Symmetric and Asymmetric Binuclear α-Diimine Nickel(II) Complexes for Ethylene Polymerization

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1 Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for the Construction & Development of Dongting Lake Ecological Economic Zone, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, 415000, P.R. CHINA

2 Material Corrsion and protectction key Laboratory of Sichuan Province,Chengdu,643000,P.R. CHINA

Abstract

 A series of symmetric and asymmetric binuclear α-diimine nickel(II) complexes toward ethylene polymerization were successfully synthesized and characterized by 1HNMR. All the catalysts were typically activated with MAO and displayed good activity at room temperature under 1atm ethylene pressure. The symmetric catalyst containing isopropyl on ligand-activated with 500 equiv MAO produced high molecular weight polyethylene with a PDI=1.75, while the symmetric catalyst containing methyl on ligand produced relatively low molecular weight polyethylene with a PDI=1.74. By contrast, the molecular weight, branching density of resultant polymer produced by asymmetric catalyst decrease roughly somewhere between that of polymers prepared by two symmetric catalysts.

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Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Volume 38, Issue 3 - Serial Number 95
May and June 2019
Pages 137-144

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