Awakening a dormant catalyst: salicylaldimine systems for ethene/tert-butylstyrene copolymerization.

Awakening a dormant catalyst: salicylaldimine systems for ethene/tert-butylstyrene copolymerization.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2008-12-04)

Giles W Theaker, Colin Morton, Peter Scott

PMID19050773

ABSTRACT

A group of readily available zirconium catalysts incapable of ethene-co-styrene polymerization are remarkably active and selective for the production of the new polymer ethene-co-tert-butylstyrene via a single site mechanism.

MATERIALS

Product Number

Brand

Product Description

647640

Sigma-Aldrich

Zirconium(IV) chloride, anhydrous, powder, 99.99% trace metals basis

357405

Sigma-Aldrich

Zirconium(IV) chloride, ≥99.9% trace metals basis

221880

Sigma-Aldrich

Zirconium(IV) chloride, ≥99.5% trace metals basis