Triazacyclohexane complexes of chromium as highly active homogeneous model systems for the Phillips catalystElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: synthetic, spectroscopic and analytical details of new compounds and the ethene polymerisation experiments. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b005842o/Dedicated to Prof. H. Schumann on the occasion of his 65th birthday.Chemistry of 1,3,5-triazacyclohexane complexes, Part 8. [Part 7, is ref. 5(a)].

Abstract

MAO activated 1,3,5-triazacyclohexane complexes of chromium(III) are highly active ethene polymerisation catalysts that resemble the Phillips catalyst in many important properties and may represent the first good homogeneous model system.