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Scott Collins is a researcher affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Chemistry, with a total of 28 publications in this domain. Within Chemistry, Collins has contributed extensively to several subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Catalysis.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to organometallic chemistry, including:

  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

Scott Collins has published research in several scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • ChemPhysChem
  • Ecology
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Dalton Transactions
  • ACS Catalysis

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Collins include:

  • "Catalyst Deactivation Processes during 1-Hexene Polymerization", 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Spectroscopic Studies of Synthetic Methylaluminoxane: Structure of Methylaluminoxane Activators", 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Activation of Substituted Metallocene Catalysts Using Methylaluminoxane", 2022, ChemCatChem
  • "Are Methylaluminoxane Activators Sheets?", 2021, ChemPhysChem
  • "Formation and Structure of Hydrolytic Methylaluminoxane Activators", 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal

Throughout their career, Collins has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mikko Linnolahti
  • Anuj Joshi
  • J. Scott McIndoe
  • Kathryn L. Cottingham
  • Nicholas J. Gotelli

Best Publications

  • Electronic effects in Ziegler-Natta polymerization of propylene and ethylene using soluble metallocene catalysts

    Ik Mo Lee;William J. Gauthier;JoAnne M. Ball;Bhagavathi Iyengar

  • Polymerization of propylene using supported, chiral, ansa-metallocene catalysts: production of polypropylene with narrow molecular weight distributions

    Scott Collins;W. Mark Kelly;David A. Holden

  • New bifunctional perfluoroaryl boranes. Synthesis and reactivity of the ortho -phenylene-bridged diboranes 1,2-[B(C6F5)2]2C6X4 (X = H, F)'

    V. Clifford Williams;Warren E. Piers;William Clegg;Mark R. J. Elsegood

  • Group-transfer polymerization using cationic zirconocene compounds

    Scott Collins;David G. Ward

  • Elastomeric poly(propylene) : influence of catalyst structure and polymerization conditions on polymer structure and properties

    William J. Gauthier;John F. Corrigan;Nicholas J. Taylor;Scott Collins

  • X-Ray structures of ethylenebis(tetrahydroindenyl)-titanium and -zirconium dichlorides: a revision

    Scott Collins;Bradley A. Kuntz;Nicholas J. Taylor;David G. Ward

  • Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Using Zirconocene Initiators: Polymerization Mechanisms and Applications

    Yufang Li;David G. Ward;Srinivasa S. Reddy;Scott Collins

  • Polymerization catalysis with transition metal amidinate and related complexes

    Scott Collins;Scott Collins

  • Group-Transfer Polymerization Using Metallocene Catalysts: Propagation Mechanisms and Control of Polymer Stereochemistry

    Scott Collins;David G. Ward;Kevin H. Suddaby

  • Synthesis of Elastomeric Poly(propylene) Using Unsymmetrical Zirconocene Catalysts: Marked Reactivity Differences of “Rac”- and “Meso”-like Diastereomers

    Anna M. Bravakis;Linda E. Bailey;Michael Pigeon;Scott Collins

  • SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF ACYCLIC BIS(KETENIMINE) COMPLEXES OF ZIRCONIUM

    Marufur Rahim;Nicholas J. Taylor;and Shixuan Xin;Scott Collins

  • Novel trityl activators with new weakly coordinating anions derived from C6F41,2-[B(C6F5)2] 2: Synthesis, structures, and olefin polymerization behavior

    Williams Clifford;GJ Irvine;WE Piers;Z Li

  • Elastomeric poly(propylene) : propagation models and relationship to catalyst structure

    William J. Gauthier;Scott Collins

  • Selenosulfonation: boron trifluoride catalyzed or thermal addition of selenosulfonates to olefins. A novel regio- and stereocontrolled synthesis of vinyl sulfones

    Thomas G. Back;Scott Collins

  • Selenosulfonation of acetylenes: preparation of novel β-(phenylseleno)vinyl sulfones and their conversion to acetylenic and β-functionalized sulfones

    Thomas G. Back;Scott Collins;Russell G. Kerr

  • Activation of [Cp2ZrMe2] with new perfluoroaryl diboranes: Solution chemistry and ethylene polymerization behavior in the presence of MeAl(BHT)2

    V. Clifford Williams;Chaoyang Dai;Zengmin Li;Scott Collins

  • The microstructure of poly(cyclopentene) produced by polymerization of cyclopentene with homogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts

    Scott Collins;W. Mark Kelly

  • Ethylene Polymerization Using β-Diketimine Complexes of Zirconium

    Rainer Vollmerhaus;Marufir Rahim;Robert Tomaszewski;Shixuan Xin

  • SYNTHESIS OF AND ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION USING IMINOPHOSPHONAMIDE COMPLEXES OF GROUP 4

    Rainer Vollmerhaus;Pencheng Shao;Nicholas J. Taylor;Scott Collins

  • Isobutene polymerization using a chelating diborane co-initiator.

    Stewart P. Lewis;Nicholas J. Taylor;Warren E. Piers;Scott Collins

  • Variation of polypropylene microtacticity by catalyst selection

    Scott. Collins;William J. Gauthier;David A. Holden;Bradley A. Kuntz

  • The tetrasilabicyclo[1.1.0]butane system: preparation and characterization of 1,3-di-tert-butyl-2,2,4,4-tetrakis(2,6-diethylphenyl)tetrasilabicyclo[1.1.0]butane

    Satoru Masamune;Yoshio Kabe;Scott Collins;David J. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Taylor
Nicholas J. Taylor University of Waterloo
Todd B. Marder
Todd B. Marder University of Würzburg
William Clegg
William Clegg Newcastle University
Arvi Rauk
Arvi Rauk University of Calgary
Warren E. Piers
Warren E. Piers University of Calgary
Owen P. Ward
Owen P. Ward University of Waterloo
Mark R. J. Elsegood
Mark R. J. Elsegood Loughborough University
José Carlos Pinto
José Carlos Pinto Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Alexander Kuhn
Alexander Kuhn Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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