Gold-promoted styrene polymerization.
Styrene can be polymerized at room temperature in the presence of equimolar mixtures of the gold(III) complexes (NHC)AuBr3 (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene ligand) and NaBAr'4, in the first example of a gold-induced olefin polymerization reaction.
Urbano
Juan
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Laboratorio de Catálisis Homogénea, Departamento de Química y Ciencia de los Materiales, Unidad Asociada al CSIC, Universidad de Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007-Huelva, Spain.
Hormigo
A Jesús
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de Frémont
Pierre
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Nolan
Steven P
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Díaz-Requejo
M Mar
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Pérez
Pedro J
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