Propene polymerization with the isospecific, highly regiospecific rac-Me2C(3-t-Bu-1-Ind)2ZrCl2/MAO catalyst. 1. Influence of hydrogen on initiation and propagation: Experimental detection and theoretical investigation of 2,1 propene insertion into the Zr-H bond

Organometallics

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 5264-5275

  Moscardi, Gilberto ^a   Piemontesi, Fabrizio ^a   Resconi, Luigi ^a  

^a Centro Ricerche G Natta   (Italy)

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EID: 0000081472     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om990488g     Document Type: Article

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