Synthesis of butene - ethylene and hexene - butene - ethylene copolymers from ethylene via tandem action of well-defined homogeneous catalysts [15]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1830-1831

  Komon, Zachary J A ^a   Bu, Xianhui ^a   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BUTENE; COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE; HEXENE; POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; DIMERIZATION; LETTER; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034050908     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja994222c     Document Type: Letter

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