Ligand-based steric effects in Ni-catalyzed chain-growth polymerizations using bis(dialkylphosphino)ethanes

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5136-5145

  Lanni, Erica L ^a   Locke, Jonas R ^a   Gleave, Christine M ^a   McNeil, Anne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN-GROWTH POLYMERIZATION; CONVENTIONAL CATALYST; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS; RATE LIMITING; REDUCTIVE ELIMINATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STERIC EFFECT; STERIC PROPERTIES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHANE; LIGANDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79960026131     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma200976f     Document Type: Article

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