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Rauf HS, Liu YS, Arslan M, Solanki SPS, Deydier E, Poli R, Grabow LC, Harth E. Benchtop-Stable Carbyl Iminopyridyl Ni II Complexes for Olefin Polymerization. ACS Catal 2024; 14:13136-13147. [PMID: 39263544 PMCID: PMC11385416 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c02708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2024] [Revised: 08/12/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
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Design of catalysts for Ni-catalyzed olefin polymerization predominantly focuses on ligand design rather than the activation process when attempting to achieve a broader scope of polyolefin micro- and macrostructures. Air-stable alkyl-or aryl-functionalized NiII precatalysts were designed which eliminate the need of in situ alkylating processes and are activated solely by halide abstraction to generate the cationic complex for olefin polymerization. These complexes represent an emerging class of olefin polymerization catalysts, enabling the study of various cocatalysts forming either inner- or outer-sphere ion pairs. It is demonstrated that an organoboron cocatalyst activation produces a well-defined ion pair, which in contrast to ill-defined organoaluminum cocatalysts, can directly activate the complex by halide abstraction to yield comparatively higher molecular weight homo/copolymers. Under high ethylene pressure, broader branching densities and the gradual incorporation of short-chain branches were achieved, circumventing the need for elaborate ligand design and copolymerization with α-olefins. The underlying chain-walking mechanism and ion pair interactions were further elucidated by DFT calculations. A phenyl group on the bridging carbon functioned as a rotational barrier, producing higher molecular weight polymers compared to methyl-substituted analogs. Here, we provide a perspective to manipulate the iminopyridyl NiII system, leveraging ion pair interactions and ligand design to govern polyolefin molecular weights and microstructures.
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- Hasaan S Rauf
- Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Polymer Chemistry (CPEC), University of Houston, 3589 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Polymer Chemistry (CPEC), University of Houston, 3589 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Polymer Chemistry (CPEC), University of Houston, 3589 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, 4726 Calhoun Rd, S222 Engineering Building 1, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), UPS, INPT, Université de Toulouse, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), UPS, INPT, Université de Toulouse, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 1, rue Descartes, 75231 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, 4726 Calhoun Rd, S222 Engineering Building 1, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Polymer Chemistry (CPEC), University of Houston, 3589 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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Lu Z, Ge Y, Dai S. Flexible Axial Shielding Strategy for Improving Ethylene (Co)polymerization with 8-Cycloalkylnaphthyl α-Diimine Catalysts. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:14888-14895. [PMID: 37668508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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8-aryl or alkyl-naphthyl substituents are widely used as an effective axial shielding strategy for the suppression of chain transfer in late-transition metal-catalyzed ethylene (co)polymerization to yield high molecular weight polyethylene and copolymers. In this study, two 8-cycloalkylnaphthyl acenaphthene-based α-diimine ligands and the corresponding four nickel and palladium complexes were designed and synthesized to explore the effect of axial flexible shielding on ethylene (co)polymerization. In ethylene polymerization, the nickel complexes displayed high activities (up to 1.99 × 106 g mol-1 h-1) and generated lightly branched (34-54/1000 C) polyethylenes with high molecular weights (up to Mn = 1075 kg/mol), whereas the corresponding palladium complexes exhibited moderate activities (level of 104 g mol-1 h-1), producing highly branched (111-125/1000 C) polyethylenes with high molecular weights (up to Mn = 37.6 kg/mol). Highly branched (110-123/1000 C) E-MA copolymers with moderate insertion ratios (1.97-5.56 mol %) were produced by these palladium complexes in ethylene/methyl acrylate (MA) copolymerization. In addition, the size of the 8-cycloalkyl ring in these α-diimine catalysts strongly influences the ethylene (co)polymerization. Compared to cyclopentyl groups, cyclohexyl groups are more effective in suppressing chain transfer reactions in the polymerization of ethylene and the copolymerization of ethylene and MA, leading to higher molecular weight polyethylene and E-MA copolymers. Most interestingly, compared to the reported rigid planar 8-arylnaphthyl catalysts, the flexible 8-cyclohexylnaphthyl catalysts exhibited higher activity and produced higher molecular weight polyethylene in ethylene polymerization. Moreover, in nickel-catalyzed ethylene polymerization, the cyclohexyl catalyst produced significantly reduced branched polyethylene, while in palladium-catalyzed ethylene (co)polymerization, the cyclohexyl catalyst produced more highly branched polyethylene and copolymers. In contrast to the previously reported flexible 8-butylnaphthyl nickel catalysts, the 8-cycloalkylnaphthyl catalysts reported in this work yielded polyethylene with narrow unimodal molecular weight distributions.
