Doubly fused <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-iron ethylene polymerization catalysts appended with fluoride substituents; probing catalytic performance <i>via</i> a combined experimental and MLR study
Qiuyue Zhang, Wenhong Yang, Zheng Wang, Gregory A. Solan, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun
Abstract
In agreement with the MLR analysis, the fluorinated iron precatalyst, R<sup>1</sup> = F, R<sup>2</sup> = R<sup>3</sup> = CH(<italic>p</italic>-FPh)<sub>2</sub>, proved the most active at 70 °C generating strictly linear polyethylene waxes.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisEthylenePolyethyleneChemistryPolymerizationFluoridePolymer chemistryWaxMedicinal chemistryOrganic chemistryInorganic chemistryPolymerOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisFiber-reinforced polymer compositesSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods