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Prospects and crucial problems in oligomerization and polymerization with iron and cobalt complex catalysts

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The discovery of highly active 2,6-bis(imino)pyridyl iron and cobalt complexes provided a milestone of late-transition metal catalysts for ethylene oligomerization and polymerization with being currently investigated for the scale-up process. The crucial problems are remaining in the catalytic systems: the catalytic systems targeting ethylene polymerization produce more oligomers at elevated reaction temperatures, however, there is a recognizable amount of high-molecular-weight polyethylene remained in the modified catalytic system for the oligomerization process. Beyond the modification of bis(imino)pyridyl metal complexes, several alternative procatalysts’ models have been developed in our group. This review highlighted the achievements in exploring new iron and cobalt complexes with tridentate NNN ligands as procatalysts for ethylene oligomerization and polymerization.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Su-yun Jie

  2. Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Wen-hua Sun  (孙文华) & Tianpengfei Xiao

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Jie, Sy., Sun, Wh. & Xiao, T. Prospects and crucial problems in oligomerization and polymerization with iron and cobalt complex catalysts. Chin J Polym Sci 28, 299–304 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-010-0034-6

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