Olefin insertion using ansa-zirconocenes and methylaluminoxane (MAO) involves Janus-like, sheet anions.

Authors: Bharti, Munmun¹ (AUTHOR), Vähäkangas, Aleksi¹ (AUTHOR), Linnolahti, Mikko¹ (AUTHOR) mikko.linnolahti@uef.fi, Collins, Scott¹ (AUTHOR) scottcol@uef.fi

Source: Chemical Communications. 12/7/2025, Vol. 61 Issue 94, p18721-18724. 4p.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *REACTIVITY (Chemistry), *ION pairs, *ANIONS, *ZIRCONOCENES

Nitrogen Donor Ligand (α‐Diamine vs. α‐Diimine) Makes Big Differences in Palladium‐Catalyzed Ethylene (Co)Polymerization.

Authors: Pei, Lixia¹ (AUTHOR), Gao, Heng² (AUTHOR), Wang, Chong³ (AUTHOR), Zhang, Cheng² (AUTHOR), Ning, Bo² (AUTHOR), Zheng, Handou² (AUTHOR) zhenghdou@mail.sysu.edu.cn, Gao, Haiyang² (AUTHOR) gaohy@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Source: Chemistry - A European Journal. Oct2025, p1. 8p. 9 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *CATALYTIC activity, *STERIC hindrance, *DEGREE of polymerization, *CATALYSIS, *DIAMINES, *PALLADIUM compounds

Facile Synthesis of Diversified Biisoquinoline‐Containing Polymers by Multicomponent C─H Activation/Annulation Polymerizations.

Authors: Liao, Jiajun¹ (AUTHOR), Fan, Dongyang¹ (AUTHOR), Yang, Chao¹ (AUTHOR), Li, Jiayang¹ (AUTHOR), Wang, Dong¹ (AUTHOR), Han, Ting¹ (AUTHOR) hanting@szu.edu.cn, Tang, Ben Zhong^1,2 (AUTHOR) tangbenz@cuhk.edu.cn

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 9/26/2025, Vol. 64 Issue 40, p1-12. 12p.

Subject Terms: *POLYMERS, *CATALYTIC polymerization, *ISOQUINOLINE, *ENANTIOSELECTIVE catalysis, *PHOTOLUMINESCENT polymers, *COUPLING reactions (Chemistry), *FLUOROPHORES

Selective Cascade Metathesis Polymerization of Dicycloalkenes and Their Chemical Recycling.

Authors: Yang, Yongkang¹ (AUTHOR), Kim, Hongsik² (AUTHOR), Choi, Tae‐Lim² (AUTHOR) tlc@ethz.ch

Source: Angewandte Chemie. 9/22/2025, Vol. 137 Issue 39, p1-8. 8p.

Subject Terms: *CHEMICAL recycling, *CATALYTIC polymerization, *CHEMICAL reactions, *RING-opening polymerization, *POLYMERIZATION, *SUSTAINABLE chemistry, *POLYMER structure, *CYCLOALKENES

Catalytic Polymerization of n‐Doped Poly(benzodifurandione) (n‐PBDF) Using Parts Per Million (ppm) Levels of Molybdenum Trioxide.

Authors: Liu, Guangchao¹ (AUTHOR), Pal, Uttam¹ (AUTHOR), Samal, Sanket¹ (AUTHOR), Espenship, Michael F.¹ (AUTHOR), Li, Yuanhe¹ (AUTHOR), Lee, Won‐June¹ (AUTHOR), Ogunfowora, Lawal Adewale¹ (AUTHOR), You, Liyan¹ (AUTHOR), Laskin, Julia¹ (AUTHOR), Mei, Jianguo¹ (AUTHOR) jgmei@purdue.edu

Source: Angewandte Chemie. Sep2025, Vol. 137 Issue 36, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *MOLYBDENUM, *POLYMERS, *DIMETHYL sulfide, *BIOSYNTHESIS, *POLYMERIZATION, *CONDUCTING polymers, *ORGANIC electronics

Engineering Nascent Disentangled Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Based on Heterogeneous Catalytic Polymerization.

Authors: Li, Lei^1,2 (AUTHOR)

Source: Organics. Sep2025, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p32. 35p.

