Discrete lanthanide aryl(alk)oxide trimethylaluminum adducts as isoprene polymerization catalysts

Macromolecules

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6811-6816

  Fischbach, Andreas ^a   Meermann, Christian ^c   Eickerling, Georg ^b   Scherer, Wolfgang ^b   Anwander, Reiner ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMERIZATION;

ADDUCT COMPLEXES; MECHANISTIC ACTIVATION; STEREOSELECTIVITIES;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

EID: 33750323581     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma061149j     Document Type: Article

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