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Correlation of metal spin state with catalytic reactivity: Polymerizations mediated by α-diimine-iron complexes
Shaver, Michael P.,Allan, Laura E. N.,Rzepa, Henry S.,Gibson, Vernon C.
, p. 1241 - 1244 (2007/10/03)
The mechanism of styrene polymerization by α-diimine iron complexes correlates with the metal spin state of the catalyst. Experimental and theoretical studies indicate that high-spin catalysts are halogenophilic, resulting in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), while intermediate-spin complexes are carbophilic giving rise to catalytic chain transfer (CCT, see graph). (Graph Presented)
