Backbone rearrangement during olefin capture as the rate limiting step in molecular olefin polymerization catalysis and its effect on comonomer affinity

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 2807-2814

  Zaccaria, Francesco ^a   Cipullo, Roberta ^a   Budzelaar, Peter H M ^a,b   Busico, Vincenzo ^a   Ehm, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

catalysis; comonomer affinity; DFT; enthalpy and entropy effects; EPR rubbers; molecular catalysts; olefin copolymerization; polyolefins; quantum chemistry

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COPOLYMERIZATION; MONOMERS; OLEFINS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYOLEFINS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CO-MONOMER; CONSTRAINED GEOMETRY CATALYSTS; COPOLYMERIZATION RATIO; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; ENTROPY EFFECTS; MOLECULAR CATALYSTS; OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY;

EID: 85021791415     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28685     Document Type: Article

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