Mechanistic studies of Pd(II)-α-diimine-catalyzed olefin polymerizations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 6686-6700

  Tempel, Daniel J ^a,b   Johnson, Lynda K ^a,c   Huff, R Leigh ^a   White, Peter S ^a   Brookhart, Maurice ^a  

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

^b AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; METHANE; PALLADIUM; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034686736     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja000893v     Document Type: Article

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