Direct Synthesis of Polyethylene Thermoplastic Elastomers Using Hybrid Bulky Acenaphthene-Based α-Diimine Ni(II) Catalysts

Synthesis of thermoplastic polyethylene elastomers and ethylene–methyl acrylate copolymers using methylene-bridged binuclear bulky dibenzhydryl α-diimine Ni(II) and Pd(II) catalysts

(2022) Zhengpeng Yan et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

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

Tunable “In-Chain” and “At the End of the Branches” Methyl Acrylate Incorporation in the Polyolefin Skeleton through Pd(II) Catalysis

(2022) Chiara Alberoni et al.   ACS Catalysis

Direct synthesis of hyperbranched ethene oligomers and ethene‐ MA co‐oligomers using iminopyridyl systems with weak neighboring group interactions

(2022) Huijun Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Combining 1,2-diketopyracene with bulky benzhydryl-substituted anilines to obtain highly active α-diimine nickel catalysts at elevated temperature

(2022) Cheng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

The second coordination sphere effect of benzothiophene groups enhances chain transfer in ethylene (co)oligomerization

(2022) Huijun Fan et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

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

(2022) Zhou Lu 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

Synthesis of highly branched polyethylene and ethylene-MA copolymers using hybrid bulky α-diimine Pd(II) catalysts

(2021) Weiqing Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Bulky o-Phenylene-Bridged Bimetallic α-Diimine Ni(II) and Pd(II) Catalysts in Ethylene (Co)polymerization

(2021) Shi-Yu Chen 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

Direct Synthesis of Polar Functionalized Polyethylene Thermoplastic Elastomer

(2020) Shengyu Dai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2019) Yuki Kanai et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

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

Palladium-Catalyzed Ethylene/Methyl Acrylate Copolymerization: Moving from the Acenaphthene to the Phenanthrene Skeleton of α-Diimine Ligands

(2019) Anna Dall’Anese et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Control of Chain Walking by Weak Neighboring Group Interactions in Unsymmetrical Catalysts

(2018) Laura Falivene et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

(2018) Jun Fang et al.   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

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

(2017) Xinxin Wang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

(2016) Shengyu Dai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

Allyl-Terminated Polypropylene Macromonomers: A Route to Polyolefin Elastomers with Excellent Elastic Behavior

(2015) Hisashi Ohtaki et al.   MACROMOLECULES

(α-Diimine)palladium catalyzed ethylene polymerization and (co)polymerization with polar comonomers

(2015) Lihua Guo et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Ni(II) Phenoxyiminato Olefin Polymerization Catalysis: Striking Coordinative Modulation of Hyperbranched Polymer Microstructure and Stability by a Proximate Sulfonyl Group

(2014) Casey J. Stephenson 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

Synthesis and characterization of low- and medium-molecular-weight hyperbranched polyethylenes by chain walking ethylene polymerization with Pd–diimine catalysts

(2011) Peng Xiang et al.   POLYMER