ABSTRACT
Materials resulting from polymerization metal-containing polymer (MCM) conversions possess a variety of different, sometimes unique, properties which predetermine their applications. These properties can stem directly from the presence of a metal or from the structural MCM characteristics. The subject MCMs and the associated polymers can act as homogeneous or pseudo-homogeneous catalysts of a variety of processes such as polymerization, hydration, oxidation, hydroformylation, etc. At the same time, copolymers afforded by MCMs represent one of the species of immobilized catalysts, or metallocomplexes, fixed on polymers that play the role of macroligands. In the analysis of anionic-coordination MCM copolymerization with olefins and dienes, it was mentioned that it is possible to use MCMs for creating stable and high-active catalytic systems for ethylene polymerization. The catalytic activity of metal-containing polymers shows a high increase when the reaction sites are brought out to the surface, which is effected by means of graft polymerization.
