Monodentate aminophosphine nickel(II)‐ and palladium(II)‐catalyzed ethylene oligomerization and norbornene polymerization

Nickel(II) and palladium(II) complexes of monodentate aminophosphine ligands were prepared and characterized. In ethylene oligomerization and subsequent Friedel–Crafts alkylation of toluene, the Ni(II) complexes Ni‐1 and Ni‐2 were activated with aluminium co‐catalysts and generated tandem catalysts with high activities (up to 1.1 × 10 6 g (mol Ni) −1 h −1 ) which are comparable with those of previously reported bidentate Ni(II) catalysts. The Pd(II) precatalyst Pd‐1 showed high activities (up to 2.0 × 10 5 g (mol Pd) −1 h −1 ) in the polymerization of norbornene.