TY - JOUR
T1 - Ligand-Unsymmetrical Phenoxyiminato Dinickel Catalyst for High Molecular Weight Long-Chain Branched Polyethylenes
AU - Shu, Dongxu
AU - Mouat, Aidan R.
AU - Stephenson, Casey J.
AU - Invergo, Anna M.
AU - Delferro, Massimiliano
AU - Marks, Tobin J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2015/11/6
Y1 - 2015/11/6
N2 - An unsymmetrical bimetallic catalyst, (CF3/SO2)FI2-Ni2, having a CF3-functionalized phenoxyiminato Ni(II) center, which produces linear high-Mw polyolefin (CF3/Ni) joined to an adjacent SO2-functionalized phenoxyiminato Ni(II) center, which produces highly branched low-Mw polyolefin (SO2/Ni), was synthesized and fully characterized. In ethylene homopolymerizations, (CF3/SO2)FI2-Ni2 affords monomodal (D = 1.7), highly, long-chain branched (69 branches/1000 C) polyethylenes with Mw = 24 kg/mol. In contrast, bimetallic (CF3)FI2-Ni2 and (SO2)FI2-Ni2 produce high-Mw (25 kg/mol) exclusively methyl-branched (40 branches/1000 C) and low-Mw (4.5 kg/mol) highly branched (105 branches/1000 C) polyethylenes, respectively, while tandem monometallic (CF3)FI-Ni + (SO2)FI-Ni catalyst mixtures yield a bimodal polyolefin mixture (D = 6.4).
AB - An unsymmetrical bimetallic catalyst, (CF3/SO2)FI2-Ni2, having a CF3-functionalized phenoxyiminato Ni(II) center, which produces linear high-Mw polyolefin (CF3/Ni) joined to an adjacent SO2-functionalized phenoxyiminato Ni(II) center, which produces highly branched low-Mw polyolefin (SO2/Ni), was synthesized and fully characterized. In ethylene homopolymerizations, (CF3/SO2)FI2-Ni2 affords monomodal (D = 1.7), highly, long-chain branched (69 branches/1000 C) polyethylenes with Mw = 24 kg/mol. In contrast, bimetallic (CF3)FI2-Ni2 and (SO2)FI2-Ni2 produce high-Mw (25 kg/mol) exclusively methyl-branched (40 branches/1000 C) and low-Mw (4.5 kg/mol) highly branched (105 branches/1000 C) polyethylenes, respectively, while tandem monometallic (CF3)FI-Ni + (SO2)FI-Ni catalyst mixtures yield a bimodal polyolefin mixture (D = 6.4).
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U2 - 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00781
DO - 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00781
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947249561
SN - 2161-1653
VL - 4
SP - 1297
EP - 1301
JO - ACS Macro Letters
JF - ACS Macro Letters
IS - 11
ER -