Illustrating catalysis with interlocking building blocks: Correlation between structure of a metallocene catalyst and the stereoregularity of polypropylene

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 620-622

  Horikoshi, Ryo ^a   Kobayashi, Yoji ^a   Kageyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analogies Transfer; Catalysis; Hands On Learning; Inorganic Chemistry; Organometallics; Polymer Chemistry; Polymerization; Upper Division Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877785724     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed200871c     Document Type: Article

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