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10.1002/anie.201809857
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This work was financially supported by the National Basic
Research Program of China Grant No. 2015CB654700
(
2015CB654701) and the National Natural Science Foundation of
China (Nos. 21674017, 21871037 and U1508204).
Keywords:
isopropoxymethylsilylphenyl)-1-phenylethylene (DPE-Si(O-iPr)
Locked-Unlocked mechanism
Living
anionic
polymerization
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1-(Tri-
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