The kinetics of propene and hexenepolymerisation with [(SBI)ZrR]+X−: evidence for monomer-dependent early or late transition states†
Fuquan Song,Roderick D. Cannon,Manfred Bochmann
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 02/05/2004 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B314845A
Abstract
Whereas the rates of propene polymerisation catalysed by zirconocene ion pairs are strongly anion-dependent, hexene polymerisations are not; the findings demonstrate the existence of very different kinetic regimes for two closely related reactions.