The Dow Chemical Company is the world’s largest practitioner of homogenous catalysis, including the production of polyolefins. Olefin polymerization catalyzed by molecular catalysts allows for unprecedented control over polymer composition and microstructure. This talk will discuss the development of new molecular catalysts within Dow for the production of ethylene-based copolymers such as ethylene-styrene and ethylene-1-octene. Particular emphasis will be given to the recent research developments aimed at modifying structures of catalysts to affect temperature stability, the polymer molecular weight, and the selectivity between ethylene and alpha-olefins during ethylene/alpha-olefins copolymerization reactions.

Development of molecular olefin polymerization catalysts with programable selectivity

ACS Spring 2022

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