Systematic Investigations of Ligand Steric Effects on α-Diimine Palladium Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization and Copolymerization

In the Brookhart type α-diimine palladium catalyst system, it is highly challenging to tune the polymer branching densities through ligand modifications or polymerization conditions. In this contribution, we describe the synthesis and characterization of a series of α-diimine ligands and the corresponding palladium catalysts bearing both the dibenzhydryl moiety and with systematically varied ligand sterics. In ethylene polymerization, it is possible to tune the catalytic activities ((0.77–8.85) × 105 g/(mol Pd·h)), polymer molecular weights (Mn: (0.2–164.7) × 104), branching densities (25–116/1000C), and polymer melting temperatures (amorphous to 98 °C) over a very wide range. In ethylene–methyl acrylate (E–MA) copolymerization, it is possible to tune the catalytic activities ((0.3–8.8) × 103 g/(mol Pd·h)), copolymer molecular weights (1.1 × 103–79.8 × 103), branching densities (30–119/1000C), and MA incorporation ratio (0.4–13.8%) over a very wide range. The molecular weights and branching densities coul...

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