Polymerisation of ethene by the novel titanium complex [Ti(Me3SiNCH2CH2NSiMe3)Cl2]; a metallocene analogue

Reaction of the trimethylsilylated diamine ligand (Me3Si)NHCH2CH2NH(SiMe3) with titanium(IV) precursors affords the novel distorted-tetrahedral complex [Ti(Me3SiNCH2CH2NSiMe3)Cl2] which, when activated by methylaluminoxane, is an active ethene polymerisation catalyst.

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