Rare-earth metal mixed chloro/methyl compounds: Heterogeneous-homogeneous borderline catalysts in 1,3-diene polymerization

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 6508-6513

  Meermann, Christian ^a   Törnroos, Karl W ^a   Nerdal, Willy ^a   Anwander, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active species; Lanthanides; Neodymium; Polymerization; Ziegler catalysts

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CATALYSTS; COMPLEXATION; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION RATES;

ACTIVE SPECIES; BORDERLINE CATALYSTS; CATALYST PERFORMANCE; ZIEGLER CATALYSTS;

NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548308503     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604829     Document Type: Article

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