Mechanistic studies of the palladium(II)-catalyzed copolymerization of ethylene with carbon monoxide

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 4746-4764

  Rix, Francis C ^a   Brookhart, Maurice ^a   White, Peter S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029951048     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja953276t     Document Type: Article

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