Liang, Tao Chen, Changle Position Makes the Difference: Electronic Effects in Nickel-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerizations and Copolymerizations A series of phosphine-sulfonate ligands and the corresponding nickel complexes are prepared and characterized. These ligands are specifically designed to bear systematically varied electron-donating and -withdrawing substituents (H, OMe, NMe<sub>2</sub>, CF<sub>3</sub>, and Me). More importantly, these substituents are installed at different positions on the ligand framework, namely, the para-position of the phenylphosphino group (position X), and para to the arylsulfonate group of the main ligand (position Y). These nickel complexes are highly active single-component catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene. An electron-donating substituent at position X or an electron-withdrawing substituent at position Y is beneficial to the properties of these nickel catalysts. Specifically, the catalyst bearing the NMe<sub>2</sub> substituent at position X exhibits high stability and high activity (3.3 × 10<sup>6</sup> g mol<sup>–1</sup> h<sup>–1</sup>), and catalyzes the formation of polyethylene of high molecular weight (<i>M</i><sub>n</sub> 405 000) and high melting point (<i>T</i><sub>m</sub> 138.5 °C). This catalyst also mediates the efficient copolymerizations of ethylene with methyl 10-undecenoate, 6-chloro-1-hexene, and trimethoxyvinylsilane. 6- chloro -1-hexene;nickel complexes;ligand;NMe 2 substituent;position X exhibits;position Y;CF;Nickel-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerizations;catalyst;methyl 10- undecenoate 2018-11-08
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10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02687.s002