Homo- and copolymerization of ethylene and α-olefins over 1- and 2-siloxy-substituted ethylenebis(indenyl)zirconium and ethylenebis(tetrahydroindenyl)zirconium dichlorides

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3547-3552

  Lehmus, Petri ^a   Kokko, Esa ^a   Härkki, Outi ^a   Leino, Reko ^b   Luttikhedde, Hendrik J G ^b   Näsman, Jan H ^b,c   Seppälä, Jukka V ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c GE Healthcare Bio Sciences AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITION; COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; METALLORGANIC POLYMERS; OLEFINS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHAIN TERMINATION; METALLOCENE; SILOXY SUBSTITUTION; ZIRCONIUM DICHLORIDES;

SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

EID: 0032679576     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981764q     Document Type: Article

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