Highly electrophilic organometallics for carbocationic polymerizations: From anion engineering to new polymer materials

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1267-1278

  Bochmann, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956950702     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar100044s     Document Type: Article

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