Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Olefin oligomerization by main group Ga3+ and Zn2+ single site catalysts on SiO2

  • Nicole J. LiBretto,
  • Yinan Xu,
  • Aubrey Quigley,
  • Ethan Edwards,
  • Rhea Nargund,
  • Juan Carlos Vega-Vila,
  • Richard Caulkins,
  • Arunima Saxena,
  • Rajamani Gounder,
  • Jeffrey Greeley,
  • Guanghui Zhang,
  • Jeffrey T. Miller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22512-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Silica-supported, single site, main group Zn(II) and Ga(III) ions catalyze ethylene and propylene oligomerization. Here, experimental and theoretical evidence suggests a Cossee-Arlman reaction mechanism similar to that for transition metal catalysts.