A new and highly efficient grubbs initiator for ring-opening metathesis polymerization

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6371-6373

  Robson, David A ^a   Gibson, Vernon C ^b   Gareth Davies, R ^a   North, Michael ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; RUTHENIUM;

GRUBBS INITIATOR; PHOSPHINE; RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION;

INITIATORS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 0342587995     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma990338h     Document Type: Article

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