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J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Feb 16;127(6):1608-9. doi: 10.1021/ja042839a.

Reactivity of secondary metal-alkyls in catalytic propene polymerization: how dormant are "dormant chains"?.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Vincenzo Busico, Roberta Cipullo, Valeria Romanelli, Sara Ronca, Maria Togrou

Affiliations

  1. Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 15700973 DOI: 10.1021/ja042839a

Abstract

In this communication, we report on the direct measurement of dormant chain concentration and of the relative reactivity of authentic primary and secondary Zr-polymeryls toward propene, ethene, and H2 under practical conditions for a new highly regio- and stereoselective postmetallocene polymerization catalyst with controlled kinetic behavior. The results, in particular, confirm the poor reactivity toward propene of secondary M-polymeryls and the possible accumulation of dormant chains in propene homopolymerization.

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