简介：Thiscontributionreportsethylenepolymerizationbehavioroftitaniumcomplexesincorporatingbis(phenoxyimine)ligands.Sixphenoxy-imineTi(IV)complexes{6-R1-2-[CH=N(2,6-difluoro-3,5-diR2-4-R3Ph)]C6H3O}2TiCl2(1:R1=H,R2=H,R3=H;2:R1=H,R2=H,R3=4-vinylphenyl;3:R1=CH3,R2=H,R3=H;4:R1=CH3,R2=H,R3=4-vinylphenyl;5:R1=CH3,R2=F,R3=H;6:R1=CH3,R2=F,R3=4-vinylphenyl)havebeensynthesizedandevaluatedforethylenepolymerizationusingdriedMAO(simplifiedasDMAO)ascocatalyst.AnobviouscatalyticheterogeneityofCat2(Complex2/DMAO)towardsethylenepolymerizationwasobserved,whichwasillustratedbydecreasedactivity,multimodalmolecularweightdistributionandpartiallyimprovedparticlemorphologycomparingwithCat1.Moreover,Cat3exhibits'living'characteristicsintheprocessundercertainconditions(25°C,lessthan20min).Otherwise,themoderatetohighethylenepolymerizationactivityofca.105-106gPE/(molTi·h)andhighmolecularweight(Mw=105-106)ofpolyethylenecanbeobtainedbychangingtheskeletonstructureofthesecomplexes.