International audienceThe copolymerization of 2-methyl-1,5-hexadiene (MHD) with propylene has been studied with different single-site group 4 metal catalysts. Systems based on ansa-zirconocene precursors such as rac-{Me2Si(2-Me-4-Ph-Ind}ZrCl2 (1) and C1- or CS-symmetric ansa-{CpCR2Flu}ZrCl2 (2 and 3, respectively), once activated by MAO, are highly active (20–600 kgpol gcat−1 h−1 at 60–70 °C) and yield copolymers in which MHD is cyclopolymerized as methylene-(1-methyl)-1,3-cyclopentane (MMCP) units. 13C NMR studies revealed, depending on the symmetry of the precatalyst used, either highly isotactic (1, 2) or syndiotactic (3) polypropylene (PP) backbones, with isolated MMCP units. Fully trans-diastereoselective cyclopolymerization of MHD was observed with 1/MAO, while a mixture of trans and cis MMCP rings was observed with 2 and 3/MAO. The amount of MMCP units in PP (0.2–1.6 mol%) can be controlled by the amount of MHD in the feed. In contrast, the constrained geometry catalyst system based on {C5Me4SiMe2NtBu}TiCl2 (4) and MAO showed a much lower productivity (ca. 3 kgpol gcat−1 h−1 at 60 °C) and yielded a regioirregular, atactic copolymer in which MHD is simply vinyl-inserted in quite moderate amounts (0.2 mol%)

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The electronic structure of dimethyl disulfide and naphthalene 1,8‐disulfide has been investigated by means of ab initio calculations. Theoretical results are compared with high resolution ESCA valence band spectrum of solid dimethyl disulfide. Semiconducting properties are predicted for planar aromatic disulfides.

This paper is the fourth of a general study of structural properties of a series of new Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI's). The results of the X‐ray crystal structure analysis of an oxazinone derivative are related to and compared with those previously reported for oxazolidinone homologues.

Detailed numerical studies of the four related methods: Restricted Hartree‐Fock (RHF), Unrestricted Hartree‐Fock (UHF), Projected Hartree‐Fock (PHF) and Extended Hartree‐Fock (EHF) have been made for the hydrogen molecule using the Floating Spherical Gaussian Orbital (FSGO) technique.