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- Zhou Lu
- Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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Ullah Khan W, Mazhar H, Shehzad F, Al-Harthi MA. Recent Advances in Transition Metal-Based Catalysts for Ethylene Copolymerization with Polar Comonomer. CHEM REC 2023; 23:e202200243. [PMID: 36715494 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The synthesis of polar functionalized polyolefin (PFP) offers improvement in mixing properties, polymer surface, and rheological properties with the potential of upgraded polyolefins for modern and ingenious applications. The synthesis of PFP from metal-based catalyzed olefin (non-polar in nature) copolymerization with polar comonomers embodies energy-efficient, atom-efficient, and apparently an upfront methodology. Despite their outstanding success during conventional polymerization of olefin, 3rd and 4th group (early transition metal)-based catalysts, owing to their electrophilic nature, face challenges mainly due to Lewis basic sites of the polar monomers. On the contrary, late transition metal-based catalysts have also made progress, in recent years, for PFP synthesis. The recent past has also witnessed several advancements in the development of dominating palladium-based catalysts while their lower resistance towards ligand functional groups has limited the practical application of abundant and cheaper nickel-based catalysts. However, the relentless efforts of the scientific community, during the past half-decade, have indicated rigorous progress in the development of nickel-based catalysts for PFP synthesis. In this review, we have abridged the recent research trends in both early as well as late transition metal-based catalyst development. Furthermore, we have highlighted the role of transition metal-based catalysts in influencing the polymer properties.
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- Wasim Ullah Khan
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Refining & Advanced Chemicals, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Refining & Advanced Chemicals, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Wang H, Lu W, Bi H, Dai S. Dibenzosuberyl substituents suppressing chain transfer in Bis(imino)pyridyl Iron(II) catalyzed ethylene polymerization. POLYMER 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2023.125868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Sun H, Fan H, Zhu C, Zou W, Dai S. Direct Synthesis of Partially Chain-Straightened Propylene Oligomers and P-MA Co-Oligomers Using Axially Flexible Shielded Iminopyridyl Palladium Complexes. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 15:111. [PMID: 36616461 PMCID: PMC9823751 DOI: 10.3390/polym15010111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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In this study, a series of partially chain-straightened propylene oligomers and functional propylene−methyl acrylate (P-MA) co-oligomers were synthesized with 8-alkyl-iminopyridyl Pd(II) catalysts. The molecular weight and polar monomer incorporation ratio could be tuned by using Pd(II) catalysts with various 8-alkyl-naphthyl substituents (8-alkyl: H, Me, and n-Bu). In propylene oligomerization, all the 8-alkyl-iminopyridyl Pd(II) catalysts convert propylene to partially chain-straightened (119−136/1000 C) oligomers with low molecular weights (0.3−1.5 kg/mol). Among the catalysts, Pd1 with non-substituent (H) on the ligand showed the highest activity of 5.4 × 104 g/((mol of Pd) h), generating oligomers with the lowest molecular weight (Mn: 0.3 kg/mol). Moreover, polar-functionalized propylene-MA co-oligomers with very high incorporation ratios (22.8−36.5 mol %) could be obtained in the copolymerization using these 8-alkyl-iminopyridyl Pd(II) catalysts. Additionally, Pd1 exhibited the best performance in propylene-MA copolymerization as it displayed the highest MA incorporation ratio of up to 36.5 mol%. All the three catalysts are capable of generating partially chain-straightened P-MA co-oligomers and the activities decrease gradually while the molecular weight increases with the increasing steric hindrance of the alkyl substituent (H < Me < n-Bu). Compared to Pd4 with the rigid 8-aryl substituent, the flexible 8-alkyl-iminopyridyl Pd(II) catalysts (Pd1-3) not only showed much higher activities in the propylene oligomerization, but also yielded P-MA co-oligomers with significantly higher incorporation ratios in the propylene co-oligomerization.
