Penultimate effect in ethylene-styrene copolymerization and the discovery of highly active ethylene-styrene catalysts with increased styrene reactivity

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7065-7076

  Arriola, Daniel J ^a   Bokota, Marilyn ^a   Campbell Jr , Richard E ^a   Klosin, Jerzy ^a   LaPointe, Robert E ^a   Redwine, O David ^a   Shankar, Ravi B ^a   Timmers, Francis J ^a   Abboud, Khalil A ^b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; STYRENE;

AROMATIC MOIETIES; MONOMER EFFECT; PENULTIMATE STYRENE EFFECT; STYRENE REACTIVITY;

ETHYLENE;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; MONOMER; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; KINETICS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTOR; STEADY STATE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250206624     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja070061y     Document Type: Article

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