The successful realization of a stereospecific chloride degenerative transfer living Ziegler-Natta polymerization process that provides isotactic polyolefins of narrow polydispersity (
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magnitudes for both
k
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k-
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mant state establish that k
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3Si][B(C
6F
5)
4] has been shown to be an effective substoichiometric halide abstractor for chloride degenerative transfer Ziegler-Natta polymerization.