The Search for New-Generation Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Life beyond Metallocenes

作者：George J. P. Britovsek, Vernon C. Gibson, Duncan F. Wass · 发表于：Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 年份：1999 · DOI：10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990215)38:4<428::aid-anie428>3.0.co;2-3 · 被引用次数：1773 · 研究领域：Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis、Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods、Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Even late transition metal complexes function as active and selective catalysts for α-olefin polymerization. The discovery of a highly active family of catalysts 1 based on iron, a metal that had no previous track record in this field, has highlighted the possibilities for further new catalyst discoveries. As a result, an intense search has developed for new-generation catalysts, in both academic and industrial research laboratories. R1=H, Me; R2=Me, iPr; R3=H, Me, iPr; R4=H, Me; X=halide.