Donor-acceptor metallocene catalysts for the production of UHMW-PE: Pushing the selectivity for chain growth to its limits

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1799-1803

  Ostoja Starzewskl, K Aleksander ^a   Xin, Bruce S ^b,d   Steinhauser, Norbert ^a   Schweer, Johannes ^c   Benet Buchholz, Jordi ^c,e  

^a LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c Bayer Industry Services GmbH and Co OHG   (Germany)

^d MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Donor acceptor systems; Homogeneous catalysis; Metallocenes; Polymerization; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANOMETALLICS; PLASTIC MOLDS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHAIN GROWTH; DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEMS; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; LIGANDS; METALLOCENES; ULTRAHIGH SELECTIVITY;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 33746294730     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200504173     Document Type: Article

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