Why do C1-symmetric ansa-zirconocene catalysts produce lower molecular weight polymers for ethylene/propylene copolymerization than for ethylene/propylene homopolymerization?

Organometallics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2861-2867

  Wang, Dongqi ^a   Tomasi, Simone ^a   Razavi, Abbas ^b   Ziegler, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TOTAL   (France)

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EID: 47249095404     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om800290n     Document Type: Article

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