Ethylene and Norbornene Using a Neutral Pd-Catalyst

Copolymerization of Ethylene and Norbornene Using a Neutral Pd-Catalyst 

Preliminary experiments of a neutral palladium-based catalyst for the polymerization of ethylene and norbornene in dichloromethane and SCCO2 have been conducted. The neutral palladium-based catalyst CODPdMeCl was synthesized according to literature procedures [24]. The ligand was prepared using a similar synthetic route to that used by Wang et al. [25]. For further details on the catalyst synthesis and the polymerization procedure, see De Vries [9]. 

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