Invention Application
- Patent Title: SINGLE REACTOR CHAIN SHUTTLING REACTIONS FOR ETHYLENE/VINYLARENE MULTIBLOCK INTERPOLYMERS
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Application No.: PCT/US2021/063913Application Date: 2021-12-16
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Publication No.: WO2022133142A1Publication Date: 2022-06-23
- Inventor: AUYEUNG, Evelyn , BAILLIE, Rhett A. , KARJALA, Thomas Wesley, Jr. , ZHOU, Zhe , MUNRO, Jeffrey C. , LI PI SHAN, Colin , HUSTAD, Phillip D. , MARKS, Tobin J. , GAO, Yanshan
- Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC , NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: 2211 H.H. Dow Way; 633 Clark Street
- Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC,NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC,NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: 2211 H.H. Dow Way; 633 Clark Street
- Agency: HUANG, Cheney
- Priority: US63/127,343 2020-12-18
- Main IPC: C08F2/38
- IPC: C08F2/38 ; C08F210/02 ; C08F212/08 ; C08F4/52 ; C08F4/64 ; C08F297/08 ; C08F2/06
Abstract:
A process to form a composition comprising an ethylene/vinylarene multiblock interpolymer, said process comprising polymerizing, in a single reactor, a mixture comprising ethylene, a vinylarene, and optionally an alpha-olefin, in the presence of at least the following a)-c): a) a first metal complex selected from the following Formula (A), as described herein: b) a second metal complex selected from the following Formula (B), as described herein, and c) a chain shuttling agent selected from the following: a dialkyl zinc, a trialkyl aluminum, or a combination thereof. A composition comprising an ethylene/vinylarene multiblock interpolymer comprising at least one polymer structure selected from: -(AR)-(AP)-(AR)-(AP)- (Structure 1), or (AR)-(AP)-(AR)-(AP) (Structure 2); where each (AR) segment independently comprises, in polymerized form, ethylene, > 10 mol% of the vinylarene and optionally an alpha-olefin, and wherein each (AP) segment independently comprises, ethylene, optionally ≤ 10 mol% vinylarene and optionally the alpha-olefin.
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