Highly efficient ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) using new ruthenium catalysts containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2903-2906

  Bielawski, Christopher W ^a   Grubbs, Robert H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Metathesis; Polymerizations; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; CARBENE; LIGAND; MOLYBDENUM; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0034682918     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20000818)39:16<2903::AID-ANIE2903>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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