Ethylene oxide polymerization catalyzed by aluminum complexes of sulfur-bridged polyphenols

Macromolecules

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 322-333

  Wasserman, Eric P ^a   Annis, Ioana ^a   Chopin III, Lamy J ^a   Price, Philip C ^a   Petersen, Jeffrey L ^b   Abboud, Khalil A ^c  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYPHENOLS; SOLID-STATE STRUCTURES; SULFUR BRIDGES;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COMPLEXATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; HYDROGENATION; IN SITU PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PHENOLS; POLYELECTROLYTES; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SULFUR;

ETHYLENE;

EID: 13244269745     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma049209d     Document Type: Article

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