Bulky aluminum alkyl scavengers in olefin polymerization with group 4 catalysts

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 9246-9247

  Stapleton, Russell A ^a   Galan, Brandon R ^a   Collins, Scott ^a   Simons, Richard S ^b   Garrison, Jered C ^b   Youngs, Wiley J ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; METAL BINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042709623     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja030121+     Document Type: Article

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