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Naweephattana P, Walaijai K, Rungnim C, Luanphaisarnnont T, Watthanaphanit A, Patthamasang S, Phiriyawirut P, Surawatanawong P. The role of organoaluminum and electron donors in propene insertion on the Ziegler-Natta catalyst. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:11050-11059. [PMID: 38885064 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt01097c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Alkyl aluminium plays a primary role in activating Ti within Ziegler-Natta (ZN) catalysts for propylene polymerization. We performed density functional calculations to explore the additional roles of AlEt3 and AlEt2Cl, in conjunction with diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) internal donor and dicyclopentyl dimethoxysilane (DCPDMS) external donor, to enhance the stereoselectivity of propene insertion. Based on our calculated adsorption energies on the (MgCl2)13/TiCl2iBu cluster model for the ZN catalyst, the presence of DIBP on the cluster essentially facilitated AlEt2Cl adsorption while AlEt2Cl also promoted the adsorption of DIBP. The reaction between AlEt3 and DIBP on the cluster led to the extraction of DIBP, creating an available site for DCPDMS adsorption. While the stereoselectivity, represented by the difference in the activation energies between 1,2-re and 1,2-si insertions of propene, was negligible on the cluster containing only DIBP, it became significant on the clusters containing both AlEt2Cl and DIBP (and DCPDMS). AlEt2Cl plays a pivotal role in imposing steric effects near the Ti active site, thereby increasing stereoselectivity. Our findings suggest the importance of including AlEt2Cl alongside DIBP (and DCPDMS) in the ZN cluster model to investigate stereoselective propene insertion. Considering AlEt2Cl adsorption and AlEt3 reaction with internal donors is essential in developing Ziegler-Natta catalysts.
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- Phiphob Naweephattana
- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
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- SCG Chemicals, Co., Ltd., 1 Siam Cement Road, Bangsue, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand
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- National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
- Center of Sustainable Energy and Green Materials, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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Makwana UC, Gupta V. Trans-1,4-polybutadiene: Influences of Lewis bases on polymerization of butadiene with supported titanium catalyst systems. JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2021.1953385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Umesh C. Makwana
- Reliance Technology Group, Hazira Manufacturing Division, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Surat, Gujarat, India
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- Reliance Research & Development Centre, Reliance Corporate Park, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Navi, Mumbai, India
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Progress in MgCl2 supported Ziegler-Natta catalyzed polyolefin products and applications. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-021-02412-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mishra A, Patil HR, Gupta V. Progress in propylene homo- and copolymers using advanced transition metal catalyst systems. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj01195b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Recent progress on advanced transition metal catalysts for propylene polymerization and copolymerization are reviewed.
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- Anurag Mishra
- Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis
- Reliance Research and Development Center
- Reliance Industries Ltd
- Navi Mumbai 400701
- India
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- Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis
- Reliance Research and Development Center
- Reliance Industries Ltd
- Navi Mumbai 400701
- India
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- Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis
- Reliance Research and Development Center
- Reliance Industries Ltd
- Navi Mumbai 400701
- India
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Zorve P, Linnolahti M. Catalytic reactions on magnesium dichloride clusters saturated by titanium tetrachloride. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Vipin Raj K, Kumawat J, Dhamaniya S, Subaramanian M, Balaraman E, Kumar Gupta V, Vanka K, Grubbs RH. Insights into the Nature of Self‐Extinguishing External Donors for Ziegler‐Natta Catalysis: A Combined Experimental and DFT Study. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202001493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- K. Vipin Raj
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune 411008 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Ghaziabad 201002 India
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- Polymer Synthesis and Catalysis Group Reliance Research and Development Center Reliance Industries Limited Ghansoli Navi Mumbai 400701 India
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- Polymer Synthesis and Catalysis Group Reliance Research and Development Center Reliance Industries Limited Ghansoli Navi Mumbai 400701 India
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati Tirupati 517507 India
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati Tirupati 517507 India
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- Polymer Synthesis and Catalysis Group Reliance Research and Development Center Reliance Industries Limited Ghansoli Navi Mumbai 400701 India
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- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune 411008 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Ghaziabad 201002 India
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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Kumawat J, Gupta VK. Fundamental aspects of heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta olefin polymerization catalysis: an experimental and computational overview. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00753f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using an internal/external donor containing MgCl2-supported Ziegler–Natta catalyst is one of the important processes for polyolefin production.
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- Jugal Kumawat
- Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis Group
- Reliance Research and Development Center
- Reliance Industries Limited
- Navi Mumbai-400701
- India
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- Polymer Synthesis & Catalysis Group
- Reliance Research and Development Center
- Reliance Industries Limited
- Navi Mumbai-400701
- India
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Khatri V, Sahoo U, Kaur S, Rani R, Singh G, Kapur GS, Kashyap HK. Control of Ziegler–Natta catalyst activity by the structural design of alkoxysilane-based external donors. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj00039f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein, the evaluation of four commercial alkoxysilanes and two laboratory synthesized novel diethoxysilacycloalkanes as external donors towards propylene polymerization has been done.
