Regioselective 1-hexene oligomerization using cationic bis(phenolato) group 4 metal catalysts: Switch from 1,2- to 2,1-insertion

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 44, 2007, Pages 8507-8510

  Lian, Bing ^a   Beckerle, Klaus ^a   Spaniol, Thomas P ^a   Okuda, Jun ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borane; Group 4 metal; Olefin; Oligomerization; Regioselectivity

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HAFNIUM; LIGANDS; OLEFINS; OLIGOMERIZATION; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM;

BORANE; METAL CATALYSTS; TITANIUM COMPLEXES;

REGIOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 36148972802     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200703218     Document Type: Article

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