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Wang Y, Lai J, Gao R, Gou Q, Li B, Zheng G, Zhang R, Yue Q, Song Z, Guo Z. Recent Advances in Nickel Catalysts with Industrial Exploitability for Copolymerization of Ethylene with Polar Monomers. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:1676. [PMID: 38932025 PMCID: PMC11207433 DOI: 10.3390/polym16121676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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The direct copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomers to produce functional polyolefins continues to be highly appealing due to its simple operation process and controllable product microstructure. Low-cost nickel catalysts have been extensively utilized in academia for the synthesis of polar polyethylenes. However, the development of high-temperature copolymerization catalysts suitable for industrial production conditions remains a significant challenge. Classified by the resultant copolymers, this review provides a comprehensive summary of the research progress in nickel complex catalyzed ethylene-polar monomer copolymerization at elevated temperatures in the past five years. The polymerization results of ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene-tert-butyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene-other fundamental polar monomer copolymers, and ethylene-special polar monomer copolymers are thoroughly summarized. The involved nickel catalysts include the phosphine-phenolate type, bisphosphine-monoxide type, phosphine-carbonyl type, phosphine-benzenamine type, and the phosphine-enolate type. The effective modulation of catalytic activity, molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, melting point, and polar monomer incorporation ratio by these catalysts is concluded and discussed. It reveals that the optimization of the catalyst system is mainly achieved through the methods of catalyst structure rational design, extra additive introduction, and single-site catalyst heterogenization. As a result, some outstanding catalysts are capable of producing polar polyethylenes that closely resemble commercial products. To achieve industrialization, it is essential to further emphasize the fundamental science of high-temperature copolymerization systems and the application performance of resultant polar polyethylenes.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Polyethylene, SINOPEC (Beijing) Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China; (J.L.); (R.G.); (Q.G.); (B.L.); (G.Z.); (R.Z.); (Q.Y.); (Z.S.)
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- Department of Polyethylene, SINOPEC (Beijing) Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China; (J.L.); (R.G.); (Q.G.); (B.L.); (G.Z.); (R.Z.); (Q.Y.); (Z.S.)
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Developments in late transition metal catalysts with high thermal stability for ethylene polymerization: A crucial aspect from laboratory to industrialization. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Wang Q, Wang W, Qu W, Pang W, Qasim M, Zou C. Ethylene homo and copolymerization by phosphorus‐benzoquinone based homogeneous and heterogeneous nickel catalysts. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20220381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Quan Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China
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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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Wang X, Xu M, Zhang S, Qasim M, Chen M. Fluorine Effect on α-Imino-ketone- and Phenoxyiminato Nickel-Catalyzed Ethylene Homo- and Copolymerization. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Xiaoyue Wang
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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Apilardmongkol P, Ratanasak M, Hasegawa JY, Parasuk V. Exploring the Reaction Mechanism of Heterobimetallic Nickel‐Alkali Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization: Secondary‐Metal‐Ligand Cooperative Catalysis. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Pavee Apilardmongkol
- Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Science Chemistry Pathumwan 10330 Bangkok THAILAND
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- Hokkaido University Catalysis Theory Research Division, Institute for Catalysis Kita21, Nishi10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 001-0021 001-0021 Sapporo JAPAN
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- Hokkaido University: Hokkaido Daigaku Institute for Catalysis Kita21, Nishi10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021 Sappporo JAPAN
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- Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Science Chemistry Pathumwan 10330 Bangkok THAILAND
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Wang Y, Hu X, Mu H, Xia Y, Chi Y, Jian Z. Enhancement on Nickel-Mediated Ethylene Polymerization by Concerted Steric Hindrance and Fluorine Effect. ACTA CHIMICA SINICA 2022. [DOI: 10.6023/a22020066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tahmouresilerd B, Xiao D, Do LH. Rigidifying Cation-Tunable Nickel Catalysts Increases Activity and Polar Monomer Incorporation in Ethylene and Methyl Acrylate Copolymerization. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:19035-19043. [PMID: 34846888 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this study, we synthesized and characterized two nickel complexes featuring conformationally rigid bisphosphine mono-oxide ligands, where one has an o-methoxyphenyl (Ni2) and the other has an o-(2-methoxyethoxy)phenyl (Ni3) substituent on the P═O moiety. We performed metal binding studies using Ni3 and found that its reaction with Li+ and Na+ most likely produced 1:1 and 1:1/2:1 nickel:alkali species in solution, respectively. The nickel complexes were competent catalysts for ethylene homopolymerization and copolymerization, with activities up to 3.8 × 103 and 8.1 × 10 kg mol-1 h-1, respectively. In reactions of ethylene with methyl acrylate (1.0 M), the addition of Li+ to Ni3 led to a 5.4-fold enhancement in catalyst activity and a 1.9-fold increase in polar monomer incorporation in comparison to those by Ni3 alone under optimized conditions. A comparison with other nickel catalysts reported for ethylene and methyl acrylate copolymerization revealed that our nickel-alkali catalysts are competitive with some of the most efficient Ni-based systems developed thus far.
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- Babak Tahmouresilerd
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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Yu F, Li P, Xu M, Xu G, Na Y, Zhang S, Wang F, Tan C. Iminopyridyl ligands bearing polyethylene glycol unit for nickel catalyzed ethylene polymerization. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Schiebel E, Voccia M, Falivene L, Caporaso L, Mecking S. The Impact of Charge in a Ni(II) Polymerization Catalyst. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Eva Schiebel
- Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, Via Papa Paolo Giovanni II, I-84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, Via Papa Paolo Giovanni II, I-84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, Via Papa Paolo Giovanni II, I-84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Sun Y, Chi M, Bashir MS, Wang Y, Qasim M. Influence of intramolecular π–π and H-bonding interactions on pyrazolylimine nickel-catalyzed ethylene polymerization and co-polymerization. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj02437j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pyrazolylimine-based nickel catalysts bearing intramolecular π–π and H-bonding interactions show high activity, thermal stability, and Mn of polyethylene.