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- Huayin Sun
- School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Huainan Normal University, Huainan 232038, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Huainan Normal University, Huainan 232038, China
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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Lu Z, Xu X, Luo Y, He S, Fan W, Dai S. Unexpected Effect of Catalyst’s Structural Symmetry on the Branching Microstructure of Polyethylene in Late Transition Metal Polymerization Catalysis. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Zhou Lu
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Polytechnic University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- PetroChina Petrochemical Research Institute, Beijing 102206, China
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- PetroChina Petrochemical Research Institute, Beijing 102206, China
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- PetroChina Petrochemical Research Institute, Beijing 102206, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Polytechnic University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Polytechnic University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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Liao YD, Cai Q, Dai SY. Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Polyethylene and E-MA Copolymers Using Iminopyridine Ni(II) and Pd(II) Complexes Containing a Flexible Backbone and Rigid Axial Substituents. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2847-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zhang R, Gao R, Gou Q, Lai J, Li X. Recent Advances in the Copolymerization of Ethylene with Polar Comonomers by Nickel Catalysts. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:3809. [PMID: 36145954 PMCID: PMC9500745 DOI: 10.3390/polym14183809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The less-expensive and earth-abundant nickel catalyst is highly promising in the copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomers and has thus attracted increasing attention in both industry and academia. Herein, we have summarized the recent advancements made in the state-of-the-art nickel catalysts with different types of ligands for ethylene copolymerization and how these modifications influence the catalyst performance, as well as new polymerization modulation strategies. With regard to α-diimine, salicylaldimine/ketoiminato, phosphino-phenolate, phosphine-sulfonate, bisphospnine monoxide, N-heterocyclic carbene and other unclassified chelates, the properties of each catalyst and fine modulation of key copolymerization parameters (activity, molecular weight, comonomer incorporation rate, etc.) are revealed in detail. Despite significant achievements, many opportunities and possibilities are yet to be fully addressed, and a brief outlook on the future development and long-standing challenges is provided.
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- Randi Zhang
- Department of Polyethylene, SINOPEC (Beijing) Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China
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Mahmood Q, Li X, Qin L, Wang L, Sun WH. Structural evolution of iminopyridine support for nickel/palladium catalysts in ethylene (oligo)polymerization. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:14375-14407. [PMID: 36047748 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt02251f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interest in the late transition metal catalyst based design of new architectures of polyethylene (PE) has continuously been increasing over the last few years. The structure of these catalysts is predominantly important in controlling the morphological and architectural properties of the resulting polyethylene. Particularly, iminopyridine is a versatile bidentate support for Ni and Pd catalysts in ethylene (oligo)polymerization providing a wide variety of products ranging from volatile oligomers to ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. Extensive structural modifications have been induced in the iminopyridine ligand through steric and electronic substitution, tuning the catalyst behavior in terms of activity and properties of the resulting polymer. Carbocyclic-fused iminopyridine and N-oxide iminopyridine are the new state of the art iminopyridine ligand designs. In this review, we aim to summarize all the developments in mononuclear iminopyridine-nickel and -palladium catalysts for ethylene (oligo)polymerization since the first report published in 1999 to present, focusing on the correlation among the pre-catalyst, co-catalyst type, thermal stability and polymer/oligomer structure. For comparison, the structural variations in the binuclear iminopyridine-nickel catalysts are also described. The detailed comparison of the structural variations in these catalysts with respect to their polymerization performance will give deep understanding in the development of new efficient catalyst designs.
