Simultaneous Polymerization and Schulz-Flory Oligomerization of Ethylene Made Possible by Activation with MAO of a Single C1-Symmetric [2,6-Bis(arylimino)pyridyl]iron Dichloride Precursor

C1-symmetric[2,6-bis(imino)pyridyl]irondichloride complexes can form on activation by MAO highly active catalysts for the one-pot transformation of ethylene into mixtures of linear homopolymer and alpha-olefins with a Schulz-Flory distribution.