Control of coordination polymerization behavior by counter-anionic effects

R Tanaka, OA Ajala, Y Nakayama, T Shiono - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In coordination polymerization chemistry, the most active species are cationic transition
metals which bear vacant sites for monomer coordination. The steric and electronic …

Methylalumoxane–history, production, properties, and applications

HS Zijlstra, S Harder - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Since its discovery, methylalumoxane (MAO) has become of great importance as a
cocatalyst in homogeneous olefin polymerization. The working principles of single‐site …

Structure of methylaluminoxane (MAO): Extractable [Al(CH3)2]+ for precatalyst activation

L Luo, JM Younker, AV Zabula - Science, 2024 - science.org
Methylaluminoxane (MAO) is used as a precatalyst activator for million ton–scale production
of commercial polyolefins, but its precise structure and associated activation mechanisms …

Role (s) of TMA in polymerization

C Ehm, R Cipullo, PHM Budzelaar, V Busico - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Quenched-flow data for propene polymerization with rac-Me2Si (2-Me-4-Ph-1-indenyl)
2ZrCl2/MAO support a picture where removal of MAO qualitatively changes the kinetic …

Revealing the Chemical Interactions between PMMA and TMA for Insights into Sequential Infiltration Synthesis

F McCallum, MD Hossain, I Blakey, H Peng… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) is emerging as an important method for generating
novel hybrid inorganic–polymer materials and is predicted to have numerous applications in …

Formation of octameric methylaluminoxanes by hydrolysis of trimethylaluminum and the mechanisms of catalyst activation in single‐site α‐olefin polymerization …

JT Hirvi, M Bochmann, JR Severn… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrolysis of trimethylaluminum (TMA) leads to the formation of methylaluminoxanes (MAO)
of general formula (MeAlO) n (AlMe3) m. The thermodynamically favored pathway of MAO …

Controlled hydrolysis of AlMe 3 to tetramethylalumoxane and a new look at incipient adducts with water

K Korona, I Justyniak, J Pogrebetsky… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We present an efficient route to tetramethylalumoxane by the controlled hydrolysis of AlMe3
in the presence of pyridine. The AlMe3 (pyr) hydrolysis by 0.5 and 1 equiv. of H2O has been …

Nature and structure of aluminum surface sites grafted on silica from a combination of high-field aluminum-27 solid-state NMR spectroscopy and first-principles …

RN Kerber, A Kermagoret, E Callens… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The determination of the nature and structure of surface sites after chemical modification of
large surface area oxides such as silica is a key point for many applications and challenging …

Formation, structure, and composition of methylaluminoxane

M Linnolahti, S Collins - ChemPhysChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The structurally ill‐characterized methylaluminoxane (MAO) is the activator of choice in
olefin polymerization catalysis. We have carried out large scale and systematic quantum …

Diversity of transformation of heteroallenes on acenaphthene-1, 2-diimine aluminum oxide

TS Koptseva, AA Skatova, MV Moskalev… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactions of oxide [(dpp-bian) Al (μ2-O) 2Al (dpp-bian)](1)(dpp-bian= 1, 2-bis [(2, 6-
diisopropylphenyl) imino] acenaphthene) with phenyl-or cyclohexylisocyanates result in the …