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- Vikas Khatri
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- New Delhi 110016
- India
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- Petrochemical & Polymer Department
- R&D Center
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
- Faridabad 121007
- India
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- Petrochemical & Polymer Department
- R&D Center
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
- Faridabad 121007
- India
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- Petrochemical & Polymer Department
- R&D Center
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
- Faridabad 121007
- India
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- Petrochemical & Polymer Department
- R&D Center
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
- Faridabad 121007
- India
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- Petrochemical & Polymer Department
- R&D Center
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
- Faridabad 121007
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- New Delhi 110016
- India
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Kumawat J, Gupta VK. Single to Multiple Site Behavior of Metallocenes through C–H Activation for Olefin Polymerization: A Mechanistic Insight from DFT. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b03741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- 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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Poorsank F, Arabi H, Ghasemi Hamedani N. Silyl diol ester as a new selectivity control agent in MgCl 2-supported Ziegler-Natta systems for propylene polymerization: catalyst structure and polymer properties. RSC Adv 2019; 9:7420-7431. [PMID: 35519959 PMCID: PMC9061220 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00715f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In this study, bis(benzoyloxy)dimethylsilane (SDE) was developed as a non-phthalate selectivity control agent (internal donor (ID) and external donor (ED)) in MgCl2-supported Ziegler–Natta (ZN) systems. The impact of SDE as an ID was investigated in regards to chemical composition, morphology, adsorption behavior (using FTIR spectroscopy, WAXD and SEM studies) and the propylene polymerization performance of the catalyst. The results of the adsorption behavior of SDE revealed that SDE, while able to stabilize the electronically unsaturated surfaces of MgCl2 [(104) and (110)], has a rather high tendency to be absorbed on strongly acidic Mg ions at the corners of these crystals. The catalyst with optimum SDE content as an ID afforded a system with reasonable activity and isotacticity (even in the absence of ED) along with broader molecular weight distribution (PDI: 6.2–10) and greater flexural modulus than phthalate-based ZN systems. SDE was also used as a new ED in most widely used fourth- and fifth-generation catalyst systems. The results revealed that in fifth-generation catalyst systems, there was an increase in hydrogen response (>40%) along with an increase of activity without any change in the thermal properties of the final polymer in comparison to a conventional ED (alkoxy silane). In this study, bis(benzoyloxy)dimethylsilane (SDE) was developed as a non-phthalate selectivity control agent (internal donor (ID) and external donor (ED)) in MgCl2-supported Ziegler–Natta (ZN) systems for polypropylene polymerization.![]()
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- Fatemeh Poorsank
- Department of Polymerization Engineering, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute P.O. Box: 14965/115 Tehran Iran
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- Department of Polymerization Engineering, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute P.O. Box: 14965/115 Tehran Iran
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- Department of Polymerization Engineering, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute P.O. Box: 14965/115 Tehran Iran
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Bahri-Laleh N, Hanifpour A, Mirmohammadi SA, Poater A, Nekoomanesh-Haghighi M, Talarico G, Cavallo L. Computational modeling of heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts for olefins polymerization. Prog Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2018.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zahedi R, Afshar Taromi F, Mirjahanmardi SH, Nekoomanesh Haghighi M, Jadidi K, Jamjah R. Propylene Polymerization over MgCl 2
-Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalysts Containing Tri-Ether as the Internal Donor. ADVANCES IN POLYMER TECHNOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/adv.21651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Roya Zahedi
- Department of Chemistry; Amirkabir University of Technology; P.O. Box 15875-4413 Tehran Iran
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- Department of Polymer Engineering; Amirkabir University of Technology; P.O. Box 15875-4413 Tehran Iran
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- Department of Polymer Engineering; Amirkabir University of Technology-Mahshahr Campus; P.O. Box: 63516-43659 Mahshahr Iran
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- Department of Chemistry; Shahid Beheshti University; P.O. Box: 19839-69411 Tehran Iran
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- Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute; P.O. Box: 14977-13115 Tehran Iran
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Zaccaria F, Vittoria A, Correa A, Ehm C, Budzelaar PHM, Busico V, Cipullo R. Internal Donors in Ziegler-Natta Systems: is Reduction by AlR3
a Requirement for Donor Clean-Up? ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201701422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Francesco Zaccaria
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche; Università di Napoli Federico II; Via Cintia 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche; Università di Napoli Federico II; Via Cintia 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche; Università di Napoli Federico II; Via Cintia 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche; Università di Napoli Federico II; Via Cintia 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche; Università di Napoli Federico II; Via Cintia 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche; Università di Napoli Federico II; Via Cintia 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche; Università di Napoli Federico II; Via Cintia 80126 Napoli Italy
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Credendino R, Minenkov Y, Liguori D, Piemontesi F, Melchior A, Morini G, Tolazzi M, Cavallo L. Accurate experimental and theoretical enthalpies of association of TiCl4 with typical Lewis bases used in heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta catalysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:26996-27006. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04047d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The enthalpy of association of Lewis bases with TiCl4 is analyzed using experimental and computational techniques.
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- R. Credendino
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
- Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE)
- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
- Thuwal
- Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
- Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE)
- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
- Thuwal
- Saudi Arabia
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- Basell Italia Srl
- G. Natta Research Center
- 44100 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Basell Italia Srl
- G. Natta Research Center
- 44100 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura dell’Università di Udine
- Laboratori di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche
- 33100 Udine
- Italy
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- Basell Italia Srl
- G. Natta Research Center
- 44100 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura dell’Università di Udine
- Laboratori di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche
- 33100 Udine
- Italy
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
- Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE)
- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
- Thuwal
- Saudi Arabia
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Kumawat J, Gupta VK, Vanka K. Effect of Donors on the Activation Mechanism in Ziegler-Natta Catalysis: A Computational Study. ChemCatChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jugal Kumawat
- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL); Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan Pune 411008, Maharashtra India
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- Reliance Corporate Park, Gate House, Bldg. No. TC 30, First Floor; Thane-Belapur Road, Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai 400701 India
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- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL); Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan Pune 411008, Maharashtra India
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