Solid-supported stereospecific living Ziegler–Natta polymerization of (alpha)-olefins

A successful strategy has been developed for the synthesis of a cationic pentamethylcyclopentadienyl zirconium amidinate initiator on a lightly crosslinked polystyrene-divinylbenzene support that can be used to polymerize (alpha)-olefins in a living and stereospecific fashion.