Chemical Communications 2002-03-21

A highly efficient titanium-based olefin polymerisation catalyst with a monoanionic iminoimidazolidide pi-donor ancillary ligand.

Winfried P Kretschmer, Chris Dijkhuis, Auke Meetsma, Bart Hessen, Jan H Teuben

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (6) , 608-9, (2002)

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Abstract

The titanium complex Cp[1,3-(2',6'-Me2C6H3)2(CH2N)2C=N]Ti(CH2Ph)2, with a monoanionic eta 1-iminoimidazolidide ancillary ligand, is shown to be a highly efficient catalyst for olefin polymerisation when activated with the Lewis acid B(C6F5)3.