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- Qaiser Mahmood
- Guangdong Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou 515031, China.
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou 515031, China.
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou 515031, China.
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou 515031, China.
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou 515031, China. .,Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Ding B, Chang G, Yan Z, Dai S. Ethylene (co) oligomerization using iminopyridyl Ni(II) and Pd(II) complexes bearing benzocycloalkyl moieties to access hyperbranched ethylene oligomers and ethylene-MA co-oligomers. Front Chem 2022; 10:961426. [PMID: 35991594 PMCID: PMC9386154 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.961426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hyperbranched ethylene oligomers and polar functionalized co-oligomers synthesized via ethylene chain walking (co) oligomerization is a very attractive strategy. In this study, a series of dibenzhydryl iminopyridyl ligands with benzocycloalkyl and naphthyl moieties and the corresponding Ni(II) and Pd(II) complexes were synthesized and characterized. The Ni(II) complexes were highly effective in ethylene oligomerization and ethylene oligomers with hyperbranched microstructures were generated from this system. The corresponding Pd(II) complexes showed moderate oligomerization activities in ethylene oligomerization and hyperbranched ethylene oligomers were also yielded from the system. More significantly, the Pd(II) complexes can also effectively promote the co-oligomerization of ethylene with methyl acrylate (MA) to obtain hyperbranched polar functionalized ethylene-MA co-oligomers. The reaction temperature, catalyst ligand structure and metal type all have significant effects on ethylene (co) oligomerization with respect to catalytic activity, molecular weight and topology of the oligomers.
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- Beihang Ding
- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, China
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Material, Huangshan University, Huangshan, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, China
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China
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Ethylene (Co)oligomerization in Alkane Solvents Facilitated by Rigid-Flexible Double-Layer Steric Strategy. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wang C, Kang X, Mu H, Jian Z. Positive Effect of Polar Solvents in Olefin Polymerization Catalysis. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Chaoqun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Ge Y, Lu Z, Dai S. Flexible Axial Shielding Strategy for the Synthesis of High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene and Polar Functionalized Polyethylene with Pyridine-Imine Ni(II) and Pd(II) Complexes. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- You Ge
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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Fan H, Liao Y, Dai S. Propylene polymerization and copolymerization with polar monomers facilitated by flexible cycloalkyl substituents in α-diimine systems. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ge Y, Cai Q, Wang Y, Gao J, Chi Y, Dai S. Synthesis of High-Molecular-Weight Branched Polyethylene Using a Hybrid "Sandwich" Pyridine-Imine Ni(II) Catalyst. Front Chem 2022; 10:886888. [PMID: 35601545 PMCID: PMC9114440 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.886888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Most pyridine-imine Ni(II) and Pd(II) catalysts tend to yield low-molecular-weight polyethylene and ethylene-based copolymers in olefin insertion polymerization, as the unilateral axial steric structure of such complexes often cannot provide effective shielding of the metal center. In this study, we synthesized a series of hybrid "semi-sandwich" and "sandwich" type pyridine-imine Ni(II) complexes by incorporating diarylmethyl or dibenzosuberyl groups onto 8-aryl-naphthyl motif. The as-prepared Ni(II) complexes afforded highly branched polyethylene with high molecular weights (level of 105 g/mol), and moderate activities (level of 105 g/(molh)) in ethylene polymerization. Most interestingly, compared to "semi-sandwich" Ni(II) complexes bearing (2-diarylmethyl-8-aryl)naphthyl units, the "full-sandwich" counterpart containing (2-dibenzosuberyl-8-aryl)naphthyl motif was able to produce higher-molecular-weight polyethylene with higher branching density. In addition, the effect of remote non-conjugated electronic substituents in diarylmethyl groups of the Ni(II) system was also observed in ethylene polymerization.
