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Tensi L, Moretti F, Amendola A, Froese RDJ, Macchioni A, Kuhlman RL, Pearson DM, Zuccaccia C. Solution Structure and Dynamics of Hf-Al and Hf-Zn Heterobimetallic Adducts Mimicking Relevant Intermediates in Chain Transfer Reactions. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:8222-8236. [PMID: 38666625 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
Abstract
Cationic cyclometalated hafnocenes [CpPrCpCH2CH2CH2Hf][B(C6F5)4] (4Pr) and [CpiBuCpCH2CH(Me)CH2Hf][B(C6F5)4] (4aiBu and 4biBu) were synthesized from the corresponding [(CpPr)2HfMe][B(C6F5)4] (1Pr) and [(CpiBu)2HfMe][B(C6F5)4] (1iBu) complexes via C-H activation. 4aiBu, 4biBu, and 4Pr, mimicking a propagating M-polymeryl species (M = transition metal) with or without a β-methyl branch on the metalated chains, serve to investigate whether and how the nature of the last inserted olefin molecules changes the structure, stability, and reactivity of the corresponding heterobimetallic complexes, formed in the presence of aluminum- or zinc-alkyl chain transfer agents (CTAs), which are considered relevant intermediates in coordinative chain transfer polymerization (CCTP) and chain shuttling polymerization (CSP) technologies. NMR and DFT data indicate no major structural difference between the resulting heterobridged complexes, all characterized by the presence of multiple α-agostic interactions. On the contrary, thermodynamic and kinetic investigations, concerning the reversible formation and breaking of heterobimetallic adducts, demonstrate that isomer 4aiBu, in which the β-Me is oriented away from the reactive coordination site on Hf, but not 4biBu, having the β-Me pointing in the opposite direction, is capable of reacting with CTAs. Quantification of kinetic rate constants highlights that the formation process is rate limiting and that the nature of the last inserted α-olefin unit modulates transalkylation kinetics. The reaction of 4aiBu, 4biBu, and 4Pr with diisobutylaluminum hydride (DiBAlH) allows the interception and characterization of new heterobinuclear and heterotrinuclear species, featuring both hydride and alkyl bridging moieties, which represent structural models of elusive intermediates in CCTP and CSP processes, capturing the instant when an alkyl chain has just transferred from a transition metal to a main group metal, while the two metals remain engaged in a single heterobimetallic intermediate.
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- Leonardo Tensi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia and CIRCC, Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology and CIRCC, University of Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology and CIRCC, University of Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Core R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, 1776 Building, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology and CIRCC, University of Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- The Dow Chemical Company, 230 Abner Jackson Parkway Herbert H Dow Building #2B104, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566, United States
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- The Dow Chemical Company, 230 Abner Jackson Parkway Herbert H Dow Building #2B104, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology and CIRCC, University of Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Urciuoli G, Zaccaria F, Zuccaccia C, Cipullo R, Budzelaar PHM, Vittoria A, Ehm C, Macchioni A, Busico V. Cocatalyst effects in Hf-catalysed olefin polymerization: taking well-defined Al-alkyl borate salts into account. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:2286-2293. [PMID: 38197161 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt04081j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Hafnium catalysts for olefin polymerization are often very sensitive to the nature of cocatalysts, especially if they contain "free" aluminium trialkyls. Herein, cocatalyst effects in Hf-catalysed propene polymerization are examined for four Hf catalysts belonging to the family of CS-symmetric (Hf-CS-Met) and C2-symmetric (Hf-C2-Met) metallocenes, as well as of octahedral (Hf-OOOO) and pentacoordinated (Hf-PyAm) "post-metallocenes". The performance of the recently developed {[iBu2(PhNMe2)Al]2(μ-H)}+[B(C6F5)4]- (AlHAl) cocatalyst is compared with that of established systems like methylalumoxane, phenol-modified methylalumoxane and trityl borate/tri-iso-butylaluminium. The worst catalytic performance is observed with MAO. Conversely, the best cocatalyst varies depending on the Hf catalyst used and the performance indicator of interest, highlighting the complexity and importance of selecting the right precatalyst/cocatalyst combination. AlHAl proved to be a suitable system for all catalysts tested and, in some cases, it provides the best performance in terms of productivity (e.g. with hafnocenes). Furthermore, it generally leads to high molecular weight polymers, also with catalysts enabling easy chain transfer to Al like Hf-PyAm. This suggests that AlHAl has a low tendency to form heterodinuclear adducts with the cationic active species, therefore preventing the formation of dormant sites and/or termination events by chain transfer to Al.
