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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Laine, Anniina
• Linnolahti, Mikko
• Pakkanen, Tapani A
• Severn, John R
• Kokko, Esa
• Pakkanen, Anneli

Titel

Comparative Theoretical Study on Homopolymerization of α-Olefins by Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Zirconocene and Hafnocene: Elemental Propagation and Termination Reactions between Monomers and Metals

Ist Teil von

• Organometallics, 2010-04, Vol.29 (7), p.1541-1550

Ort / Verlag

American Chemical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A comparative quantum chemical study has been performed to shed light on the fundamental differences between hafnocenes and zirconocenes concerning reactions between the metals and α-olefin monomers, namely, ethene, propene, 1-butene, and 1-hexene. Analogous species along the α-olefin polymerization pathways were studied for bis(cyclopentadienyl) zirconocene and hafnocene, taking into account the structural variations of the first two monomer insertion steps and of the competitive chain-termination reactions. The results were analyzed as a function of both the metal and the monomer, the metal showing more distinct differences. The most notable difference in the reactions of the zirconocene and hafnocene can be seen in β-hydrogen transfer to metal, activation energies for which are significantly higher for the hafnocene.