Aluminum alkoxides as synthons for methylalumoxane (MAO): Product-catalyzed thermal decomposition of [Me2Al(μ-OCPh3)]2

Organometallics

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 5162-5170

  Obrey, Stephen J ^a   Bott, Simon G ^b   Barron, Andrew R ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALKOXIDES; LEWIS ACID; METHYLALUMOXANE; SYNTHONS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; MIXTURES; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

EID: 0035956462     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om0106128     Document Type: Article

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