Nucleophilicity of Alkyl Zirconocene and Titanocene Precatalysts, and Kinetics of Activation by Carbenium Ions and by B(C6F5)3

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 32, 2016, Pages 11196-11200

  Berionni, Guillaume ^a   Kurouchi, Hiroaki ^a   Eisenburger, Lucien ^a   Mayr, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

catalyst activation; kinetics; metallocenes; nucleophilicity; polymerization catalysts

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETICS; METALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMERIZATION; RATE CONSTANTS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BENZHYDRYLIUM IONS; CATALYST ACTIVATION; ELECTROPHILICITY; FRUSTRATED LEWIS PAIRS; METALLOCENIUM IONS; NUCLEOPHILICITIES; POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS; POLYMERIZATION REACTION;

IONS;

EID: 84979707867     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602452     Document Type: Article

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