A new cationic pyridine-carbene palladium complex has been prepared that features a C,N-bidentate coordinating ligand with a shielded pyridine and a sterically less protected carbene moiety; evaluation of this complex in ethylene polymerization revealed competitive reductive elimination processes and provides guidelines for further catalyst design.
Sponsorship
University College Dublin
Other Sponsorship
Swiss National Science Foundation
MIUR (Italy)
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal
New Journal of Chemistry
Volume
36
Issue
8
Start Page
1552
End Page
1555
Copyright (Published Version)
2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique