Cover Picture: Highly Selective and Immortal Magnesium Calixarene Complexes for the Ring‐Opening Polymerization of rac‐Lactide (ChemCatChem 7/2014). Issue 7 (July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Walton, Mark J.; Lancaster, Simon J.; Redshaw, Carl
• Is Part Of: ChemCatChem. Volume 6:Issue 7(2014:Jul.)
• Page Start: 1803
• Page End: 1803
• Publication Date: 2014-07
• Subjects: Catalysis -- Periodicals; 541.39505
• DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201490040
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1867-3880

Abstract

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