1. Foreword

   • L. A. Novokshonova

   EditorialNotes Pages: 159 - 159

2. Kinetic and mechanism of alkene polymerization

   • M. Bochmann
   • R. D. Cannon
   • F. Song

   OriginalPaper Pages: 160 - 169

3. Molecular modeling of the regiochemistry of olefin insertion with single-site polymerization catalysts

   • A. Correa
   • G. Talarico
   • L. Cavallo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 170 - 175

4. Advances in Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polypropylene

   • A. Ferraro
   • I. Camurati
   • G. Cecchin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 176 - 185

   

5. Single-site catalyst immobilization using magnesium chloride supports

   • J. C. Chadwick
   • J. R. Severn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 186 - 191

6. Synthesis and performance of ansa-metallocene catalysts with substituted heterocyclic and indenyl ligands

   • M. J. Elder
   • Y. Okumura
   • N. Seidel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 192 - 197

7. Propylene bulk phase oligomerization with bisiminepyridine iron catalysts: Mechanistic investigation of 1,2-versus 2,1-propylene insertion

   • G. Fink
   • S. T. Babik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 198 - 206

8. Low density polyethylene by tandem catalysis with single site Ti(IV)/Co(II) catalysts

   • M. Frediani
   • C. Bianchini
   • W. Kaminsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 212

9. Ion pairs formed in metallocene-based systems by the “double activation” mechanism and their catalytic activity

   • L. Yu. Ustynyuk
   • E. A. Fushman
   • A. Razavi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 220

10. Differences in activities and polymer microstructures by supporting metallocene catalysts

    • W. Kaminsky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 226

11. Polypropylene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) and-block-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) block copolymers prepared by controlled radical polymerization with polypropylene macroinitiator

    • H. Kaneko
    • T. Matsugi
    • N. Kashiwa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 233

12. Theoretical investigation of novel silsesquioxane-supported Phillips-type catalyst by density functional theory (DFT) method

    • B. Liu
    • Y. Fang
    • M. Terano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 234 - 240

13. Nickel catalysts for the addition polymerization of norbornene and its derivatives and for their copolymerization with ethylene

    • K. L. Makovetskii
    • V. I. Bykov
    • E. Sh. Finkel’shtein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 244

14. Bulk propylene polymerization in the presence of ansa-metallocenes of C ₂ and C ₁ symmetries: From a rigid thermoplastic to elastomeric stereoblock polypropylene

    • P. M. Nedorezova
    • E. N. Veksler
    • D. A. Lemenovskii

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 250

15. Heterogenized methylaluminoxane and isobutylaluminoxane as activators for metallocene catalysts

    • L. A. Novokshonova
    • T. M. Ushakova
    • M. L. Kuskov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 256

16. Chain “stationary” insertion mechanism and production of isotactic polypropylene with C ₁ symmetric catalyst systems

    • A. Razavi
    • V. Bellia
    • Ulf Thewalt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 267

17. Seven-and eight-membered saturated fused rings zirconium and titanium metallocenes: A route for the synthesis of elastomeric polypropylene

    • M. C. Sacchi
    • I. Tritto
    • E. Polo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 268 - 273

18. Synthesis of crystallizable sydiotactic-atactic stereoblock polypropylene using a living polymerization system

    • Z. Cai
    • Y. Nakayama
    • T. Shiono

    OriginalPaper Pages: 274 - 277

19. Ethylene polymerization promoted by nickel complexes

    • W.-H. Sun
    • D. Zhang
    • J. Hou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 278 - 283

20. Kinetic studies on propylene polymerization using high-activity silica-supported Ziegler-Natta catalysts

    • P. J. T. Tait
    • A. A. Moman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 284 - 288

21. Living propene polymerization with Bis(phenoxy-imine) group 4 metal catalysts: A theoretical study

    • G. Talarico
    • L. Cavallo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 294

22. Various activation procedures of Phillips catalyst for ethylene polymerization

    • Y. Fang
    • B. Liu
    • M. Terano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 302

23. Homogeneous and supported catalysts based on bis(imino)pyridyl Iron(II) complexes for ethylene polymerization

    • V. A. Zakharov
    • N. V. Semikolenova
    • M. A. Mats’ko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 309

24. Modeling ethylene and propylene homopolymerization by late-transition-metal catalysts: A combined quantum mechanical and stochastic approach

    • A. Michalak
    • T. Ziegler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 310 - 325