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Highly Robust Palladium(II) α‐Diimine Catalysts for Slow‐Chain‐Walking Polymerization of Ethylene and Copolymerization with Methyl Acrylate
Author(s) -
Dai Shengyu,
Sui Xuelin,
Chen Changle
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201503708
Subject(s) - copolymer , branching (polymer chemistry) , polymer chemistry , ethylene , methyl acrylate , polyethylene , polymerization , diimine , polymer , acrylate , materials science , thermal stability , catalysis , chemistry , organic chemistry
A series of sterically demanding α‐diimine ligands bearing electron‐donating and electron‐withdrawing substituents were synthesized by an improved synthetic procedure in high yield. Subsequently, the corresponding Pd complexes were prepared and isolated by column chromatography. These Pd complexes demonstrated unique properties in ethylene polymerization, including high thermal stability and high activity, thus generating polyethylene with a high molecular weight and very low branching density. Similar properties were observed for ethylene/methyl acrylate copolymerization. Because of the high molecular weight and low branching density, the generated polyethylene and ethylene/methyl acrylate copolymer were semicrystalline solids. The (co)polymers had unique microstructures originating from the unique slow‐chain‐walking activity of these Pd complexes.