Direct copolymerization of ethylene with protic comonomers enabled by multinuclear Ni catalysts

oleh: Gang Ji, Zhou Chen, Xiao-Yan Wang, Xiao-Shan Ning, Chong-Jie Xu, Xing-Min Zhang, Wen-Jie Tao, Jun-Fang Li, Yanshan Gao, Qi Shen, Xiu-Li Sun, Hao-Yang Wang, Jun-Bo Zhao, Bo Zhang, Yin-Long Guo, Yanan Zhao, Jiajie Sun, Yi Luo, Yong Tang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01

Deskripsi

The applications of polyolefins are limited by the nonpolar nature of the polymer. Here the authors show a method to copolymerize ethylene with the protic vinyl acetic acid via well defined multinuclear nickel catalysts.