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doi:10.1002/Pi.1565
61. Barabanov AA, Bukatov GD, Zakharov VA, Semikolenova NV, Mikenas TB, Echevskaja LG,
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62. Mahdavi H, Badiei A, Zohuri GH, Rezaee A, Jamjah R, Ahmadjo SJ (2007) Homogeneous
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64. Barabanov AA, Bukatov GD, Zakharov VA (2008) Effect of temperature on the number of
active sites and propagation rate constant at ethylene polymerization over supported bis(imino)
pyridine iron catalysts. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem 46(19):6621–6629. doi:10.1002/
pola.22972
65. Small BL, Brookhart M (1999) Polymerization of propylene by a new generation of iron
catalysts: mechanisms of chain initiation, propagation, and termination. Macromolecules
31:2120–2130
66. Kumar KR, Sivaram S (2000) Macromol Chem Phys 201(13):1513–1520
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50. Zhao W, Yu J, Song S, Yang W, Liu H, Hao X, Redshaw C, Sun W-H (2012) Controlling the
ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl]pyridyl iron dichloride. Polymer 53:130–137
51. Zhang W, Chai W, Sun W-H, Hu X, Redshaw C, Hao X (2012) 2-(1-(Arylimino)ethyl)8-arylimino-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline iron(II) chloride complexes: synthesis, characterization
and ethylene polymerization behavior. Organometallics 31:5039–5048
52. Smit TM, Tomov AK, Britovsek GJP, Gibson VC, White AJP, Williams DJ (2012) The effect
of imine-crbon substituents in bis(imino)pyridine-based ethylene polymerisation catalysts
across the transition series. Catal Sci Technol 2:643–655. doi:10.1039/2CY00448H
53. Go ¨rl C, Beck N, Kleiber K, Alt HG (2012) Iron(III) complexes with meta-substituted bis
(arylimino)pyridine ligands: catalyst precursors for the selective oligomerization of ethylene.
J Mol Catal A Chem 352:110–127. doi:10.1016/j.molcata.2011.10.011
54. Kaul FAR, Puchta GT, Frey GD, Herdtweck E, Herrmann WA (2007) Iminopyridine
complexes of 3d metals for ethylene polymerization: comparative structural studies and ligand
size controlled chain termination. Organometallics 26(4):988–999
55. Luinstra GA, Queisser J, Bildstein B, Go ¨rtz HH, Amort C, Malaun M, Krajete A, Werne G,
Kristen MO, Huber N, Gernert C (2003) Highly active ethene polymerization catalysts with
unusual imine ligands. In: Rieger B, Saunders Baugh L, Kacker S, Strigler S (eds) Late
transition metal polymerization catalysis. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
56. Britovsek GJP, Gibson VC, Kimberley BS, Mastroianni S, Redshaw C, Solan GA, White AJP,
Williams DJ (2001) Bis(imino)pyridyl iron and cobalt complexes: the effect of nitrogen
substituents on ethylene oligomerization and polymerization. J Chem Soc Dalton Trans
2001(10):1639–1644
57. Gibson VC, Solan GA (2009) Iron-based and cobalt-based olefin polymerisation catalysts. In:
Guan Z (ed) Topics in organometallic chemistry. Springer, Berlin, doi:10.1007/3418_2008_10
58. Gibson VC, Solan GA (2010) Olefin oligomerizations and polymerizations catalyzed by iron
and cobalt complexes bearing bis(imino)pyridine ligands. In: Bullock RM (ed) Catalysis
without precious metals. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/9783527631582.ch5
59. Kim I, Han BH, Ha Y-S, Ha C-S, Park D-W (2004) Effect of substituent position on the
ethylene polymerization by Fe(II) and Co(II) pyridylbis-imine catalysts. Catal Today
93–95:281–285. doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2004.06.057
60. Wang Q, Li L (2004) Effect of aluminoxane on molecular weight and molecular weight
distribution of polyethylene prepared by an iron-based catalyst. Polym Int 53:1473–1478.
doi:10.1002/Pi.1565
61. Barabanov AA, Bukatov GD, Zakharov VA, Semikolenova NV, Mikenas TB, Echevskaja LG,
Matsko MA (2006) Kinetic study of ethylene polymerization over supported bis(imino)pyridine
iron (II) catalysts. Macromol Chem Phys 207:1368–1375. doi:10.1002/macp.200600122
62. Mahdavi H, Badiei A, Zohuri GH, Rezaee A, Jamjah R, Ahmadjo SJ (2007) Homogeneous
polymerization of ethylene using an iron-based metal catalyst system. J Appl Polym Sci 103
(3):1517–1522. doi:10.1002/app.24949
63. Luinstra GA, Werne G (2001) Highly active single site catalysts with halogenated ligands.
In: Abstracts of papers, 221st ACS national meeting, INOR-325, San Diego, 2001
64. Barabanov AA, Bukatov GD, Zakharov VA (2008) Effect of temperature on the number of
active sites and propagation rate constant at ethylene polymerization over supported bis(imino)
pyridine iron catalysts. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem 46(19):6621–6629. doi:10.1002/
pola.22972
65. Small BL, Brookhart M (1999) Polymerization of propylene by a new generation of iron
catalysts: mechanisms of chain initiation, propagation, and termination. Macromolecules
31:2120–2130
66. Kumar KR, Sivaram S (2000) Macromol Chem Phys 201(13):1513–1520
Iron Catalyst in the Preparation of Polyolefin Composites
361