Concerted Steric and Electronic Strategy in Thermostable Salicylaldiminato Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene (Co)polymerization

Hong-Yu Ji; Hong-Liang Mu; Chun-Feng Tang; Yu-Xing Zhang; Yue Chi; Zhong-Bao Jian

doi:10.1007/s10118-024-3148-y

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Concerted Steric and Electronic Strategy in Thermostable Salicylaldiminato Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene (Co)polymerization

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2024-08-06

- Concerted Steric and Electronic Strategy in Thermostable Salicylaldiminato Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene (Co)polymerization
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 42, Issue 8, Pages: 1085-1092(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China
  b.State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- Author bio：
  
  yxzhang7@ciac.ac.cn (Y.X.Z.)
  yuechi@ccut.edu.cn (Y.C.)
  zbjian@ciac.ac.cn (Z.B.J.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-024-3148-y
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- Received：24 March 2024，
  
  Revised：2024-04-17，
  
  Accepted：18 April 2024，
  
  Online First：05 June 2024，
  
  Published：01 August 2024
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Ji, H. Y.; Mu, H. L.; Tang, C. F.; Zhang, Y. X.; Chi, Y.; Jian, Z. B. Concerted steric and electronic strategy in thermostable salicylaldiminato nickel catalysts for ethylene (co)polymerization. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 1085–1092

Hong-Yu Ji, Hong-Liang Mu, Chun-Feng Tang, et al. Concerted Steric and Electronic Strategy in Thermostable Salicylaldiminato Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene (Co)polymerization[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 42(8): 1085-1092.
Ji, H. Y.; Mu, H. L.; Tang, C. F.; Zhang, Y. X.; Chi, Y.; Jian, Z. B. Concerted steric and electronic strategy in thermostable salicylaldiminato nickel catalysts for ethylene (co)polymerization. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 1085–1092 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-024-3148-y.

Hong-Yu Ji, Hong-Liang Mu, Chun-Feng Tang, et al. Concerted Steric and Electronic Strategy in Thermostable Salicylaldiminato Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene (Co)polymerization[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 42(8): 1085-1092. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-024-3148-y.

摘要

Concerted steric and electronic strategy in neutral Ni(II) catalysts enables the enhancement of thermostability in ethylene (co)polymerization

thus producing semicrystalline PE

PE wax

PE oil

and functional PE.

Abstract

Olefin polymerization is one of the most important chemical reactions in industry. This work presents a strategy that emphasizes the synergistic

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