Selectivity in propene polymerization with metallocene catalysts

L Resconi, L Cavallo, A Fait, F Piemontesi - Chemical Reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
The outstandingly rapid scientific and technological development of metallocene-based
catalysts for olefin polymerization is a perfect example of the successful application of …

Microstructure of polypropylene

V Busico, R Cipullo - Progress in Polymer Science, 2001 - Elsevier
For over thirty years after the discovery of stereoselective olefin polymerization in 1954, the
word 'polypropylene'has meant, both scientifically and commercially, little else than the …

Cationic Group 4 metallocene complexes and their role in polymerisation catalysis: the chemistry of well defined Ziegler catalysts

M Bochmann - Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 1996 - pubs.rsc.org
Cationic alkyl complexes of Group 4 metallocenes of the type [MCp2R]+(M= Ti, Zr or Hf, Cp=
C5H5) have been recognised as the catalytically active species in metallocene-based olefin …

Metallocenes for polymer catalysis

W Kaminsky, M Arndt - Polymer Synthesis/Polymer Catalysis, 2007 - Springer
Metallocenes are very versatile catalysts for the production of polyolefins, polystyrene and
copolymers. Some polymers such as syndiotactic polypropene, syndiotactic polystyrene …

Metallocene and related catalysts for olefin, alkyne and silane dimerization and oligomerization

C Janiak - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the use of metallocene complexes and related compounds as
catalysts in the dimerization or oligomerization of olefins (alkenes) or terminal acetylenes …

Chain transfer reactions in propylene polymerization with zirconocene catalysts

L Resconi, I Camurati, O Sudmeijer - Topics in Catalysis, 1999 - Springer
The chemical structures of end groups of medium-low molecular weight atactic and isotactic
polypropylenes (a-PP and i-PP), produced with zirconocene/methylalumoxane catalysts …

Effects of regiochemical and stereochemical errors on the course of isotactic propene polyinsertion promoted by homogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts

V Busico, R Cipullo, JC Chadwick, JF Modder… - …, 1994 - ACS Publications
The effects of regiochemical and stereochemical errors on the kinetic course of isotactic
propene polyinsertion promoted by two typical homogeneous metallocene catalysts are …

Effects of Internal and External Donors on the Regio‐ and Stereoselectivity of Active Species in MgCl2‐Supported Catalysts for Propene Polymerization

JC Chadwick, G Morini, G Balbontin… - Macromolecular …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (propylene) s prepared using MgCl2‐supported catalysts containing different electron
donors have been characterized using temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF), gel …

Zirconocene-catalyzed propene polymerization: A quenched-flow kinetic study

F Song, RD Cannon, M Bochmann - Journal of the American …, 2003 - ACS Publications
The kinetics of propene polymerization catalyzed by ansa-metallocenes were studied using
quenched-flow techniques. Two catalyst systems were investigated,(SBI) ZrMe2/Al i …

Effect of monomer concentration on propene polymerization with the rac-[ethylenebis (1-indenyl)] zirconium dichloride/methylaluminoxane catalyst

L Resconi, A Fait, F Piemontesi, M Colonnesi… - …, 1995 - ACS Publications
The structural details of isotactic polypropene (iPP) produced with the moderately isospecific
racemic-ethylenebis (l-indenyl) zirconium dichloride/methylaluminoxane (rac-(EBI) …