Ethylene polymerization using β-diketimine complexes of zirconium

Organometallics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2161-2169

  Vollmerhaus, Rainer ^a   Rahim, Marufir ^a   Tomaszewski, Robert ^a   Xin, Shixuan ^a   Taylor, Nicholas J ^a   Collins, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0000612331     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om9908027     Document Type: Article

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