Half-sandwich rare-earth-catalyzed olefin polymerization, carbometalation, and hydroarylation

M Nishiura, F Guo, Z Hou - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The search for new catalysts for more efficient, selective chemical
transformations and for the synthesis of new functional materials has been a long-standing …

Novel polymerization catalysts and hydride clusters from rare-earth metal dialkyls

M Nishiura, Z Hou - Nature Chemistry, 2010 - nature.com
This Review gives an overview on recent progress in the synthesis and chemistry of rare-
earth metal dialkyl complexes bearing monoanionic ancillary ligands, with an emphasis on …

Highly Isoselective Coordination Polymerization of ortho‐Methoxystyrene with β‐Diketiminato Rare‐Earth‐Metal Precursors

D Liu, C Yao, R Wang, M Wang, Z Wang… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Stereoselective coordination/insertion polymerization of the polar ortho‐methoxystyrene has
been achieved for the first time by using the cationic β‐diketiminato rare‐earth‐metal …

Cationic rare earth metal alkyls as novel catalysts for olefin polymerization and copolymerization

Z Hou, Y Luo, X Li - Journal of organometallic chemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
Cationic rare earth metal alkyl species, generated by the treatment of mono
(cyclopentadienyl) bis (alkyl) rare earth metal complexes with 1 equiv. of a borate compound …

Precisely Controlled Polymerization of Styrene and Conjugated Dienes by Group 3 Single‐Site Catalysts

J Huang, Z Liu, D Cui, X Liu - ChemCatChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This Review aims at a comprehensive overview on the recent stereospecific control
polymerizations by group 3 metal complexes based catalytic systems in combination with …

Synthesis of the first rare earth metal bis (alkyl) s bearing an indenyl functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene

B Wang, D Wang, D Cui, W Gao, T Tang, X Chen… - …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Treatment of indenyl-modified imidazolium bromide [C9H7CH2CH2 (NCHCHN (C6H2Me3-
2, 4, 6) CH) Br]((IndH-NHC-H) Br) with rare earth metal tetra (alkyl) lithium (Ln (CH2SiMe3) …

Ligands dominate highly syndioselective polymerization of styrene by using constrained-geometry-configuration rare-earth metal precursors

Y Pan, W Rong, Z Jian, D Cui - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
A series of novel constrained-geometry-configuration (CGC) rare-earth metal complexes
(RCH2–Py) Ln (CH2SiMe3) 2 (THF) n (Py= pyridyl; Ln= Y, n= 1, R= C5Me4 (Cp′)(1); Ln= Y …

Syndioselective coordination polymerization of unmasked polar methoxystyrenes using a pyridenylmethylene fluorenyl yttrium precursor

D Liu, R Wang, M Wang, C Wu, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Unprecedented coordination–insertion polymerizations of polar methoxyl substituted styrene
derivatives, in despite of the position of the substituent, have been achieved using a pyridyl …

Isospecific styrene polymerization by chiral titanium complexes that contain a tetradentate [OSSO]-type bis (phenolato) ligand

C Capacchione, R Manivannan, M Barone… - …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A series of titanium dichloro and di (isopropoxy) complexes with a 1, 4-dithiabutanediyl-
linked bis (4, 6-disubstituted phenolato) ligand [Ti (OC6H2-6-R1-4-R2) 2 {S (CH2) 2S} …

Pyrrolide-ligated organoyttrium complexes. Synthesis, characterization, and lactide polymerization behavior

Y Yang, S Li, D Cui, X Chen, X Jing - Organometallics, 2007 - ACS Publications
The N, N-bidentate ligand 2-{(N-2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) iminomethyl)} pyrrole (L 1) and the
N, N, P-tridentate ligand 2-{(N-2-diphenylphosphinophenyl) iminomethyl)} pyrrole (L 2) have …