The search for new‐generation olefin polymerization catalysts: life beyond metallocenes

GJP Britovsek, VC Gibson… - Angewandte Chemie …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Even late transition metal complexes function as active and selective catalysts for α‐olefin
polymerization. The discovery of a highly active family of catalysts 1 based on iron, a metal …

Synthesis and structural chemistry of non-cyclopentadienyl organolanthanide complexes

FT Edelmann, DMM Freckmann, H Schumann - Chemical reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
About 30 years ago organometallic compounds of the rare earth metals were a curiosity.
That changed slowly in the late 1970s and the early 1980s after the availability of modern …

Non-cyclopentadienyl ancillaries in organogroup 3 metal chemistry: a fine balance in ligand design

WE Piers, DJH Emslie - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, several groups have targeted well-defined organometallic Group 3
metal complexes with ancillary ligand supporting environments alternative to the ubiquitous …

Group 3 metal catalysts for ethylene and α-olefin polymerization

J Gromada, JF Carpentier, A Mortreux - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the use of group 3 organometallic catalysts for ethylene and α-olefins
polymerization, as well as for functionalization of such poly (α-olefin) chains. It describes the …

Cooperative dihydrogen activation with unsupported uranium–metal bonds and characterization of a terminal U (iv) hydride

RJ Ward, P Rungthanaphatsophon, P Huang… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cooperative chemistry between two or more metal centres can show enhanced reactivity
compared to the monometallic fragments. Given the paucity of actinide–metal bonds …

A quarter-century long story of bis (alkyl) rare-earth (III) complexes

AA Trifonov, DM Lyubov - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
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Highlights in the renaissance of amidometal chemistry

R Kempe - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Turning a disadvantage to an advantage: The rather disappointing reactivity of the metal–
nitrogen bond in comparison to the metal–carbon bond resulted in the neglect of …

Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Generation von Katalysatoren zur Olefinpolymerisation:„Leben” ︁ jenseits der Metallocene

GJP Britovsek, VC Gibson, DF Wass - Angewandte Chemie, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Auch Komplexe später Übergangsmetalle sind aktive und selektive Katalysatoren für die
Polymerisation von α‐Olefinen. Die Entdeckung einer Klasse hochaktiver …

Dialkylscandium complexes supported by β-diketiminato ligands: synthesis, characterization, and thermal stability of a new family of organoscandium complexes

PG Hayes, WE Piers, LWM Lee, LK Knight… - …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Several diorganoscandium complexes stabilized by the β-diketiminato ligands (Ar) NC (R)
CHC (R) N (Ar)(Ar= 2, 6-i Pr-C6H3; R= CH3 (ligand a), R= t Bu (ligand b)) have been …

Isolation and Crystallographic Characterization of ErSc2N@C80:  an Endohedral Fullerene Which Crystallizes with Remarkable Internal Order

MM Olmstead, A de Bettencourt-Dias… - Journal of the …, 2000 - ACS Publications
The Er n Sc3-n N@ C80 (n= 0− 3) family of four endohedral fullerenes has been prepared
by vaporization of graphite rods packed with 2% Sc2O3/3% Er2O3/95% graphite powder in …