhong et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Precision Synthesis of Ethylene and Polar Monomer Copolymers by Palladium-Catalyzed Living Coordination Copolymerization

(2017) Shuhuang Zhong et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Copolymerization of Ethylene with Acrylate Monomers by Amide-Functionalized α-Diimine Pd Catalysts

(2017) Feng Zhai et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

A Well-Defined Ni(II) α-Diimine Catalyst Supported on Sulfated Zirconia for Polymerization Catalysis

(2017) Hosein Tafazolian et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Insight into the Mechanism of Thermal Stability of α-Diimine Nickel Complex in Catalyzing Ethylene Polymerization

(2017) Liang Zhu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

(α-Diimine)nickel Complexes That Contain Menthyl Substituents: Synthesis, Conformational Behavior, and Olefin Polymerization Catalysis

(2017) Feng Zhai et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Ultra-high molecular weight elastomeric polyethylene using an electronically and sterically enhanced nickel catalyst

(2017) Qaiser Mahmood et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Modulating polyolefin properties through the incorporation of nitrogen-containing polar monomers

(2017) Yinna Na et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Phosphine-sulfonate-based nickel catalysts: ethylene polymerization and copolymerization with polar-functionalized norbornenes

(2017) Guangzhi Song et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Elastomeric polyethylenes accessible via ethylene homo-polymerization using an unsymmetrical α-diimino-nickel catalyst

(2017) Xinxin Wang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Accessing Multiple Catalytically Active States in Redox-Controlled Olefin Polymerization

(2017) Minhui Zhao et al.   ACS Catalysis

Polyolefins, a Success Story

(2017) et al.   Polymers

Direct Synthesis of Functionalized High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene by Copolymerization of Ethylene with Polar Monomers

(2016) Shengyu Dai et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Semi-Crystalline Polar Polyethylene: Ester-Functionalized Linear Polyolefins Enabled by a Functional-Group-Tolerant, Cationic Nickel Catalyst

(2016) Brian K. Long et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Raising the N-aryl fluoride content in unsymmetrical diaryliminoacenaphthylenes as a route to highly active nickel(ii) catalysts in ethylene polymerization

(2016) Xinxin Wang et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

New α-diimine nickel complexes—Synthesis and catalysis of alkene oligomerization reactions

(2016) Laura A. Rishina et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

Polymerization of ethylene using a series of binuclear and a mononuclear Ni (II)-based catalysts

(2016) Mostafa Khoshsefat et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Systematic Investigations of Ligand Steric Effects on α-Diimine Palladium Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization and Copolymerization

(2016) Shengyu Dai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Controlled Chain Walking for the Synthesis of Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties

(2016) Kyle S. O’Connor et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Influence of Backbone Substituents on the Ethylene (Co)polymerization Properties of α-diimine Pd(II) and Ni(II) Catalysts

(2016) Wenping Zou et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Influence of ligand second coordination sphere effects on the olefin (co)polymerization properties of α-diimine Pd(ii) catalysts

(2016) Ruikun Wang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Investigations of the Ligand Electronic Effects on α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization

(2016) Lihua Guo et al.   Polymers

Highly Robust Palladium(II) α-Diimine Catalysts for Slow-Chain-Walking Polymerization of Ethylene and Copolymerization with Methyl Acrylate

(2015) Shengyu Dai et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ethylene Polymerization by Xanthene-Bridged Dinuclear α-Diimine NiII Complexes

(2015) Ruikun Wang et al.   ChemCatChem

From Multisite Polymerization Catalysis to Sustainable Materials and All-Polyolefin Composites

(2015) Markus Stürzel et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Olefin Polymerization Catalyzed by Double-Decker Dipalladium Complexes: Low Branched Poly(α-Olefin)s by Selective Insertion of the Monomer Molecule

(2015) Shigenaga Takano et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Ethylene polymerization by the thermally unique 1-[2-(bis(4-fluoro phenyl)methyl)-4,6-dimethylphenylimino]-2-aryliminoacenaphthylnickel precursors

(2015) Shizhen Du et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-fluorophenylimino)-2-aryliminoacenaphthylylnickel halides highly polymerizing ethylene for the polyethylenes with high branches and molecular weights

(2015) Linlin Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Enhancing the Activity and Thermal Stability of Nickel Complex Precatalysts Using 1-[2,6-Bis(bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl)-4-methyl phenylimino]-2-aryliminoacenaphthylene Derivatives

(2015) Shizhen Du et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Random hyperbranched linear polyethylene: One step production of thermoplastic elastomer

