Millot Nicolas, Santini Catherine C, Baudouin Anne, Basset Jean-Marie
Laboratoire de Chimie Organométallique de Surface, UMR 9986 CNRS-ESCPE Lyon, 43 bd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69626 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Aug 21(16):2034-5. doi: 10.1039/b304047j.
The reaction of CpZrMe3, 1, with the heterogeneous activator [[triple bond]SiO-B(C6F5)3]- [HNEt2Ph]+, 2, has been investigated to generate, by an irreversible process of methane elimination, the well-defined cationic silica-supported metallocenium species [[triple bond]SiO-B(C6F5)3]- [CpZrMe2(NEt2Ph)]+, 3, as an active olefin polymerisation catalyst.