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36. Suzuki Y, Hayashi T (1997) JP Patent 10298231 to Mitsui Chemicals Inc., Japan
37. Stibrany RT, Schulz DN, Kacker S, Patil AO (1997) WO Patent Application 9930822 to Exxon
Research and Engineering Company
38. Britovsek GJP, Bruce M, Gibson VC, Kimberley BS, Maddox PJ, Mastroianni S, McTavish
SJ, Redshaw C, Solan GA, Stromberg S, White AJP, Williams DJ (1999) Iron and cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts bearing 2,6-bis(imino)pyridyl ligands: synthesis, structures, and
polymerization studies. J Am Chem Soc 121(38):8728–8740
39. Ittel SD, Johnson LK, Brookhart M (2000) Late-metal catalysts for ethylene homo- and copolymerization. Chem Rev 100(4):1169–1204
40. Small BL, Brookhart M (1999) Polymerization of propylene by a new generation of iron
catalysts: mechanisms of chain initiation, propagation, and termination. Macromolecules
32(7):2120–2130
41. Small BL, Brookhart M (1998) Iron-based catalysts with exceptionally high activities and selectivities for oligomerization of ethylene to linear α-olefins. J Am Chem Soc 120(28):7143–7144
42. Nomura K, Warit S, Imanishi Y (1999) Olefin polymerization by the (Pybox)RuX2(ethylene)–
MAO catalyst system. Macromolecules 32(14):4732–4734
43. Carrick WL, Kluiber RW, Bonner EF, Wartman LH, Rugg FM, Smyth JJ (1960) Transition
metal catalysts. I. Ethylene polymerization with a soluble catalyst formed from an aluminum
halide, tetraphenyltin and a vanadium halide. J Am Chem Soc 82(15):3883–3887
44. Nomura K, Zhang S (2011) Design of vanadium complex catalysts for precise olefin polymerization. Chem Rev 111(3):2342–2362
45. Junghanns E, Gumboldt O, Bier G (1962) Polymerization of ethylene and propylene to amorphous copolymers with catalysts made from vanadium oxychloride and aluminum haloalkylene. Makromol Chem 58(1):18–42
46. Christman DL, Keim GI (1968) Reactivities of nonconjugated dienes used in preparation of
terpolymers in homogeneous systems. Macromolecules 1(4):358–363
47. Doi Y, Ueki S, Keii T (1978) “Living” coordination polymerization of propene initiated by the
soluble V(acac)3-Al(C2H5)2Cl system. Macromolecules 12(5):814–819
48. Doi Y, Koyama T, Soga K (1985) Synthesis of a propene—methyl methacrylate diblock copolymer via “living” coordination polymerization. Makromol Chem 186(1):11–15
49. Ma Y, Reardon D, Gambarotta S, Yap G, Zahalka H, Lemay C (1999) Vanadium-catalyzed ethylene–propylene copolymerization: the question of the metal oxidation state in Ziegler–Natta
polymerization promoted by (β-diketonate) 3 V. Organometallics 18(15):2773–2781
50. Brandsma MJR, Brussee EAC, Meetsma A, Hessen B, Teuben JH (1998) An amidinate ligand
with a pendant amine functionality; synthesis of a vanadium(III) complex and ethene polymerization catalysis. Eur J Inorg Chem 1998(12):1867–1870
51. Brussee EAC, Meetsma A, Hessen B, Teuben JH (1998) Electron-deficient vanadium(III) alkyl
and allyl complexes with amidinate ancillary ligands. Organometallics 17(18):4090–4095
52. Feghali K, Harding DJ, Reardon D, Gambarotta S, Yap G, Wang Q (2002) Stability of metal–
carbon bond versus metal reduction during ethylene polymerization promoted by a vanadium
complex: the role of the aluminum cocatalyst. Organometallics 21(5):968–976
53. Janas Z, Wiśniewska D, Jerzykiewicz LB, Sobota P, Drabenta K, Szczegot K (2007) Synthesis,
structural studies and reactivity of vanadium complexes with tridentate (OSO) ligand. Dalton
Trans:2065–2069
54. Hagen H, Boersma J, Lutz M, Spek AL, van Koten G (2001) Vanadium(III) and -(IV) complexes with O,N-chelating aminophenolate ligands: synthesis, characterization and activity in
ethene/propene copolymerization. Eur J Inorg Chem 2001(1):117–123
55. Golisz SR, Bercaw JE (2009) Synthesis of early transition metal bisphenolate complexes and
their use as olefin polymerization catalysts. Macromolecules 42(22):8751–8762
56. Lorber C, Donnadieu B, Choukroun R (2000) Synthesis and X-ray characterization of a monomeric Cp-free d1-imido–vanadium(IV) complex. Dalton Trans (24):4497–4498
57. Desmangles N, Gambarotta S, Bensimon C, Davis S, Zahalka HJ (1998) Preparation and characterization of (R2N)2VCl2 [R=Cy, i-Pr] and its activity as olefin polymerization catalyst.