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- Gaia Urciuoli
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology and CIRCC, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
- DPI, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
- DPI, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology and CIRCC, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
- DPI, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
- DPI, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
- DPI, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology and CIRCC, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
- DPI, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
- DPI, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Kuzminski BRS, Fischbach DM, Yap GPA, Sita LR. Migratory Insertion into a Hafnium–Phenyl Bond and a Ligand-Assisted Mechanism for Reversible Chain Transfer in the Living Coordinative Polymerization of Olefins. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Brendan R. S. Kuzminski
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States,
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States,
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States,
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Sian L, Dall’Anese A, Macchioni A, Tensi L, Busico V, Cipullo R, Goryunov GP, Uborsky D, Voskoboynikov AZ, Ehm C, Rocchigiani L, Zuccaccia C. Role of Solvent Coordination on the Structure and Dynamics of ansa-Zirconocenium Ion Pairs in Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Leonardo Sian
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli studi di Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli studi di Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli studi di Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli studi di Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli studi di Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli studi di Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Parfenova LV, Kovyazin PV, Mukhamadeeva OV, Ivchenko PV, Nifant'ev IE, Khalilov LM, Dzhemilev UM. Zirconocene dichlorides as catalysts in alkene carbo- and cyclometalation by AlEt 3: intermediate structures and dynamics. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:15802-15820. [PMID: 34708843 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03160k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of zirconocenes L2ZrCl2 (23 examples) were studied as catalysts in the reaction of alkenes with AlEt3. The catalyst activity and reaction chemoselectivity were found to depend on the ligand structure in the complex and the nature of the solvent. The alkyl exchange in the triethylaluminum dimer was studied by NMR spectroscopy; a solvent effect on the alkyl exchange parameters was established. In the reaction between L2ZrCl2 and AlEt3, the formation of intermediates L2ZrEtCl, L2Zr(μ-Cl)CH2CH2AlEt2, L2Zr(μ-H)CH2CH2AlEt2, and L2Zr(μ-Cl)CH2CH(AlEt2)2 was shown; the ratio of the intermediates depends on the ligand structure in the initial complex and the solvent. The exchange in the ethanediyl bridge ZrCH2CH2Al, proceeding via zirconocenecyclopropane structures, was demonstrated for the first time for five-membered bimetallic complexes L2Zr(μ-Cl)CH2CH2AlEt2 with ansa-ligands (L2 = Me2SiCp2, H2CInd2, Me2CInd2, Me2SiInd2, and C2H4Ind2). Five-membered bimetallic complexes were shown to participate in the formation of cyclic organoaluminum products - 3-substituted alumolanes.
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- Lyudmila V Parfenova
- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis of Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, 141, Russian Federation.
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- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis of Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, 141, Russian Federation.
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- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis of Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, 141, Russian Federation.
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1-3 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.,A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1-3 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.,A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis of Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, 141, Russian Federation.
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- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis of Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, 141, Russian Federation.
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Kumawat J, Gupta VK. Catalyst Activation and Chain Transfer Agents in Metallocene Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization: A Computational Investigation. Eur J Inorg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Jugal Kumawat
- Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis Group, Reliance Research and Development Center Reliance Industries Limited, Ghansoli Navi Mumbai 400701 India
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- Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis Group, Reliance Research and Development Center Reliance Industries Limited, Ghansoli Navi Mumbai 400701 India
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Oswald AD, El Bouhali A, Chefdeville E, Breuil PAR, Olivier-Bourbigou H, Thuilliez J, Vaultier F, De Mallmann A, Taoufik M, Perrin L, Boisson C. Monocationic Bis-Alkyl and Bis-Allyl Yttrium Complexes: Synthesis, 89Y NMR Characterization, Ethylene or Isoprene Polymerization, and Modeling. Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Alexis D. Oswald
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and Processes (C2P2), 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69616 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, CNRS, INSA, CPE, UMR 5246, ICBMS, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, CNRS, INSA, CPE, UMR 5246, ICBMS, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- IFP Energies nouvelles, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69360 Solaize, France
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- Manufacture Michelin, 23 places Carmes Déchaux, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Manufacture Michelin, 23 places Carmes Déchaux, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and Processes (C2P2), 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69616 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and Processes (C2P2), 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69616 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, CNRS, INSA, CPE, UMR 5246, ICBMS, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and Processes (C2P2), 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69616 Villeurbanne, France
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Verrieux L, Thuilliez J, Jean-Baptiste-dit-Dominique F, Boisson C, Poradowski MN, Perrin L. Ene/Diene Copolymerization Catalyzed by Cationic Sc and Gd d0 Metal Complexes: Speciation, Ion Pairing, and Selectivity from a Computational Perspective. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ludmilla Verrieux
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, CNRS, INSA, CPE, UMR 5246, ICBMS, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
- Manufacture Michelin, 23 pl Carmes Déchaux, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Manufacture Michelin, 23 pl Carmes Déchaux, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and Processes (C2P2), 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69616 Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, CNRS, INSA, CPE, UMR 5246, ICBMS, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
- Manufacture Michelin, 23 pl Carmes Déchaux, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, CNRS, INSA, CPE, UMR 5246, ICBMS, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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