Efficient copolymerization of ethylene with norbornene or its derIVatIVes using half-metallocene zirconium(IV) catalysts

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/c6ra11501b

A series of half-metallocene zirconium complexes CpZr(thf)Cl₂[O-2,4-^tBu-6-(P-PhR)C₆H₂] (Cp = C₅H₅, 2a: R = Me, 2b: R = ^tBu, 2c: R = Ph, 2d: R = 4-F-Ph) have been synthesized by r