Organomet Chem 562(1):53–60
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36. Suzuki Y, Hayashi T (1997) JP Patent 10298231 to Mitsui Chemicals Inc., Japan
37. Stibrany RT, Schulz DN, Kacker S, Patil AO (1997) WO Patent Application 9930822 to Exxon
Research and Engineering Company
38. Britovsek GJP, Bruce M, Gibson VC, Kimberley BS, Maddox PJ, Mastroianni S, McTavish
SJ, Redshaw C, Solan GA, Stromberg S, White AJP, Williams DJ (1999) Iron and cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts bearing 2,6-bis(imino)pyridyl ligands: synthesis, structures, and
polymerization studies. J Am Chem Soc 121(38):8728–8740
39. Ittel SD, Johnson LK, Brookhart M (2000) Late-metal catalysts for ethylene homo- and copolymerization. Chem Rev 100(4):1169–1204
40. Small BL, Brookhart M (1999) Polymerization of propylene by a new generation of iron
catalysts: mechanisms of chain initiation, propagation, and termination. Macromolecules
32(7):2120–2130
41. Small BL, Brookhart M (1998) Iron-based catalysts with exceptionally high activities and selectivities for oligomerization of ethylene to linear α-olefins. J Am Chem Soc 120(28):7143–7144
42. Nomura K, Warit S, Imanishi Y (1999) Olefin polymerization by the (Pybox)RuX2(ethylene)–
MAO catalyst system. Macromolecules 32(14):4732–4734
43. Carrick WL, Kluiber RW, Bonner EF, Wartman LH, Rugg FM, Smyth JJ (1960) Transition
metal catalysts. I. Ethylene polymerization with a soluble catalyst formed from an aluminum
halide, tetraphenyltin and a vanadium halide. J Am Chem Soc 82(15):3883–3887
44. Nomura K, Zhang S (2011) Design of vanadium complex catalysts for precise olefin polymerization. Chem Rev 111(3):2342–2362
45. Junghanns E, Gumboldt O, Bier G (1962) Polymerization of ethylene and propylene to amorphous copolymers with catalysts made from vanadium oxychloride and aluminum haloalkylene. Makromol Chem 58(1):18–42
46. Christman DL, Keim GI (1968) Reactivities of nonconjugated dienes used in preparation of
terpolymers in homogeneous systems. Macromolecules 1(4):358–363
47. Doi Y, Ueki S, Keii T (1978) “Living” coordination polymerization of propene initiated by the
soluble V(acac)3-Al(C2H5)2Cl system. Macromolecules 12(5):814–819
48. Doi Y, Koyama T, Soga K (1985) Synthesis of a propene—methyl methacrylate diblock copolymer via “living” coordination polymerization. Makromol Chem 186(1):11–15
49. Ma Y, Reardon D, Gambarotta S, Yap G, Zahalka H, Lemay C (1999) Vanadium-catalyzed ethylene–propylene copolymerization: the question of the metal oxidation state in Ziegler–Natta
polymerization promoted by (β-diketonate) 3 V. Organometallics 18(15):2773–2781
50. Brandsma MJR, Brussee EAC, Meetsma A, Hessen B, Teuben JH (1998) An amidinate ligand
with a pendant amine functionality; synthesis of a vanadium(III) complex and ethene polymerization catalysis. Eur J Inorg Chem 1998(12):1867–1870
51. Brussee EAC, Meetsma A, Hessen B, Teuben JH (1998) Electron-deficient vanadium(III) alkyl
and allyl complexes with amidinate ancillary ligands. Organometallics 17(18):4090–4095
52. Feghali K, Harding DJ, Reardon D, Gambarotta S, Yap G, Wang Q (2002) Stability of metal–
carbon bond versus metal reduction during ethylene polymerization promoted by a vanadium
complex: the role of the aluminum cocatalyst. Organometallics 21(5):968–976
53. Janas Z, Wiśniewska D, Jerzykiewicz LB, Sobota P, Drabenta K, Szczegot K (2007) Synthesis,
structural studies and reactivity of vanadium complexes with tridentate (OSO) ligand. Dalton
Trans:2065–2069
54. Hagen H, Boersma J, Lutz M, Spek AL, van Koten G (2001) Vanadium(III) and -(IV) complexes with O,N-chelating aminophenolate ligands: synthesis, characterization and activity in
ethene/propene copolymerization. Eur J Inorg Chem 2001(1):117–123
55. Golisz SR, Bercaw JE (2009) Synthesis of early transition metal bisphenolate complexes and
their use as olefin polymerization catalysts. Macromolecules 42(22):8751–8762
56. Lorber C, Donnadieu B, Choukroun R (2000) Synthesis and X-ray characterization of a monomeric Cp-free d1-imido–vanadium(IV) complex. Dalton Trans (24):4497–4498
57. Desmangles N, Gambarotta S, Bensimon C, Davis S, Zahalka HJ (1998) Preparation and characterization of (R2N)2VCl2 [R=Cy, i-Pr] and its activity as olefin polymerization catalyst.
Organomet Chem 562(1):53–60
A. S. K. Sinha and U. Ojha