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- Yao Sun
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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Ma X, Zhang Y, Jian Z. Tunable branching and living character in ethylene polymerization using “polyethylene glycol sandwich” α-diimine nickel catalysts. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01689f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The key effects of polyethylene glycol units as a unique secondary coordination sphere in α-diimine Ni(ii)-mediated ethylene polymerization are comprehensively disclosed.
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- Xin Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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Doerr AM, Burroughs JM, Gitter SR, Yang X, Boydston AJ, Long BK. Advances in Polymerizations Modulated by External Stimuli. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Alicia M. Doerr
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, United States
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Tran TV, Karas LJ, Wu JI, Do LH. Elucidating Secondary Metal Cation Effects on Nickel Olefin Polymerization Catalysts. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Thi V. Tran
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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Lu JE, Chen S. Organized assembling of poly(ethylene glycol)-functionalized Janus nanoparticles induced by select alkali metal ions. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2019.107586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ethylene polymerization to branched thermoplastic elastomers through proper activation of heterogeneous nickel (II) α-diimine complex and thermal drawing process. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Min Li
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Cai Z, Xiao D, Do LH. Cooperative Heterobimetallic Catalysts in Coordination Insertion Polymerization. COMMENT INORG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/02603594.2019.1570165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Zhongzheng Cai
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Tran TV, Nguyen YH, Do LH. Development of highly productive nickel–sodium phenoxyphosphine ethylene polymerization catalysts and their reaction temperature profiles. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py00610a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Heterobimetallic nickel–sodium phenoxyphosphine complexes were found to be among one of the most efficient late metal catalysts for ethylene polymerization.
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- Thi V. Tran
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Houston
- Houston
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Houston
- Houston
- USA
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Yoo C, Dodge HM, Miller AJM. Cation-controlled catalysis with crown ether-containing transition metal complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:5047-5059. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00803a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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This Feature Article reviews the structural motifs and catalytic applications of crown ether-containing catalysts and details the development of “pincer-crown ether” ligands for applications in controlled catalysis.
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- Changho Yoo
- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill
- USA
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Xiao D, Cai Z, Do LH. Accelerating ethylene polymerization using secondary metal ions in tetrahydrofuran. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:17887-17897. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt04288a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A variety of metal cations are capable of enhancing the ethylene polymerization rates of nickel phosphine phosphonate-polyethylene glycol catalysts.
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- Dawei Xiao
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Houston
- Houston
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Houston
- Houston
- USA
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Liang T, Chen C. Position Makes the Difference: Electronic Effects in Nickel-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerizations and Copolymerizations. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:14913-14919. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Tao Liang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Chantarojsiri T, Reath AH, Yang JY. Cationic Charges Leading to an Inverse Free‐Energy Relationship for N−N Bond Formation by Mn
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Nitrides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:14037-14042. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2018] [Revised: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Teera Chantarojsiri
- Department of Chemistry University of California Irvine CA USA
- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Mahidol University Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Irvine CA USA
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Chantarojsiri T, Reath AH, Yang JY. Cationic Charges Leading to an Inverse Free‐Energy Relationship for N−N Bond Formation by Mn
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Nitrides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Teera Chantarojsiri
- Department of Chemistry University of California Irvine CA USA
- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Mahidol University Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Irvine CA USA
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Cai Z, Do LH. Thermally Robust Heterobimetallic Palladium–Alkali Catalysts for Ethylene and Alkyl Acrylate Copolymerization. Organometallics 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Zhongzheng Cai
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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Straightforward Design for Phenoxy-Imine Catalytic Activity in Ethylene Polymerization: Theoretical Prediction. Catalysts 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/catal8100422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) of 18 Ti-phenoxy-imine (FI-Ti)-based catalysts was investigated to clarify the role of the structural properties of the catalysts in polyethylene polymerization activity. The electronic properties of the FI-Ti catalysts were analyzed based on density functional theory with the M06L/6-31G** and LANL2DZ basis functions. The analysis results of the QSAR equation with a genetic algorithm showed that the polyethylene catalytic activity mainly depended on the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level and the total charge of the substituent group on phenylimine ring. The QSAR models showed good predictive ability (R2) and R2 cross validation (R2cv) values of greater than 0.927. The design concept is “head-hat”, where the hats are the phenoxy-imine substituents, and the heads are the transition metals. Thus, for the newly designed series, the phenoxy-imine substituents still remained, while the Ti metal was replaced by Zr or Ni transition metals, entitled FI-Zr and FI-Ni, respectively. Consequently, their polyethylene polymerization activities were predicted based on the obtained QSAR of the FI-Ti models, and it is noteworthy that the FI-Ni metallocene catalysts tend to increase the polyethylene catalytic activity more than that of FI-Zr complexes. Therefore, the new designs of the FI-Ni series are proposed as candidate catalysts for polyethylene polymerization, with their predicted activities in the range of 35,000–48,000 kg(PE)/mol(Cat.)·MPa·h. This combined density functional theory and QSAR analysis is useful and straightforward for molecular design or catalyst screening, especially in industrial research.
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Xiao D, Do LH. In Situ Generated Heterometallic Nickel–Zinc Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization. Organometallics 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Dawei Xiao
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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