Single- and double-bridged PNP ligands in chromium-catalysed ethylene oligomerisation
Quintin A. Lo, Dominic Pye, Sami Gesslbauer, Ying Sim, Felipe Garcı́a, Andrew J. P. White, George J. P. Britovsek
Abstract
Chromium catalysts with diazaphospholane ligands have shown good activities and selectivities for ethylene tri- and tetramerisation. Oligomerisations with a doubly N-bridged cyclodiphosphazane result in a Schulz–Flory distribution of α-olefins.
Topics & Concepts
EthyleneChromiumCatalysisChemistryMedicinal chemistryPolymer chemistryStereochemistryOrganic chemistryOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsCoordination Chemistry and Organometallics