Recent advances in the copolymerization of ethylene with polar comonomers by nickel catalysts

R Zhang, R Gao, Q Gou, J Lai, X Li - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The less-expensive and earth-abundant nickel catalyst is highly promising in the
copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomers and has thus attracted increasing …

Tailor-made functional polyolefins of complex architectures: recent advances, applications, and prospects

Z Balzade, F Sharif, SR Ghaffarian Anbaran - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyolefins play a crucial role in the polymer industry because of their low-cost monomers
and well-established production processes. Recent years have witnessed tremendous …

Cationic P, O‐coordinated Nickel (II) catalysts for carbonylative polymerization of ethylene: unexpected productivity via subtle electronic variation

SY Chen, BH Ren, SH Li, YH Song, S Jiao… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Transition‐metal‐catalyzed copolymerization of ethylene with carbon monoxide affords
polyketones materials with excellent mechanical strength, photodegradability, surface and …

Nickel Catalysts for Non‐Alternating CO‐Ethylene Copolymerization

L Zhu, S Gaire, CJ Ziegler, L Jia - ChemCatChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal‐catalyzed copolymerization of CO and ethylene has a strong inherent
propensity to produce the strictly alternating copolymer. In this work, nickel catalysts capable …

Ion Pair Effects of Zwitterionic Ni/Pd Allyl Complexes Bearing an α-Sulfonate-β-diimine Ligand by Binding of B(C6F5)3 on Norbornene Polymerization

D Li, H Zheng, H Gao, X Wang, H Gao - Organometallics, 2024 - ACS Publications
This paper initially reports the remote binding of B (C6F5) 3 to zwitterionic nickel and
palladium allyl complexes bearing an α-sulfonate-β-diimine ligand and the ion pair effects of …

Aliphatic Polyketones from Alternating Copolymerization of CO and Olefins: Phosphinoamidate Nickel Catalyst, Polymerization Study, Mechanical Properties and …

L Zhu, J Li, WY Chen, CJ Ziegler… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A Ni catalyst has been developed that is highly productive for the alternating CO-ethylene
copolymer and capable of incorporating a substantial amount of propylene to produce the …

Scalable Nickel Catalysts for Carbonylative Terpolymerization of Ethylene/α-Olefin with High Efficiency

S Jiao, WL Zhang, MM Fan, SH Li… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The carbonylative polymerization of olefin yields aliphatic polyketones, which are used as
engineering plastics in the market due to their excellent mechanical strength, chemical …

Mechanistic Insights into Cationic [P, O]-Pd-Catalyzed Chain-Transfer Copolymerization of Ethylene with Carbon Monoxide

WL Zhang, S Han, SH Li, XY Hao, XB Lu, Y Liu - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The copolymerization of olefins with carbon monoxide (CO) affords aliphatic polyketones,
which exhibit excellent mechanical strength, crystallinity, photodegradability, hydrophilicity …

Favorable propylene-incorporated terpolymerization of ethylene with CO mediated by cationic [P, O]-Pd and Ni complexes

SH Li, SY Chen, XB Lu, Y Liu - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Commercial polyketone materials are generally produced by palladium-catalyzed
terpolymerization of ethylene and α-olefin with carbon monoxide (CO), and rare examples …

Electrostatic vs. inductive effects in phosphine ligand donor properties and reactivity

ML Kelty, AJ McNeece, JW Kurutz, AS Filatov… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Enhanced rates and selectivity in enzymes are enabled in part by precisely tuned electric
fields within active sites. Analogously, the use of charged groups to leverage electrostatics in …