Zwitterionic metallocenes.

W. E. Piers, Chem. Eur. J., 1998, 4, 13.

Key Words:
homogeneous catalysis/metallocenes/olefins/polymerizations/zwitterionic states/OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS/STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION/ZIRCONOCENE/COMPLEXES/ZIRCONIUM/BIS(PENTAFLUOROPHENYL)BORANE/CHEMISTRY/TRIS(PENTAFLUOROPHENYL)BORANE/HYDROBORATION/LIGANDS



B-H bond activations in the alkane analogues H3B.PR3.

W. E. Piers, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2000, 39, 1923.

Key Words:
COMPLEXES/METAL/FUNCTIONALIZATION



Pentafluorophenylboranes: from obscurity to applications.

W. E. Piers, T. Chivers, Chem. Soc. Rev., 1997, 26, 345.

Key Words:
OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS/SYNDIOTACTIC-SPECIFIC POLYMERIZATION/ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYST/XENON-CARBON BOND/LEWIS-ACID/SILYLIUM CATIONS/ZIRCONIUM/BIS(PENTAFLUOROPHENYL)BORANE/COMPLEXES/INITIATOR



Highly Lewis acidic bifunctional organoboranes.

W. E. Piers, G. J. Irvine, V. C. Williams, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2000, 2131.

Key Words:
boranes/Lewis acids/anions/metallocenes/OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS/TIN EXCHANGE PROCESSES/ELECTROPHILIC INITIATION/ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS/MULTIPLE COORDINATION/CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS/RATE ACCELERATION/BORON COMPOUNDS/CHEMISTRY/BIS(PENTAFLUOROPHENYL)BORANE



Coping With Extreme Lewis Acidity: Strategies for the Synthesis of Stable, Mononuclear Organometallic Derivatives of Scandium.

W. E. Piers, P. J. Shapiro, E. E. Bunel, J. E. Bercaw, Synlett, 1990, 74.

Key Words:
Sc