Subject Terms: *ULTRAHIGH molecular weight polyethylene, *CATALYTIC polymerization, *HETEROGENEOUS catalysts, *PRODUCTION engineering, *CHAIN scission, *POLYMERIZATION, *MECHANICAL behavior of materials, *TENSILE strength

Scalable Preparation of Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels Based on Hydration Shielding‐Accelerated Redox Self‐Catalytic Polymerization (HS‐A‐RP).

Authors: Li, Renjie^1,2 (AUTHOR), Liu, Lunkun^1,3 (AUTHOR), Zhang, Yunlei^1,4 (AUTHOR), Zhao, Weiyi^1,2 (AUTHOR), Zhao, Xiaoduo^1,5 (AUTHOR), Liu, Ying³ (AUTHOR), Yu, Bo¹ (AUTHOR), Ma, Shuanhong^1,5 (AUTHOR) mashuanhong@licp.cas.cn, Zhou, Feng¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Angewandte Chemie. 7/21/2025, Vol. 137 Issue 30, p1-11. 11p.

Subject Terms: *HYDROGELS, *CATALYTIC polymerization, *MECHANICAL behavior of materials, *ANTIBACTERIAL agents, *FOULING, *HYDRATION, *BIOSYNTHESIS

胺基双酚 Fe^III 配合物催化环状酸酐和 环氧化物聚合制备聚酯.

Alternate Title: Polymerization of cyclic anhydrides with epoxides catalyzed by amine-bis (phenolate) iron III complexes.

Authors: 宋昭峥¹ song@cup.edu.cn, 李思漩² lisx9@cnooc.com.cn, 李晓双¹, 李 鹏¹, 胡君航¹, 戴 鑫¹, 蒋庆哲^1,3

Source: Journal of China University of Petroleum. Feb2025, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p201-210. 10p.

Subject Terms: CATALYTIC polymerization, PHTHALIC anhydride, PHENOXIDES, MONOMERS, ANHYDRIDES

Tunable Catalytic Performance of Pd-Doped Carbon Dots for Catalytic Polymerization of Phenylacetylenes via Modification of Surface Functional Groups

Authors: Yang, Kang^aff1, Chen, Manyu^aff2, Liu, Can^aff1, Lin, Xu^aff1, Hou, Defa^aff1, Zheng, Yunwu^aff1, Sun, Hao^aff1, Yang, Fulin^aff1, Sun, Jing Zhi^aff2

Source: ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(6):3064-3072

Availability: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.4c06790

High-Fidelity Direct Ink Writing of Poly(vinylphosphonate)-Reinforced Polysaccharide Inks with Tunable Properties

Authors: Maier, Anton S.^aff1, Lackner, Florian^aff2, Fink, Julia^{aff3, aff4}, Steindorfer, Tobias^aff2, Hofmann, Elisabeth^aff4, Stana Kleinschek, Karin^aff2, Rieger, Bernhard^aff1

Source: ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7(3):1752-1762

Availability: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsapm.4c03517

Poly(N-acyliminophosphoranes): main chain functionalized poly(ylides) with pH-dependent degradation.

Authors: Neumann, Kevin¹ (AUTHOR) kevin.neumann@ru.nl, Sánchez-Cerrillo, Dulce M.¹ (AUTHOR), Galimberti, Daria R.¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Chemical Communications. 6/21/2025, Vol. 61 Issue 49, p8903-8906. 4p.

Subject Terms: *POLYZWITTERIONS, *CATALYTIC polymerization, *POLYCONDENSATION

Core‐Shell Hyperbranched Polymers via Catalytic Ring‐Opening Metathesis Polymerization.

Authors: Mandal, Indradip¹ (AUTHOR), Ahmed, Ijaj¹ (AUTHOR), Tran, Bettina¹ (AUTHOR), Salentinig, Stefan¹ (AUTHOR), Formon, Georges J. M.² (AUTHOR), Weder, Christoph² (AUTHOR), Kilbinger, Andreas F. M.¹ (AUTHOR) andreas.kilbinger@unifr.ch

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 6/17/2025, Vol. 64 Issue 25, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *BRANCHED polymers, *MATERIALS science, *METATHESIS reactions, *SUSTAINABLE design

Aqueous Catalytic Olefin Polymerization With Nickel and Palladium Catalysts.

