Contributions to the Ziegler–Natta Catalysis: An Anthology

This anthology summarizes contributions to Ziegler–Natta catalysis that have led through novel experimental methods to well-founded results, to continuing conclusions, and to increasing knowledge about the course of this catalysis. The complex and manifold mechanism has been elucidated in extensive kinetic studies in a half continuous tank reactor, in a plug flow reactor with oligomer distribution analysis as an additional “measuring instrument,” by dynamic NMR spectroscopy with line shape analysis, through use of 13C-enriched reacting ethylene as a molecular surveyor, and by observation of the individual behavior of a large number of particles with supported catalysts by transmission electron microscopy and video microscopy. The synopsis of the results of the different experimental methods gives assurance that we are safely on the right path.