简介：Thecopolymerizationsofethylenewith10-undecen-1-olhavebeeninvestigatedusingvanadiumprecatalysts,bis(imino)pyrrolylvanadium(III)complexes1-3,2,5-C4H2N(CH=NR)2VCl2(THF)2[R=C6H5(1),2,6-iPr2C6H3(2),C6F5(3)],andtheiminopyrrolylandβ-diketiminateonesforcomparison.Thepolarmonomerwaspretreatedbydiethylaluminiumchloride(presentalsoasthecocatalyst)beforethecopolymerization.ThemonomerreactivityratioswereevaluatedusingtheFineman-Rossmethod.Theligandstructureconsiderablyinfluencedthecatalyticactivityandtolerancetowardsthepolarmonomer,thepolarmonomerincorporationandthemolecularweightsoftheresultantcopolymers.Thebis(imino)pyrrolylvanadiumcomplexesexhibitedpromisingcatalyticperformanceforthecopolymerization,andahighcatalyticactivityupto3.84kg/mmolv·hwithahighcomonomerincorporationof14.0mol%wasachievedbycomplex3undermildconditions.