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Titanium(IV) coordination compounds are effectively used as precatalysts for ethylene polymerization and copolymerization with other olefins. New titanium(IV) complexes 3b-d with ligands containing two diphenylcarbinol fragments linked by the perfluorinated hydrocarbon units-CF 2or-C 2 F 4were synthesized. The structures of complexes 3b and 3d were determined by X-ray diffraction. Titanium atoms in 3b have a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination environment while spiro-complex 3d is characterized by tetrahedral molecular geometry. The catalytic behavior of complexes activated by mixtures of Bu 2 Mg and alkylaluminium chlorides from among Me 2 AlCl, Et 2 AlCl, EtAlCl 2 , and Et 3 Al 2 Cl 3 were studied. The resulting catalytic systems catalyze ethylene polymerization to afford ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, suitable for modern processing methods, and the solvent-free solid state formation of super high-strength (1.37-2.75 GPa) and high-modulus (up to 138 GPa) oriented film tapes. The same catalytic systems catalyze ethylene copolymerization with 1-hexene to afford high molecular weight semicrystalline elastomeric polymers containing up to 20% of comonomer units.

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