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- You Ge
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials of Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials of Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, China
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Lu W, Liao Y, Dai S. Facile Access to Ultra-Highly Branched Polyethylenes Using Hybrid “Sandwich” Ni(II) and Pd(II) Catalysts. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Direct synthesis of hyperbranched ethene oligomers and ethene‐
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Yan Z, Xu G, Wang H, Dai S. Synthesis of thermoplastic polyethylene elastomers and ethylene–methyl acrylate copolymers using methylene-bridged binuclear bulky dibenzhydryl α-diimine Ni(II) and Pd(II) catalysts. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Xia J, Kou S, Zhang Y, Jian Z. Strategies cooperation on designing nickel catalysts to access ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylenes. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lu Z, Liao Y, Fan W, Dai S. Efficient suppression of the chain transfer reaction in ethylene coordination polymerization with dibenzosuberyl substituents. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py00282e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Catalysts with dibenzosuberyl substituents possess a superior ability to suppress chain transfer in ethylene (co)polymerization, producing high molecular weight polyethylenes and functionalized polyethylenes (ethylene-MA copolymers).
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- Zhou Lu
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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Yan Z, Bi H, Ding B, Wang H, Xu G, Dai S. A rigid-flexible double-layer steric strategy for ethylene (co)oligomerization with pyridine-imine Ni( ii) and Pd( ii) complexes. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj00183g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A rigid-flexible double-layer steric strategy enhances the molecular weight of the resulting ethylene oligomers and promotes the co-oligomerization of ethylene and methyl acrylate.
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- Zhengpeng Yan
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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Lu W, Xu G, Chang G, Wang H, Dai S. Synthesis of highly branched polyethylene and ethylene-MA copolymers using hybrid bulky α-diimine Pd(II) catalysts. J Organomet Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.122118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fan H, Chang G, Bi H, Gui X, Wang H, Xu G, Dai S. Facile Synthesis of Hyperbranched Ethylene Oligomers and Ethylene/Methyl Acrylate Co-oligomers with Different Microscopic Chain Architectures. ACS POLYMERS AU 2021; 2:88-96. [PMID: 36855342 PMCID: PMC9954315 DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Low-molecular-weight (MW) ethylene oligomers with hyperbranched microstructures are often difficult to be synthesized by traditional catalytic processes. In this study, a series of N-terphenyl iminopyridyl ligands and the corresponding Pd(II) and Ni(II) complexes bearing remote conjugated substituents with different electronic effects (H, Me, F, Cl, and tBu) were synthesized in a simple and efficient way. These Pd(II) and Ni(II) complexes were highly effective in the ethylene oligomerization and co-oligomerization with methyl acrylate (MA). Low-MW ethylene oligomers with hyperbranched microstructures were generated using the iminopyridyl Pd(II) and Ni(II) complexes in ethylene oligomerization. More importantly, polar functionalized ethylene-MA co-oligomers with low MWs and varying incorporation ratios were generated via ethylene and MA co-oligomerization using the Pd(II) complexes. Most notably, these ethylene oligomers obtained by different metal species showed a significant difference in microscopic chain architectures. The remote conjugated electron effect showed little effect on the polymerization parameters of the iminopyridyl system, which is very different from those of the salicylaldiminato system.
