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Ziegler-Natta Catalysis

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Ziegler–Natta catalysis denotes coordination polymerization of olefins mediated classically by an early transition-metal compound, especially a titanium halide, together with an organoaluminum cocatalyst; supported MgCl2-based formulations are prominent heterogeneous members of this catalyst family. The catalytic sequence comprises formation of a metal–alkyl active site, olefin coordination, and migratory insertion into the metal–carbon bond, which extends the growing chain and recreates a coordination site for another monomer [1]. In α-olefin polymerization, the local environment of the active center and the conformation of the chain end govern monomer-face selection and therefore polymer tacticity [2]. Heterogeneous multicomponent catalysts contain distributions of active sites, whereas soluble single-site catalysts express the same coordination–insertion logic in a molecularly defined ligand environment. The defining boundary is catalytic olefin chain growth by repeated coordination and insertion at a metal center; free-radical polymerization, cationic polymerization, and other pathways lacking metal-mediated insertion are not Ziegler–Natta catalysis.

Ziegler–Natta catalysis coordination polymerization titanium aluminum alkyl
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  1. Ludwig L. Böhm; The Ethylene Polymerization with Ziegler Catalysts: Fifty Years after the Discovery. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5010-5030. [CrossRef]
  2. Paolo Corradini; Gaetano Guerra; Luigi Cavallo; Do New Century Catalysts Unravel the Mechanism of Stereocontrol of Old Ziegler−Natta Catalysts?. Accounts Chem. Res. 2004, 37, 231-241. [CrossRef]
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