Intra- and intermolecular NMR studies on the activation of arylcyclometallated hafnium pyridyl-amido olefin polymerization precatalysts

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 10354-10368

  Zuccaccia, Cristiano ^a   Macchioni, Alceo ^a   Busico, Vincenzo ^b   Cipullo, Roberta ^b   Talarico, Giovanni ^b   Alfano, Francesca ^b   Boone, Harold W ^c   Frazier, Kevin A ^c   Hustad, Phillip D ^c   Stevens, James C ^c   Vosejpka, Paul C ^c   Abboud, Khalil A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^d 1776 Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HAFNIUM; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLEFINS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

N MR STUDIES; OLEFIN POLYMERIZATIONS; POLYMERIZATION MECHANISMS; PRE-CATALYSTS; PYRIDYL;

CATALYSIS;

ALKENE; ANILINE; BRONSTED ACID; CARBON; HAFNIUM; HYDROGEN; LEWIS ACID; METHANE; NAPHTHALENE; PROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; METALLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 48749112429     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja802072n     Document Type: Article

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