Evaluation of the potential of [{Me2C(Cp)2}Zr(Me)]+ and [{Me2C(Cp)2}Zr(H)]+ as single-site catalysts for controlled methyl vinyl ether polymerizations by density functional calculations

Organometallics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1055-1064

  Hölscher, Markus ^a   Keul, Helmut ^a   Höcker, Hartwig ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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NONPOLAR OLEFINS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ETHERS; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); OLEFINS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

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EID: 0037416395     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om0207966     Document Type: Article

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