Organozirconium and organohafnium chemistry

A zirconocene Ewen-style catalyst for producing syndiotactic polypropylene.^[1]

Organozirconium chemistry is the science of exploring the properties, structure, and reactivity of organozirconium compounds, which are organometallic compounds containing chemical bonds between carbon and zirconium.^[2] Organozirconium compounds have been widely studied, in part because they are useful catalysts in Ziegler-Natta polymerization.

^ Ewen, J. A.; Jones, R. L.; Razavi, A.; Ferrara, J. D. (1988). "Syndiospecific propylene polymerizations with Group IVB metallocenes". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110 (18): 6255–6256. doi:10.1021/ja00226a056. PMID 22148816.
^ A. Maureen Rouhi (19 April 2004). "Organozirconium Chemistry Arrives". Chemical & Engineering News. 82 (16): 36–39. doi:10.1021/cen-v082n015.p035. ISSN 0009-2347.

[1] Ewen, J. A.; Jones, R. L.; Razavi, A.; Ferrara, J. D. (1988). "Syndiospecific propylene polymerizations with Group IVB metallocenes". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110 (18): 6255–6256. doi:10.1021/ja00226a056. PMID 22148816.

[2] A. Maureen Rouhi (19 April 2004). "Organozirconium Chemistry Arrives". Chemical & Engineering News. 82 (16): 36–39. doi:10.1021/cen-v082n015.p035. ISSN 0009-2347.

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