Mechanistic aspects of ethylene polymerization by iron(II)-bisimine pyridine catalysts: A combined density functional theory and molecular mechanics study

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 6479-6487

  Deng, Liqun ^a   Margl, Peter ^a   Ziegler, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FERROUS ION; IMINE; POLYETHYLENE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033554017     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja984385l     Document Type: Article

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