Cationic yttrium methyl complexes as functional models for polymerization catalysts of 1,3-dienes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 7473-7477

  Arndt, Stefan ^a   Beckerle, Klaus ^a   Zeimentz, Peter M ^a   Spaniol, Thomas P ^a   Okuda, Jun ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cations; Coordination modes; Polymerization; Rare earth metals; Yttrium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CHARACTERIZATION; POSITIVE IONS; YTTRIUM;

COORDINATION MODES; PROTONOLYSIS; RARE-EARTH METALS;

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 28044443397     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502915     Document Type: Article

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