Mechanistic studies of the palladium-catalyzed copolymerization of ethylene and α-olefins with methyl acrylate

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 888-899

  Mecking, Stefan ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHELATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; TURNOVER TIME; WARMING;

EID: 0032506984     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja964144i     Document Type: Article

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