Comparison of Selected Zirconium and Hafnium Amine Bis(phenolate) Catalysts for 1-Hexene Polymerization

The kinetics of 1-hexene polymerization using a family of three zirconium and hafnium amine bis-phenolate catalysts, M[t-Bu-ONXO]Bn2 (where M = Zr (a) or Hf (b), and X = THF (1), pyridine (2), or NMe2 (3)), have been investigated to uncover the mechanistic effect of varying the metal center M. A model-based approach using a diverse set of data including monomer consumption, evolution of molecular weight, and end-group analysis was employed to determine each of the reaction-specific rate constants involved in a given polymerization process. This study builds upon the mechanism of polymerization for 1a–3a, which has been previously reported by applying the same methodology to the hafnium containing analogues, 1b–3b. It has been observed that each elementary step-specific rate constant that involves the insertion of a monomer is reduced by an order of magnitude. As previously reported for catalysts 1a–3a, a quantitative structure–activity relationship was uncovered between the logarithm of the monomer-indepe...

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