Living Coordinative Chain-Transfer Polymerization and Copolymerization of Ethene, α-Olefins, and α,ω-Nonconjugated Dienes using Dialkylzinc as “Surrogate” Chain-Growth Sites

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Abstract

Highly efficient, rapid, and reversible chain transfer between active transition-metal-based propagating centers derived from {Cp*Hf(Me)[N(Et)C(Me)N(Et)]}[B(C6F5)4] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5) (1a) or {Cp*Hf(Me)[N(Et)C(Me)N(Et)]}[B(C6F5)3Me] (1b) and multiple equivalents of dialkylzinc (ZnR2) acting as “surrogate” chain-growth sites has been achieved for establishing the living coordinative chain-transfer polymerization (CCTP) of ethene, α-olefins, and α,ω-nonconjugated dienes and living CCTP copolymerization of ethene with α-olefins and α,ω-nonconjugated dienes. These living CCTP processes not only provide a work-around solution to the “one chain per metal” cap on product yield currently limiting traditional living coordination polymerization of ethene and α-olefins but, in addition, provide access to practical volumes of a variety of unique new classes of precision polyolefins of tunable molecular weights and very narrow polydispersity (Mw/Mn ≤ 1.1).

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