“…Among them, Shaffer and coworkers have reported that an ansa-(cyclopentadienyl)(cyclododecylamido) complex of titanium, Me2Si(C5Me4)(N-c-C12H23)TiMe2 (1), was highly effective for the copolymerization of ethylene (E) with isobutylene (IB) to give alternating copolymers (IB-content ~45%) [3]. On the other hand, we have reported that the fluorenyl analogues of CGCs, Me2Si(η 3 -R)(N t Bu)TiMe2 (R = fluorenyl (2), 2,7-t Bu 2 fluorenyl (3), 3,6-t Bu 2 fluorenyl (4)) (Scheme 1), were highly effective for homo-and co-polymerization of higher α-olefins and cyclic olefins [4].…”