Exploration of cocatalyst effects on a bimetallic cobalt catalyst system: Enhanced activity and enantioselectivity in epoxide polymerization

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5666-5670

  Widger, Peter C B ^a   Ahmed, Syud M ^a   Coates, Geoffrey W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SYSTEM; CO CATALYSTS; COBALT CATALYST SYSTEM; COBALT COMPLEXES; COCATALYST; ENANTIOSELECTIVE EPOXIDE; ORGANIC IONIC COMPOUNDS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EPOXY RESINS; POLYMERIZATION;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY;

EID: 79960475548     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma201078m     Document Type: Article

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