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- Huijun Fan
- Institutes
of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of
Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry
of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Inorganic
Functional Material, Huangshan University, Huangshan, Anhui 245041, China
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- School
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- School
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- School
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China,
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- Institutes
of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of
Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry
of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China,
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- Institutes
of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of
Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry
of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China,School
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China,
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Ge Y, Li S, Wang H, Dai S. Synthesis of Branched Polyethylene and Ethylene-MA Copolymers Using Unsymmetrical Iminopyridyl Nickel and Palladium Complexes. Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- You Ge
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui, 241000, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui, 241000, China
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Wang YY, Wang CQ, Hu XQ, Xia Y, Chi Y, Zhang YX, Jian ZB. Benzosuberyl Substituents as a “Sandwich-like” Function in Olefin Polymerization Catalysis. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2562-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ge Y, Li S, Fan W, Dai S. Flexible "Sandwich" (8-Alkylnaphthyl α-Diimine) Catalysts in Insertion Polymerization. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:5673-5681. [PMID: 33783209 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
8-Arylnaphthyl substituents are privileged motifs frequently integrated into late-transition-metal catalysts, endowing them with an ability to retard chain transfer in ethylene polymerization. In this contribution, we disclose a sort of novel α-diiminenickel and -palladium complexes containing flexible 8-alkylnaphthyl in lieu of rigid 8-arylnaphthyl and their catalytic performance in ethylene polymerization. An interesting feature of these 8-alkylnaphthyl-substituted α-(diimine)PdMeCl complexes is that they present as a mixture of syn and anti isomers (syn:anti = ca. 1:1 ratio, determined by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy). In ethylene polymerization, these nickel complexes displayed high activity (up to 3.37 × 106 g mol-1 h-1) and generated branched polyethylenes with broad or bimodal molecular weight distributions (4.6-29.3), while the corresponding palladium complexes exhibited moderate activity, producing highly branched polyethylenes with unimodal and narrow molecular weight distributions (<1.8). In ethylene (E)/methyl acrylate (MA) copolymerization, highly branched E-MA copolymers with considerable MA incorporations were achieved by these palladium complexes. Most interestingly, compared to rigid 8-arylnaphthyl-substituted α-diiminenickel and -palladium complexes, the flexible 8-alkylnaphthyl ones showed significantly improved activity and generated lower or comparable molecular weight polyethylenes or E-MA copolymers.
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- You Ge
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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Li S, Zhao Y, Dai S. Synthesis of polyethylene thermoplastic elastomer by using robust
α‐diimine
Ni(
II
) catalysts with abundant
t
Bu
substituents. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Shuaikang Li
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Anhui University Hefei Anhui China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Anhui University Hefei Anhui China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Anhui University Hefei Anhui China
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Li S, Lu Z, Fan W, Dai S. Efficient incorporation of a polar comonomer for direct synthesis of hyperbranched polar functional ethylene oligomers. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05857b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hyperbranched polar functional ethylene oligomers with very high incorporation can be accessible via ethylene–MA co-oligomerization with iminopyridyl Pd(ii) catalysts.
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- Shuaikang Li
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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Dai S, Li G, Lu W, Liao Y, Fan W. Suppression of chain transfer via a restricted rotation effect of dibenzosuberyl substituents in polymerization catalysis. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00333j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Catalysts with dibenzosuberyl substituents possess superior thermostability and outstanding ability to suppress chain transfer in ethylene (co)polymerization, producing high molecular weight polyethylene and functionalized polyethylene.
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- Shengyu Dai
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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Hai Z, Lu Z, Li S, Cao ZY, Dai S. The synergistic effect of rigid and flexible substituents on insertion polymerization with α-diimine nickel and palladium catalysts. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00812a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The introduction of flexible cycloalkyl groups greatly enhanced the chain growth in the Ni(ii) catalytic system and facilitated the insertion of polar monomers in the Pd(ii) catalytic system.
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- Zijuan Hai
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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Lu Z, Wang H, Li S, Dai S. Direct synthesis of various polar functionalized polypropylene materials with tunable molecular weights and high incorporation ratios. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py01064f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
As compared with the classical α-diimine catalyst, iminopyridyl catalysts were observed to be highly efficient for the direct synthesis of polar functionalized polypropylene with tunable molecular weights and high incorporation ratios.
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- Zhou Lu
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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