Unexpected Effect of Catalyst’s Structural Symmetry on the Branching Microstructure of Polyethylene in Late Transition Metal Polymerization Catalysis

Exploring the Relationship between the Polyethylene Microstructure and Spatial Structure of α-Diimine Pd(II) Catalysts via a Hybrid Steric Strategy

(2022) Weiqing Lu et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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

(2022) Handou Zheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Second coordination sphere effect of benzothiophene substituents on chain transfer and chain walking in ethylene insertion polymerization

(2022) Hui Wang et al.   POLYMER

Suppression of Chain Transfer at High Temperature in Catalytic Olefin Polymerization

(2022) Xiaoqiang Hu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Facile access to ultra-highly branched polyethylenes using hybrid “sandwich” Ni(II) and Pd(II) catalysts

(2022) Weiqing Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Chain-Straightening Polymerization of Olefins to Form Polar Functionalized Semicrystalline Polyethylene

(2022) James M. Eagan et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Synthesis of lightly branched ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene using cationic benzocyclohexyl nickel catalysts

(2022) Zhengpeng Yan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Advances on Controlled Chain Walking and Suppression of Chain Transfer in Catalytic Olefin Polymerization

(2022) Yixin Zhang et al.   ACS Catalysis

A rigid–flexible double-layer steric strategy promoting ethylene polymerization and copolymerization in alkane solvents

(2022) Weiqing Lu et al.   Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Benzosuberyl Substituents as a “Sandwich-like” Function in Olefin Polymerization Catalysis

(2021) Yu-Yin Wang et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Flexible “Sandwich” (8-Alkylnaphthyl α-Diimine) Catalysts in Insertion Polymerization

(2021) You Ge et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Distorted Sandwich a‐Diimine Pd(II) Catalyst: Linear Polyethylene and Synthesis of Ethylene/Acrylate Elastomers

(2021) Eva Harth et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Branched Polyethylene and Ethylene-MA Copolymers Using Unsymmetrical Iminopyridyl Nickel and Palladium Complexes

(2021) You Ge et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Facile Access to Polar-Functionalized Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene at Ambient Conditions

(2021) Xiaoqiang Hu et al.   CCS Chemistry

Investigations of ligand backbone effects on bulky diarylmethyl-based nickel(II) and palladium(II) catalyzed ethylene polymerization and copolymerization

(2021) Lihua Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

A Dual Steric Enhancement Strategy in α-Diimine Nickel and Palladium Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization

(2021) Zhou Lu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

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

(2020) Xiaoqiang Hu et al.   ChemCatChem

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

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

Effect of aryl orientation on olefin polymerization in iminopyridyl catalytic system

(2020) Shengyu Dai et al.   POLYMER

Neutral Nickel(II) Catalysts: From Hyperbranched Oligomers to Nanocrystal-Based Materials

(2020) Stefan Mecking et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Highly efficient incorporation of polar comonomers in copolymerizations with ethylene using iminopyridyl palladium system

(2020) Shuaikang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Reversion of the chain walking ability of α-diimine nickel and palladium catalysts with bulky diarylmethyl substituents

(2020) Yihua Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Dual Polymerization Pathway for Polyolefin-Polar Block Copolymer Synthesis via MILRad: Mechanism and Scope

(2020) Huong Dau et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2019) Yudan Liao et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

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

(2019) Yanfeng Gong et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

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

(2019) Yanfeng Gong et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

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

(2018) Jun Fang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Pentafluorosulfanyl Substituents in Polymerization Catalysis

(2017) Philip Kenyon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(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

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

(2017) Xinxin Wang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

Synthesis and characterisation of an N-heterocyclic carbene with spatially-defined steric impact

(2016) Paul Shaw et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

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

(2016) Shengyu Dai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

SambVca 2. A Web Tool for Analyzing Catalytic Pockets with Topographic Steric Maps

(2016) Laura Falivene et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Elucidating the Key Role of Phosphine−Sulfonate Ligands in Palladium-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization: Effect of Ligand Structure on the Molecular Weight and Linearity of Polyethylene

(2016) Ryo Nakano et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

Neutral Nickel Catalysts for Olefin Homo- and Copolymerization: Relationships between Catalyst Structures and Catalytic Properties

(2015) Hongliang Mu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

Buried Volume Analysis for Propene Polymerization Catalysis Promoted by Group 4 Metals: A Tool for Molecular Mass Prediction

(2015) Laura Falivene et al.   ACS Catalysis

The activation strain model and molecular orbital theory: understanding and designing chemical reactions

(2014) Israel Fernández et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Quantification of the Steric Influence of Alkylphosphine–Sulfonate Ligands on Polymerization, Leading to High-Molecular-Weight Copolymers of Ethylene and Polar Monomers

(2014) Yusuke Ota et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Zirconium complexes bearing bis(phenoxy-imine) ligands with bulkyo-bis(aryl)methyl-substituted aniline groups: synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior

(2013) Aike Li et al.   APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of bimodal polyethylene with unsymmetrical α-diimine nickel complexes: Influence of ligand backbone and unsym-substituted aniline moiety

(2013) Hai-yang Gao et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

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

Substituent Effects of the Backbone in α-Diimine Palladium Catalysts on Homo- and Copolymerization of Ethylene with Methyl Acrylate

(2012) Lihua Guo et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

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

(2011) Hao Liu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Mechanistic Insights on Acrylate Insertion Polymerization

(2010) Damien Guironnet et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanistic Studies on the Formation of Linear Polyethylene Chain Catalyzed by Palladium Phosphine−Sulfonate Complexes: Experiment and Theoretical Studies

(2009) Shusuke Noda et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Axial Donating Ligands: A New Strategy for Late Transition Metal Olefin Polymerization Catalysis

(2008) Dennis H. Leung et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY