Abstract
The structures of intermediates formed upon the activation by methylaluminoxane (MAO) of a wide range of metallocene and post-metallocene catalysts of olefin polymerization were studied by C-13, H-1, and F-19 NMR. For all metallocenes considered (L2ZrCl2 and L2TiCl2), under conditions similar to real polymerization conditions (Al/Zr > 200), two types of intermediates were identified in the reaction solution, namely, heterodinuclear ion pairs [L-2 M(mu-Me)(2)AlMe2](+)[Me-MAO](-) (III) and zwitterionic intermediates L-2 MMe+
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 490-504 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Kinetics and Catalysis |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2007 |