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Desgranges A, D'Agosto F, Boisson C. Rare-Earth Metallocenes for Polymerization of Olefins and Conjugated Dienes: From Fundamental Studies to Olefin Block Copolymers. Chempluschem 2024:e202400262. [PMID: 38853764 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400262] [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: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
Abstract
The various steps in the mechanism of olefin polymerizations mediated by neutral rare-earth metallocene complexes are discussed. The complexes are either trivalent hydride and alkyl rare-earth compounds or divalent metallocenes that are activated by the monomer via an oxidation step. The stereospecific polymerizations of conjugated dienes based on the association of a cationic metallocene complex and an alkylaluminum and the polymerization mechanism based on monomer insertion into an aluminum-carbon bond are also discussed. The exploitation of metallocene complexes for the copolymerization of olefins with conjugated dienes is the subject of a third part of this review. The synthesis of new elastomers called ethylene butadiene rubber (EBR) is highlighted. Finally, the use of rare-earth metallocenes in macromolecular engineering is detailed. This includes the synthesis of functional polyolefins and block copolymers including thermoplastic elastomers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ariane Desgranges
- CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5128, Catalysis, Polymerization, Processes and Materials (CP2M), Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69616, Villeurbanne, France
- ChemistLab, Michelin CP2 M ICBMS joint Laboratory, 69616, Villeurbanne, France
- Manufacture des Pneumatiques Michelin, 23 place Carmes Déchaux, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5128, Catalysis, Polymerization, Processes and Materials (CP2M), Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69616, Villeurbanne, France
- ChemistLab, Michelin CP2 M ICBMS joint Laboratory, 69616, Villeurbanne, France
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- CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5128, Catalysis, Polymerization, Processes and Materials (CP2M), Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69616, Villeurbanne, France
- ChemistLab, Michelin CP2 M ICBMS joint Laboratory, 69616, Villeurbanne, France
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Goller A, Obenauf J, Kretschmer WP, Kempe R. The Highly Controlled and Efficient Polymerization of Ethylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216464. [PMID: 36541599 PMCID: PMC10108248 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The highly controlled and efficient polymerization of ethylene is a very attractive but challenging target. Herein we report on a Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization catalyst, which combines a high degree of control and very high activity in ethylene oligo- or polymerization with extremely high chain transfer agent (triethylaluminum) to catalyst ratios (catalyst economy). Our Zr catalyst is long living and temperature stable. The chain length of the polyethylene products increases over time under constant ethylene feed or until a certain volume of ethylene is completely consumed to reach the expected molecular weight. Very high activities are observed if the catalyst elongates 60 000 or more alkyl chains and the polydispersity of the strictly linear polyethylene materials obtained are very low. The key for the combination of high control and efficiency seems to be a catalyst stabilized by only one strongly bound monoanionic N-ligand.
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- Alexander Goller
- Anorganische Chemie II-Katalysatordesign, Sustainable Chemistry Centre, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Anorganische Chemie II-Katalysatordesign, Sustainable Chemistry Centre, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Anorganische Chemie II-Katalysatordesign, Sustainable Chemistry Centre, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Anorganische Chemie II-Katalysatordesign, Sustainable Chemistry Centre, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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Burkey AA, Fischbach DM, Wentz CM, Beers KL, Sita LR. Highly Versatile Strategy for the Production of Telechelic Polyolefins. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:402-409. [PMID: 35575371 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A general and versatile synthetic strategy for producing practical quantities of a wide range of phenyl-group-terminated hetero- and homotelechelic semicrystalline polyethenes and amorphous atactic and semicrystalline isotactic poly(α-olefins) is reported. The phenyl groups serve as synthons for functionalities of additional classes of telechelic polyolefins that can be "unmasked" through simple high yielding postpolymerization reactions. A demonstration of the value of these materials as building blocks for structural classes of polyolefin-based synthetic polymers was provided by syntheses of well-defined polyolefin-polyester di- and triblock copolymers that were shown to adopt microphase-segregated nanostructured mesophases in the condensed phase.
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- Aaron A. Burkey
- Laboratory for Applied Catalyst Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
- Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Laboratory for Applied Catalyst Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Laboratory for Applied Catalyst Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Laboratory for Applied Catalyst Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Zhang Y, Li X, Zhu W, Liu P, Ren J, Chen S, Hu Y, Zhou G. A Multi-functional Chromone-modified Polyethylene via Metal-free C−H Activation. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py01604k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Post-modification of polyolefins via cutting-edge C−H activation has recently emerged as an attractive methodology for the incorporation of precise functionalities, thus expanding their applicability and creating value-added materials. In this...
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Wallace MA, Sita LR. Temporal Control over Two‐ and Three‐State Living Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization for Modulating the Molecular Weight Distribution Profile of Polyolefins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202105937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Mark A. Wallace
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 USA
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Wallace MA, Sita LR. Temporal Control over Two- and Three-State Living Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization for Modulating the Molecular Weight Distribution Profile of Polyolefins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:19671-19678. [PMID: 34196076 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2021] [Revised: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A highly versatile new strategy for manipulating the molecular weight profiles, including breadth, asymmetry (skewness) and modal nature (mono-, bi-, and multimodal), of a variety of different polyolefins is reported. It involves temporal control over two- and three-state living coordinative chain transfer polymerization (LCCTP) of olefins in a programmable way. By changing the identity of the R' groups of the chain transfer agent, ER'n , with time, different populations of chains within a bi- or multimodal polyolefin product can be selectively tagged with different end-groups. By changing the nature of the main-group metal of the CTA, programmed manipulation of the relative magnitudes of the dispersities of the different maxima that make up the final MWD profile can be achieved. This strategy can be implemented with existing LCCTP materials and conventional reactor methods to provide access to scalable and practical quantities of an unlimited array of new polyolefin materials.
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- Mark A Wallace
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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Wallace MA, Burkey AA, Sita LR. Phenyl-Terminated Polyolefins via Living Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization with ZnPh 2 as a Chain Transfer Agent. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mark A. Wallace
- Laboratory for Applied Catalyst Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Laboratory for Applied Catalyst Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
- Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Laboratory for Applied Catalyst Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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A comprehensive review of all the methodologies developed for the synthesis of telechelic polyolefins is reported.
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- Tianwei Yan
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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