Nickel ethylene polymerization catalysts based on phosphorus ligands

Organometallics

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 4769-4771

  Cooley, Neil A ^a   Green, Simon M ^a   Wass, Duncan F ^a   Heslop, Katie ^b   Orpen, A Guy ^b   Pringle, Paul G ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL ETHYLENE; POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERIZATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035851950     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om010705p     Document Type: Article

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