@article { ISI:000361424000014,
	title = {Insertion copolymerization of difunctional polar vinyl monomers with ethylene},
	journal = {ACS Macro Letters},
	volume = {4},
	number = {9},
	year = {2015},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {933-937},
	publisher = {AMER CHEMICAL SOC},
	address = {1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA},
	abstract = {<p>A single-step synthesis, structural characterization and application of a neutral, acetonitrile ligated, palladium-phosphinesulfonate complex [{P\&lt;\^\&gt;O}PdMe(L)] (P\&lt;\^\&gt;O = K-2-P,O Ar2PC6H4SO2O with Ar = 2-MeOC6H4; L = CH3CN) (3) in coordination/insertion copolymerization of ethylene with difunctional olefin is investigated. In a significant development, complex 3 was found to catalyze insertion copolymerization of industrially relevant 1,1-disubstituted difunctional vinyl monomers for the first time. Thus, insertion copolymerization of ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate (ECA or super glue) and trifluoromethyl acrylic acid (TFMAA) with ethylene produced the corresponding copolymers with 6.5\% ECA and 3\% TFMAA incorporation. Increasing the concentration of difunctional olefins led to higher incorporation but at the expense of lower activities. These observations indicate that complex 3 tolerates difunctional vinyl monomers and provides direct access to difunctional polyolefins that have not been attempted before.</p>},
	issn = {2161-1653},
	doi = {10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00562},
	author = {Gaikwad, Shahaji R. and Deshmukh, Satej S. and Gonnade, Rajesh G. and Rajamohanan, P. R. and Chikkali, Samir H.}
}
