Role of siloxy substituents in the activation of zirconocene polymerization catalysts with methylaluminoxane. A combined spectroscopic and theoretical study

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3854-3860

  Mäkela Vaarne, Nora I ^a   Linnolahti, Mikko ^b   Pakkanen, Tapani A ^b   Leskelä, Markku A ^c  

^a BOREALIS POLYMERS OY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

LIGAND TO METAL CHARGE TRANSFER; METHYLALUMINOXANE; SILOXY SUBSTITUENTS; ZIRCONOCENE;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

EID: 0038069318     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma034110c     Document Type: Article

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