Experimental Evidence for Large Ring Metallacycle Intermediates in Polyethylene Chain Growth Using Homogeneous Chromium Catalysts

Abstract
Deuterio-ethylene labeling studies on two homogeneous chromium ethylene oligomerization catalysts show that chain propagation proceeds via metallacyclic intermediates; reactions performed in the presence of 1-nonene show no incorporation of the higher olefin, strongly implicating the involvement of large ring metallacycles.

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