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Inside Cover: Double‐Decker‐Type Dinuclear Nickel Catalyst for Olefin Polymerization: Efficient Incorporation of Functional Co‐monomers (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48/2013)
Author(s) -
Takeuchi Daisuke,
Chiba Yuriko,
Takano Shigenaga,
Osakada Kohtaro
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201308948
Subject(s) - bifunctional , monomer , nickel , copolymer , catalysis , polymer chemistry , chemistry , ethylene , ligand (biochemistry) , polymerization , olefin fiber , polymer , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor
A dinuclear nickel complex with a new double‐decker structure, and its catalytic properties are described by D. Takeuchi, K. Osakada, et al. in their Communication on page 12536 ff. The complex promotes the copolymerization of ethylene with bifunctional monomers such as terminal dienes and unsaturated carboxylic esters. The close positioning of the nickel centers supported by the rigid macrocyclic ligand enhances the coordination of the bifunctional monomers and stabilize the growing polymer end.