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The effort taken to model and synthesise an effective activator in polymer
catalysis is reported here. Idea was to synthesise a chealated compound which
could abstract a methyl group in the activating process.
Metal cyclopenta diene was attempted as the back bone and boron centre was
used as the Lewis acid. Attempts to synthesise an osmocene analogue failed.
Yet synthesising a ruthenocene activator was successfully continued during
the project duration.