Arylzinc complexes as new initiator systems for the production of isobutene copolymers with high isoprene content

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2166-2169

  Garratt, Shaun ^a   Guerrero, Antonio ^a   Hughes, David L ^a   Bochmann, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anions; Copolymerization; Isobutene; Lewis acids; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ARYLZINC COMPLEXES; ISOBUTENE;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COPOLYMER; ISOBUTYLENE; ISOPRENE; ZINC COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; GEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 4544234398     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200353787     Document Type: Article

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