Abstract: ESR spectral measurements illuminated changes in a catalystduring formation of ethylene oligomersor polyethylene.A nickel(I) organic complex wasstudied under actual reaction conditions and at several temperatures showing changes related to catalyst structure that were unusually revealing of the details of catalysis, its degenerate electronic states and the associated mechanistic molecular reaction pathways.
Keyword: Nickel(i), ESR spectra, catalyst, polyethylene, molecular mechanism.
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