Kinetics,polymer molecular weights,and microstructure in zirconocene‐catalyzed 1‐hexene polymerization

1‐Hexene was polymerized by rac‐(dimethylsilyl)bis(4,5,6,7‐tetrahydro‐1‐indenyl)zirconium dichloride catalyst and methylaluminoxane cocatalyst over the temperature range 0–100 °C. The polymerization rate, polymer molecular weight, and polymer microstructure (stereospecificity and regiospecificity) were studied as a function of the temperature and the concentrations of monomer, catalyst, and cocatalyst. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 3802–3811, 2000