Influence of rotation between agostic structures on ethene interaction with a zirconocene polymerization site

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 519, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 277-280

  Støvneng, Jon Andreas ^a   Rytter, Erling ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b N 7005   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agostic interactions; Density functional theory; Olefin polymerization; Zirconocenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030602674     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(96)06216-X     Document Type: Article

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