Alkene Polymerization Reactions With Transition Metal Catalysts Book

Preface     vii
Abbreviations and Definitions     xi
The Beginner's Course: General Description of Transition Metal Catalysts and Catalytic Polymerization Reactions     1
Classifications of Transition Metal Catalysts     2
Composition and Structure of Ziegler-Natta Catalysts     6
Metallocene Catalysts     11
Homogeneous Catalysts Containing Non-Metallocene Complexes of Early- and Late-Period Transition Metals     14
Chromium Oxide Catalysts     15
Main Features of Alkene Polymerization Reactions     17
Classes of Polymers Produced with Transition Metal Catalysts     28
Single-Center and Multi-Center Polymerization Catalysis     35
Definition of Single Type of Active Center     36
Molecular Weight Distribution of Polymers Produced with Single-Center Catalysts     37
Structural Uniformity of Polymers and Copolymers Produced with Single-Center Catalysts     46
Examples of Polymers and Copolymers Produced with Single-Center Catalysts     63
Examples of Polymers and Copolymers Produced with Multi-Center Catalysts     65
Chemistry and Stereochemistry of Polymerization and Copolymerization Reactions with Transition Metal Catalysts     85
Chemistry and Stereochemistry of Polymerization Reactions     86
Heterogeneous Titanium- and Vanadium-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalysts     98
Metallocene Catalysts     124
Homogeneous Catalysts Based on Early-Period Transition Metals     166
Homogeneous Catalysts Based on Late-Period Transition Metals     176
Chromium-Based Catalysts     183
Stereoselective and Stereoelective Polymerization Reactions of Branched 1-Alkenes     184
Copolymerization Reactions of Alkenes     190
Synthesis, Chemical Composition, and Structure of Transition Metal Components and Cocatalysts in Catalyst Systems for Alkene Polymerization     207
Early Solid Catalysts     209
Supported Catalysts for Homopolymerization and Copolymerization of Ethylene     211
Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalysts for Polymerization of Propylene and Higher 1-Alkenes     224
Chemical Composition of Solid Components and Cocatalyst Mixtures of Ti-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalyst Systems     236
Reactions Leading to Formation of Active Centers in Ziegler-Natta Catalysts     243
Metallocene Catalysts     253
Non-Metallocene Homogeneous Catalysts     270
Supported Homogeneous Catalysts     277
Bicomponent Catalysts     284
Catalysts for Stereospecific Polymerization of Styrenes     287
Kinetics of Alkene Polymerization Reactions with Transition Metal Catalysts     291
Two Aspects of Polymerization Kinetics     292
Role of Diffusion in Alkene Polymerization Reactions     295
Formal Kinetic Description of Alkene Polymerization Reactions with Transition Metal Catalysts     299
Polymerization Reactions with Metallocene Catalysts     310
Polymerization Reactions with Non-Metallocene Homogeneous Catalysts     334
Synthesis of Alkene Block-Copolymers     343
Polymerization Reactions with Solid and Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalysts     349
Polymerization Reactions with Pseudo-Homogeneous Catalysts     412
Polymerization Reactions with Chromium Oxide Catalysts     413
Active Centers in Transition Metal Catalysts and Mechanisms of Polymerization Reactions     419
Catalysts Derived from Metallocene Complexes     420
Non-Metallocene Homogeneous Catalysts     476
Active Centers in Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalysts     486
Active Centers in Chromium Oxide Catalysts     515
References     523
Subject Index     571