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It was shown that it is possible to prepare polyethylene in presence of lithium hydride, aluminum halide, and titanium tetrachloride.
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A suggestion is made concerning the possible mechanism of the reaction.
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It was shown that polypropylene can be obtained similarly.
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K. Ziegler, Chemical Science and Industry, No. 1, 1957.
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Topchiev, A.V., Tolchinskii, I.M. & Krentsel', B.A. Possibility of the polymerization of ethylene in presence of lithium hydride, aluminum halide, and titanium tetrachloride. Russ Chem Bull 7, 360–361 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00913998
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00913998