Computer design of living olefin polymerization catalysts: A combined density functional theory and molecular mechanics study

Organometallics

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3240-3253

  Deng, Liqun ^a   Ziegler, Tom ^a   Woo, Tom K ^a   Margl, Peter ^a   Fan, Liangyou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION   (Canada)

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EID: 0000219699     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om9803164     Document Type: Article

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