Cationic Pyridylamido Adsorbate on Brønsted Acidic Sulfated Zirconia: A Molecular Supported Organohafnium Catalyst for Olefin Homo- and Co-Polymerization

ACS Catalysis

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 4893-4901

  Zhang, Jialong ^a,b   Motta, Alessandro ^c   Gao, Yanshan ^b   Stalzer, Madelyn Marie ^b   Delferro, Massimiliano ^b   Liu, Boping ^a   Lohr, Tracy L ^b   Marks, Tobin J ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

DFT calculations; olefin polymerization; organohafnium catalyst; sulfated oxides; supported catalysts

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; CATALYSTS; CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ZIRCONIA;

DFT CALCULATION; DFT COMPUTATIONS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HAFNIUM COMPLEXES; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; HIGH RESOLUTION; SINGLE SITES; SULFATED ZIRCONIA;

HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85046411910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21555435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00611     Document Type: Article

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