Influence of the counterion MeB(C6F5)3- and solvent effects on ethylene polymerization catalyzed by [(CpSiMe2NR)TiMe]+: A combined density functional theory and molecular mechanism study

Organometallics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-116

  Xu, Zhitao ^a   Vanka, Kumar ^a   Ziegler, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ETHYLENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CHAIN PROPAGATION; CONSTRAINED GEOMETRY CATALYST; ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANISM;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 1642536669     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om0341202     Document Type: Article

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