C1-Symmetric zirconium complexes of [ONNÓ]-Type Salan ligands: Accurate control of catalyst activity, isospecificity, and molecular weight in 1-Hexene polymerization

Organometallics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1391-1405

  Ranocchiari, Marco ^a   Mezzetti, Antonio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-HEXENE; DIAMINOETHANE; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE; DOMINANT FACTORS; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING ABILITIES; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING GROUPS; HIGH ACTIVITIES; ISOSPECIFICITY; ISOTACTIC POLYMERS; ISOTACTICITY; LIGAND PRECURSORS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; OCTAHEDRAL GEOMETRIES; PENTAD ANALYSIS; PHENOL RINGS; SUBSTITUTED PHENOLS; TWO-STEP SYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ZIRCONIUM COMPLEXES;

AMINES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOMERS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOLS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 64749101882     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om801058w     Document Type: Article

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