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. 2021 Oct 29;6(44):30157–30172. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05418

Table 1. Ethylene Polymerization Using Ni1Cl with a Range of Different Cocatalystsa.

entry co-cat. Al/Ni act. Mwb Mw/Mnb Tmc
1 MAO 2500 2.6 0.9 1.6 91.5, 103.8
2 MMAO 2500 1.2 1.0 1.6 96.4, 106.1, 113.5
3 Me2AlCl 400 1.7 0.8 1.4 75.6, 99.82
4 EASC 400 1.0 0.8 1.4 75.6, 99.6
a

General conditions: 2.0 μmol of Ni1Cl, 100 mL of toluene, 10 atm of ethylene, 30 min, 30 °C, and activity in units of 106 g of PE (mol of Ni)−1 h–1.

b

Mw in units of kg mol–1, determined by GPC.

c

Tm in units of °C, determined by DSC.