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CH2)}2], to give C3(propene or η3-allylic ligands) by linking of the vinyl and methylene ligands, prompts the proposal of a new mechanism for the polymerisation step in the Fischer–Tropsch reaction in which the polymer chain carriers are surface alkenyls rather than alkyls.
J. M. Martinez, H. Adams, N. A. Bailey and P. M. Maitlis, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1989, 286 DOI: 10.1039/C39890000286
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