Boron trifluoride activation of ethylene oligomerization and polymerization catalysts

Inorganica Chimica Acta

Volumn 345, Issue , 2003, Pages 95-102

  Komon, Zachary J A ^a   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a   Fang, Cindy ^a   Bu, Xianhui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borane activation; Branched polyethylene; Ethylene polymerization; Homogeneous catalysis; Nickel

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ETHYLENE; ISOMERS; NICKEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; BRANCHED POLYETHYLENES; ETHYLENE OLIGOMERIZATIONS; ETHYLENE OLIGOMERS; ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS;

BORON TRIFLUORIDE; ETHYLENE; NICKEL; OLIGOMER; POLYETHYLENE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0037430526     PISSN: 00201693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(02)01345-2     Document Type: Article

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