| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M50881/01 |
| Title: |
LATE TRANSITION METALS POLYMERISATION CATALYSTS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Danopoulos, Dr A |
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| Department: |
Sch of Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Southampton |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
20 September 1999 |
Ends: |
19 September 2002 |
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53,198
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Catalysis & Applied Catalysis |
Chemical Synthetic Methodology |
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| Chemicals |
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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There is an intense current interest in the area of late transition metal polymerisation catalysts because of their tolerance to functional groups on monomers, the unique tunable microstructures of the polymers obtained and the potential of development of 'activator-free' systems. The first and best studies system was based on bulky-diimine nickel complexes (by Brookhart) and followed by iron and cobalt pyridyl-imino complexes (by Brookhart and Gibson). This proposal describes possible synthetic strategies to low oxidantion state middle- or late-transition metal complexes expected to show polymerisation activity. The ligand systems targeted are bulky chelating and/or mixed-donor carbenes, asymmetric diimines, iminomethyl-arylamides and cyclopentadienyl- or amido-diimines. The metals targeted are nickel, palladium, iron and chromium. Of special interest as catalytically active specials are cationic transition metal alkyls formed from the neutral alkyls and boron or aluminium-based acidic compounds with bulky non-coordinating anions. Combination of the new complexes and the knowledge of the mode of action of the currently successful systems will set the stage for development of new polymerisation catalysts.
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