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Transition Metals and Organometallics as Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization

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  • © 1988

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Table of contents (42 papers)

  1. Studies of Active Sites, and Kinetics and Mechanisms in Heterogeneous Catalyst

  2. New Aspects in the Heterogeneous Catalysts Polymerization of Olefins

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More than 30 years after the discovery of transition metals and organometal­ lics as catalysts for olefin polymerization these catalysts did not have lost their fascination. Since 1953 when Karl Ziegler has discovered the catalytic polymerization of ethylene leading to plastically formable polymers which are mechanically stable up to temperatures of about 100°C, synthetic polymers and rubbers have made their way right into private houses. This discovery has been a main impetus for the fast growing production of plastics. The stereoselective poly­ merization of propylene and other long-chain a-olefins first detected by Giulio Natta leads to an even broadened field of applications. Another enforcing factor were the developments of Standard Oil of Indiana and Phillipps Petroleum Company who engaged in the polymerization of a-olefins supported molybdenum, cobalt and later on chromium catalysts which clearly indicates the wide variety of suitable systems. This kind of research acknowledged merit when in 1963 the Nobel prize of chemistry was awarded to Ziegler and Natta. Although to a great extent there is a technical application for these catalysts, up to now the nature of the active centres and many reaction mechanisms are not completely known.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 13, Germany

    Walter Kaminsky, Hansjörg Sinn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transition Metals and Organometallics as Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization

  • Editors: Walter Kaminsky, Hansjörg Sinn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83276-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-83278-9Published: 19 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-83276-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 442

  • Topics: Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Polymer Sciences, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

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