Current studies on novel, metallocenebased catalysts for the polymerization of α‐olefins
have far‐reaching implications for the development of new materials as well as for the …

Staudinger predicted a correlation between the physical properties of a polymer and its main-
chain stereochemistry as early as 1929. 1 However it was not until 1947 that Schildknecht …

Recently, the research activity in the field of the stereospecific polymerization of conjugated
dienes has focused on the use of catalysts based on organometallic complexes having a …

This article reviews the recent developments of Ziegler-Natta and metallocene catalysts for
olefin polymerizations. The roles of magnesium dichloride and electron donors on the …

Untersuchungen an neuen Metallocenkatalysatoren zur Polymerisation von α‐Olefinen
haben gegenwärtig weitreichende Auswirkungen auf die Entwicklung neuer Materialien und …

The discovery of the metallocene/methylaluminoxane catalysts for olefin, diene, and styrene
polymerization has opened up a new millennium in the polymer science. Beside the …

This article provides an overview on recent progress in the polymerization of 1, 3-dienes
catalyzed by transition metal complexes with phosphorus and nitrogen ligands. Polymers …

In the last decade, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of reports on
transition metal complex-mediated butadiene homo-and copolymerization. While typical …

Iron− terpyridine complexes,[Fe (terpyridine) 2](FeCl4) 2 (1), FeCl3 (terpyridine)(4), and
FeCl3 (4, 4 ', 4 ''-tri-tert-butylterpyridine)(5), were found to display high catalytic activities for …

Discovery of effective homogeneous transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerization must
be one of the most dramatic technologies for polymer synthesis in the 1980s. Especially …