Homogeneous catalytic kinetics polymerization catalysis

This complex and structurally related molecules served as a functional homogeneous model system for commercially used heterogeneous catalysts based on chromium (e.g. Cp2Cr on silica - Union Carbide catalyst). The kinetics of the polymerization have been studied to elucidate mechanistic features of the catalysis and in order to characterize the potential energy surface of the catalytic reaction. 

With growing data banks of rate constants of elementary steps, it appears that kinetics assisted design of new catalytic processes will accelerate the development of improved catalytic processes. With powerful computational methods of thermodynamic and kinetic parameters, microkinetic analysis has emerged as a mature method to describe existing processes in combustion, polymerization, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. In catalysis, the method is now poised to become one of the tools of catalyst development with the help of surface science, organometallic chemistry, materials science, com-... 

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