(2015) Zhiyuan He et al.   POLYMER

Palladium and Nickel Catalyzed Chain Walking Olefin Polymerization and Copolymerization

(2015) Lihua Guo et al.   ACS Catalysis

Dipalladium Catalyst for Olefin Polymerization: Introduction of Acrylate Units into the Main Chain of Branched Polyethylene

(2014) Shigenaga Takano et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Post-Metallocenes in the Industrial Production of Polyolefins

(2014) Moritz C. Baier et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A review of clay-supported Ziegler–Natta catalysts for production of polyolefin/clay nanocomposites through in situ polymerization

(2014) Sadegh Abedi et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Supported Single-Site Organometallic Catalysts for the Synthesis of High-Performance Polyolefins

(2014) Madelyn M. Stalzer et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behaviour of binuclear nickel halides bearing 4,5,9,10-tetra(arylimino)pyrenylidenes

(2014) Qifeng Xing et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Secondary Alkene Insertion and Precision Chain-Walking: A New Route to Semicrystalline “Polyethylene” from α-Olefins by Combining Two Rare Catalytic Events

(2014) Tulaza Vaidya et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Polymerization of α-Olefins Using a Camphyl α-Diimine Nickel Catalyst at Elevated Temperature

(2014) Jun Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tailoring Polyethylenes by Nickel Complexes Bearing Modified 1-(2-Benzhydrylnaphthylimino)-2-phenyliminoacenaphthylene Derivatives

(2014) Chunyan Wen et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Enhancing α-Diimine Catalysts for High-Temperature Ethylene Polymerization

(2014) Jennifer L. Rhinehart et al.   ACS Catalysis

Living Polymerization of Ethylene and Copolymerization of Ethylene/Methyl Acrylate Using “Sandwich” Diimine Palladium Catalysts

(2014) Kate E. Allen et al.   ACS Catalysis

Ortho-Phosphinobenzenesulfonate: A Superb Ligand for Palladium-Catalyzed Coordination–Insertion Copolymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers

(2013) Akifumi Nakamura et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Synthesis of functional ‘polyolefins’: state of the art and remaining challenges

(2013) Nicole M. G. Franssen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Methylene-bridged bimetallic α-diimino nickel(ii) complexes: synthesis and high efficiency in ethylene polymerization

(2013) Shaoliang Kong et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Synthesis and application of binuclear α-diimine nickel/palladium catalysts with a conjugated backbone

(2013) Liang Zhu et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

A Robust Ni(II) α-Diimine Catalyst for High Temperature Ethylene Polymerization

(2013) Jennifer L. Rhinehart et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Highly Branched Polyethylene Using “Sandwich” (8-p-Tolyl naphthyl α-diimine)nickel(II) Catalysts

(2013) Danfeng Zhang et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Nickel(ii) complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino)pyrenylidenes: synthesis, characterization, and ethylenepolymerization behaviour

(2012) Kuifeng Song et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

2,6-Dibenzhydryl-N-(2-phenyliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-4-chloro-aniline nickel dihalides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization for polyethylenes with high molecular weights

(2012) Shaoliang Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Organometallics Roundtable 2011

(2012) John A. Gladysz et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

2,6-Dibenzhydryl-N-(2-phenyliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-4-methylbenzenamine Nickel Dibromides: Synthesis, Characterization, and Ethylene Polymerization

(2011) Hao Liu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Designing late-transition metal catalysts for olefin insertion polymerization and copolymerization

(2010) Drexel H. Camacho et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Leaching- and fragmentation-free heterogenization of late transition metal complexes as a model system to prove the growth mechanism of polyethylene

(2010) Bijal Kottukkal Bahuleyan et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Gas Phase Polymerization of Ethylene with Supported α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalysts

(2010) Marcus M. Wegner et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Coordination Polymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers by Single-Site Metal Catalysts

(2009) Eugene Y.-X. Chen   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Coordination−Insertion Copolymerization of Fundamental Polar Monomers

(2009) Akifumi Nakamura et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mechanistic Insights on the Copolymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers with Neutral Ni(II) Catalysts

(2009) Andreas Berkefeld et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thermostable α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalyst for Ethylene Polymerization: Effects of the Substituted Backbone Structure on Catalytic Properties and Branching Structure of Polyethylene

(2009) Feng-Shou Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) Polymerization Catalysts Bearing a Fluorinated Cyclophane Ligand: Stabilization of the Reactive Intermediate(1)

(2009) Chris S. Popeney et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Frontiers in Olefin Polymerization: Reinventing the World's Most Common Synthetic Polymers

(2009) P. D. Hustad   SCIENCE