Elastomeric polypropylene from unbridged 2-arylindenyl zirconocenes: Modeling polymerization behavior using ansa-metallocene analogues

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 44, 1998, Pages 11316-11322

  Maciejewski Petoff, Jennifer L ^a   Agoston, Tony ^a   Lal, Tapan K ^a   Waymouth, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIS(2 ARYLINDENYL)ZIRCONIUM DICHLORIDE; DIMETHYLSILYL(BIS(2 PHENYLINDENYL)ZIRCONIUM CHLORIDE; ELASTOMER; ETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ISOMERISM; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0842270588     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja982400g     Document Type: Article

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