Chain Transfer with Dialkyl Zinc during Hafnium-Pyridyl Amido-Catalyzed Polymerization of 1-Octene: Relative Rates, Reversibility, and Kinetic Models

ACS Catalysis

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 4178-4188

  Johnson, Heather C ^a   Cueny, Eric S ^a   Landis, Clark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysis; chain transfer; kinetic models; mechanism; polymerization; polyolefin

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHROMOPHORES; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; MECHANISMS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYOLEFINS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; ZINC;

CATALYZED POLYMERIZATION; CHAIN TRANSFER; CHAIN TRANSFER AGENTS; DISPROPORTIONATION REACTIONS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; IRREVERSIBLE PROCESS; KINETIC MODELS; POLYMERIZATION TEMPERATURE;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 85046618750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21555435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00524     Document Type: Article

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