Remote Perfluoroalkyl Substituents are Key to Living Aqueous Ethylene Polymerization

Abstract: In various nickel (II) salicylaldiminato ethylene polymerization catalysts, which are a versatile mechanistic probe for substituent effects, longer perfluoroalkyl groups exert a strong effect on catalytic activities and polymer microstructures compared to the trifluoromethyl group. This effect is accounted for by a reduced electron density on the active sites, and is also supported by electrochemical studies. Thus, β‐hydride elimination, the key step of chain transfer and branching pathways, is disfavored while chain‐growth rates are enhanced. This enhancement occurs to an extent that enables living polymerizations in aqueous systems to afford ultra‐high‐molecular‐weight polyethylene for various chelating salicylaldimine motifs. These findings are mechanistically instructive as well as practically useful for illustrating the potential of perfluoroalkyl groups in catalyst design.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Remote Perfluoroalkyl Substituents are Key to Living Aqueous Ethylene Polymerization ; volume:59 ; number:8 ; year:2020 ; pages:3258-3263 ; extent:6
Angewandte Chemie / International edition. International edition ; 59, Heft 8 (2020), 3258-3263 (gesamt 6)

Creator
Schnitte, Manuel
Scholliers, Janine S.
Riedmiller, Kai
Mecking, Stefan

DOI
10.1002/anie.201913117
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022062213055187771946
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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