NATURE OF THE INITIATION, PROPAGATION, AND CHAIN TRANSFER STEPS DURING THE FORMATION OF ETHYLENE OLIGOMERS CATALYZED BY PDME2(N,N,N'N'-TETRAMETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE) B(C6F5)(3)/
Sy. Desjardins et al., NATURE OF THE INITIATION, PROPAGATION, AND CHAIN TRANSFER STEPS DURING THE FORMATION OF ETHYLENE OLIGOMERS CATALYZED BY PDME2(N,N,N'N'-TETRAMETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE) B(C6F5)(3)/, Organometallics, 17(12), 1998, pp. 2382-2384
Reaction of equimolar quantities of PdMe2(Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) and B(C6F5)(
3) in the presence of ethylene results in the formation of [PdMe(C2H4)
(Me2NCH2CH2NMe2)](+)[BMe(C6F5)(3)](-); the latter catalyzes the oligom
erization of ethylene to highly branched products, which are apparentl
y formed via both reversible beta-elimination-reinsertion processes an
d the incorporation of short chain oligomeric products.