Authors: Li, Kangkang¹ (AUTHOR), Mu, Hongliang¹ (AUTHOR) muhongliang@ciac.ac.cn, Jian, Zhongbao¹ (AUTHOR) zbjian@ciac.ac.cn

Source: Chemistry - A European Journal. 6/3/2025, Vol. 31 Issue 31, p1-14. 14p.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *TRANSITION metal catalysts, *PALLADIUM catalysts, *SPECIFIC heat capacity, *NICKEL catalysts

Spontaneous Elliptical Polarization of Racemic Multilayer Polymers and Oligomers.

Authors: Zhang, Sai¹ (AUTHOR) zhangsai@cczu.edu.cn, Yuan, Qingkai² (AUTHOR), Wang, Yu³ (AUTHOR), Tang, Yao² (AUTHOR), Rahman, Anis U.¹ (AUTHOR), Jin, Shengzhou³ (AUTHOR), Wang, JiaYin¹ (AUTHOR), Xu, Ting³ (AUTHOR), Li, Guigen^2,3 (AUTHOR) guigen.li@ttu.edu

Source: ChemistrySelect. 6/4/2025, Vol. 10 Issue 21, p1-6. 6p.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *MATERIALS science, *ORIGIN of life, *OLIGOMERS, *POLYMERS

Developments in the Catalytic Cationic Polymerization of Olefins.

Authors: Lewis, Stewart P.¹ (AUTHOR) slewis@innovscience.com

Source: Topics in Catalysis. Jun2025, Vol. 68 Issue 11, p1192-1215. 24p.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *ADDITION polymerization, *SMALL molecules, *ALKYLATION, *POLYMERIZATION

The Effect of Tertiary Amines as Catalysts on the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Benzoxazines.

Authors: Liu, Fanghui¹ (AUTHOR), Wu, Ximeng^2,3 (AUTHOR), Chen, Kun^2,3 (AUTHOR), Yao, Junbo^2,3 (AUTHOR), Ran, Qichao^2,3 (AUTHOR) ranqichao@scu.edu.cn

Source: Polymers (20734360). Jun2025, Vol. 17 Issue 11, p1431. 15p.

Subject Terms: *RING-opening reactions, *CATALYTIC polymerization, *TERTIARY amines, *NUCLEAR magnetic resonance, *CATALYSIS, *BENZOXAZINES

Coordination chemistry of the calix[6]arene system: application in polymerisation catalysis and beyond.

Authors: Redshaw, Carl¹ (AUTHOR) c.redshaw@hull.ac.uk

Source: Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 5/14/2025, Vol. 54 Issue 18, p7146-7166. 21p.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *CALIXARENES, *COORDINATE covalent bond, *CATALYSIS, *METAL complexes

Chromophore Quench-Labeling for Active Sites Counting in Ti-Based Ziegler–Natta Catalysts.

Authors: Vittoria, Antonio¹ (AUTHOR) giuseppe.antinucci@unina.it, Antinucci, Giuseppe¹ (AUTHOR), Cipullo, Roberta¹ (AUTHOR) antonio.vittoria@unina.it, Busico, Vincenzo¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Polymers (20734360). May2025, Vol. 17 Issue 9, p1211. 10p.

Subject Terms: *TRANSITION metal catalysts, *CATALYTIC polymerization, *ALKENES, *PROPENE, *MONOMERS

Hyperbranched Polyethylene Ionomers Containing Quaternary Ammonium Ions and Their Functionalization of Nanomaterials.

Authors: Ye, Zhibin¹ (AUTHOR) zhibin.ye@concordia.ca, Rahmatinejad, Jalal¹ (AUTHOR), Raisi, Bahareh¹ (AUTHOR), Dai, Peishuai¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Nanomaterials (2079-4991). Apr2025, Vol. 15 Issue 7, p525. 21p.

Subject Terms: *CATALYTIC polymerization, *AMMONIUM ions, *POLYETHYLENE, *NANOSTRUCTURED materials, *POLYMERS, *IONOMERS

To Transfer or Not to Transfer an Electron: Anionic Metal Centers Reveal Dual Functionality for Polymerization Reactions.

Authors: Evdokimov, Andrei¹ (AUTHOR), Miliordos, Evangelos¹ (AUTHOR) emiliord@auburn.edu

Source: Molecules. Apr2025, Vol. 30 Issue 7, p1570. 9p.

Subject Terms: *CHEMICAL processes, *CATALYTIC polymerization, *CHEMICAL amplification, *CHARGE exchange, *DENSITY functional theory