Efficient ethylene/norbornene copolymerization by half-titanocenes containing imidazolin-2-iminato ligands and MAO catalyst systems

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2575-2580

  Apisuk, Wannida ^a,b   Trambitas, Alexandra G ^c   Kitiyanan, Boonyarach ^b   Tamm, Matthias ^c   Nomura, Kotohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

catalysis; copolymerization; ethylene; half titanocene; metal organic catalysts organometallic catalysts; norbornene; polyolefins; titanium

Indexed keywords

BROAD MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ETHYLENE COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE/NORBORNENE COPOLYMERIZATIONS; HALF-TITANOCENE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; METAL ORGANIC CATALYSTS/ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSTS; MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS; NORBORNENES;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYOLEFINS; TITANIUM;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84877704852     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.26638     Document Type: Article

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