1. Olefin polymerization by pentamethylcyclopentadienyl trimethyltitanium, Cp^*TiMe₃

   • Sean W. Ewart
   • Michael C. Baird

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 8

2. Highly electrophilic metallocenes and their role in alkene polymerizations

   • Manfred Bochmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 22

3. Supported metallocene polymerization catalysis

   • James C.W. Chien

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 36

4. Developing a fulvene route to C₁-bridged “constrained geometry” Ziegler catalyst systems

   • Axel Bertuleit
   • Martin Könemann
   • Roland Fröhlich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 44

5. Theoretical modeling of “constrained geometry catalysts” beyond the naked cation approach

   • Giuseppe Lanza
   • Ignazio L. Fragalà

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 60

6. Influence of supported metallocene catalysts on polymer tacticity

   • W. Kaminsky
   • H. Winkelbach

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 67

7. Kinetics and mechanism of ethylene homopolymerization and copolymerization reactions with heterogeneous Ti-based Ziegler–Natta catalysts

   • Yury V. Kissin
   • Robert I. Mink
   • Anita J. Brandolini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 88

8. Supported metallocene catalysts with MAO and boron activators

   • Marc O. Kristen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 95

9. Ziegler–Natta catalyst activation. Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of metallocenium ion-pair formation, dissociation, and structural reorganization

   • Lubin Luo
   • Tobin J. Marks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 106

10. Theoretical studies of the mechanism of ethylene polymerization reaction catalyzed by diimine-M(II) (M = Ni, Pd and Pt) and Ti- and Zr-chelating alkoxides

    • Djamaladdin G. Musaev
    • Keiji Morokuma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 123

11. Syndiotactic-specific polymerization of styrene: catalyst structure and polymerization mechanism

    • Claudio Pellecchia
    • Alfonso Grassi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 132

12. Zwitterionic metallocenes via reactions of organozirconocenes with highly electrophilic perfluorophenyl substituted boranes

    • Warren E. Piers
    • Yimin Sun
    • Lawrence W.M. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 143

13. Chain transfer reactions in propylene polymerization with zirconocene catalysts

    • Luigi Resconi
    • Isabella Camurati
    • Olof Sudmeijer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 163

14. High molecular weight 1-olefin/carbon monoxide copolymers: a new class of versatile polymers

    • Adnan S. Abu-Surrah
    • Bernhard Rieger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 177

15. Surface science approach to the preparation and characterization of model Ziegler–Natta heterogeneous polymerization catalysts

    • Tamás I. Korányi
    • Enrico Magni
    • Gabor A. Somorjai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 185

16. General aspects of ethylene polymerization by d⁰ and d⁰f ⁿ transition metals

    • Peter Margl
    • Liqun Deng
    • Tom Ziegler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 208