Stereospecific Carbene Polymerization with Oxygenated Rh(diene) Species

Stereospecific carbene polymerization with oxygenated Rh(diene) species.

Polymers bearing polar functionalities are important materials, since they exhibit beneficial properties with respect to adhesion, paint/printability and surface properties. Commercial synthesis of these materials is mainly based on radical processes, which (so far) only allow poor control over the stereochemistry of the resulting polymers. 2 ] Stereo-controlled polymerisation generally require...

Highly trans-stereospecific Isoprene Polymerization by Neodymium Borohydrido Catalysts

Oxygenated volatiles from Amazonian floodplain tree species

Trans-stereospecific polymerization of butadiene and random copolymerization with styrene using borohydrido neodymium/magnesium dialkyl catalysts

The combination of a neodymium borohydride, Nd(BH4)3(THF)3 (1) or Cp*Nd(BH4)2(THF)x (2), with MgBuEt (BEM), affords an efficient and highly selective (up to 96.7% 1,4-trans) catalyst for butadiene polymerization. In the presence of excesses of Mg co-catalyst, polymer chain transfer takes place between neodymium and magnesium, and significant amounts of 1,2-units are observed. When considered fo...

Synthesis, structure, and olefin polymerization with nickel(II) N-heterocyclic carbene enolates.

Two novel N-heterocylic carbene enolate nickel complexes have been prepared and shown to be active for ethylene and propylene polymerization to yield linear polymers.