Group 4 metal complexes of fhiorous (Di)alkoxide-(Di)imino ligands: synthesis, structure, olefin polymerization catalysis, and decomposition pathways

Organometallics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 606-620

  Marquet, Nicolas ^a,b   Kirillov, Evgueni ^a,b   Roisnel, Thierry ^a,b   Razavi, Abbas ^a,b   Carpentier, Jean François ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHELATION; ETHYLENE; HAFNIUM; HYDROGEN; LIGANDS; METAL COMPLEXES; MONOMERS; PARAFFINS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM;

ALKOXIDE; BENZYL GROUPS; COORDINATION CHEMISTRIES; DECOMPOSITION PATHWAYS; DIFFERENT PROCESS; ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS; FLUOROUS; GROUP 4; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; LINEAR POLYETHYLENES; MULTI-NUCLEAR NMR; OCTAHEDRAL STRUCTURES; OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSIS; PENTAFLUOROPHENYL; SALT METATHESIS; SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 61949154873     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om8009409     Document Type: Article

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