With sustainability at the forefront of current polymerisation research, the typically earth-
abundant, inexpensive and low-toxicity main group metals are attractive candidates for …

The field of olefin polymerization catalysis has experienced a phenomenal acceleration in
research activity over the past 5 years, with many academic and industrial research …

One of the most exciting developments in the areas of catalysis, organometallic chemistry,
and polymer science in recent years has been the intense exploration and …

1.1. General Overview Polyolefinic materials, exemplified by polyethylenes (PEs),
polypropylenes (PPs), and ethylene/R-olefin amorphous copolymers, display many notable …

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 …

This review paper deals with proven and potential applications of mesoporous molecular
sieves in catalysis. In addition to introduction and conclusion, the text is divided into two …

The quest for alternatives to cyclopentadienyl-based ligands has led to a recent renaissance
of N-centered donor ligands in various fields of organometallic and coordination chemistry …

During the 1920's Hermann Staudinger, who was awarded the Nobel prize in 1953,
introduced his revolutionary concept of high molecular weight macromolecules and …

The three‐coordinate aluminum cations ligated by N‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs)[(NHC)⋅
AlMes2]+[B (C6F5) 4]−(NHC= IMeMe 4, IiPrMe 5, IiPr 6, Mes= 2, 4, 6‐trimethylphenyl) were …

Reaction of Piers' borane, HB (C6F5) 2, with either tert-butyl or isopropyl carbodiimide
cleanly affords the boron amidinates HC (RN) 2B (C6F5) 2 [R= i Pr (1), t Bu (2)]. These …