Abstract:
The invention provides a catalyst component for ethylene polymerization, comprising an inorganic oxide support, and at least one alkyl metal compound, at least one halide, at least one dihydrocarbyl magnesium compound, at least one difuntional compound that reacts with the dihydrocarbyl magnesium compound and at least one titanium compound. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the catalyst component and use thereof. The catalyst comprising the catalyst component exhibits good hydrogen response and activity balance, and that the amount of static charges carried by the catalyst solid component powders is remarkably reduced will facilitate the industrial-scale operation of polymerization.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for preparing a polymer, comprising a step which consists in contacting: (A) at least a living organic polymer having at its chain end a dithiocarbonylated or dithiophosphorylated function capable of being reactivated; (B) at least a source of free radicals; and (C) at least an organic compound bearing a labile hydrogen atom, whereby the dithiocarbonylated or dithiophosphorylated function present on said living organic polymer is substituted by a hydrogen atom.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a process to produce propylene polymers comprising contacting a metallocene catalyst compound and an activator in a reaction medium comprising propylene, from 0 to 30 volume % of one or more solvents and from 0 to 30 mole % of one or more comonomers, under temperature and pressure conditions below the melting point of the propylene polymer and where: a) the temperature is at or above the critical temperature for the reaction medium, and the pressure is at least 500 kPa above the critical pressure of the reaction medium; or b) the temperature is 1null C. or more above the critical temperature for the reaction medium, and the pressure is at or above the critical pressure of the reaction medium; or c) the temperature is 1null C. or more above the critical temperature for the reaction medium, and the pressure is at least 500 kPa above the critical pressure of the reaction medium.
Abstract:
Certain specific embodiments of the inventions will now be discussed. For example, a process of preparing a copolymer composition that includes a diene-modified polypropylene copolymer is described, which process includes: contacting a metallocene catalyst compound with a polymerization medium that includes at least a propylene monomer and an null, internal non-conjugated diene monomer; and conducting polymerization of the monomers in the presence of the metallocene catalyst compound for a time sufficient to provide a diene-modified polypropylene random copolymer that includes monomeric units derived from each of the monomers, and having from 0.0 wt % to 2.0 wt % ethylene and a heat of fusion of 25 J/g or more.
Abstract:
A catalyst system comprises 1) a group 4 organometallic catalyst and 2) an activator comprising a solid zirconium acid component and a metal alkyl. The catalyst system is inexpensive and is highly active for the polymerization of olefins. Preferred organometallic catalysts contain a cyclopentadienyl ligand, a phosphinimine ligand and or a ketimide ligand.
Abstract:
There are provided a process for producing a catalyst for null-olefin polymerization, which comprises the step of contacting (1) a solid catalyst component having Ti, Mg and a halogen as essential components, (2) an organoaluminum compound and (3) a compound having a nullCnullOnullCnullOnullCnull bond group in a closed ring structure with one another; and a process for producing an null-olefin polymer, which comprises the step of homopolymerizing or copolymerizing an null-olefin in the presence of a catalyst for null-olefin polymerization produced by the above process.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of synthesizing fluorided metallocene catalyst components comprising contacting at least one fluoriding agent comprising fluorine with one or more alkylated metallocene catalyst components comprising one or more non-halogen leaving groups to produce a fluorided catalyst component; wherein from less than 3 equivalents of fluorine are contacted for every equivalent of leaving group. The method of the invention is exemplified by the following reaction which takes place in a non-coordinating diluent such as pentane: 1 wherein one or both of the nullCpnull rings may be substituted with an R group as described herein, and may be bridged. The reaction can be run at any desirable temperature, desirably between 10null C. and 35null C. The reaction product of the BF3 and dimethyl zirconocene is the fluorided zirconocene. The mole ratio of the BF3 fluoriding agent and the starting metallocene is less than 2:1 (fluoriding agent:metallocene) in one embodiment, and less than or equal to 1.6:1 in a particular embodiment, and less than or equal to 1.5:1 in a more particular embodiment, and less than or equal to 1.2:1 in yet a more particular embodiment.
Abstract:
Provided is a catalyst for the polymerisation of olefins of general formula: Rnull(C4RnullmC5C4Rnulln)XMeQ wherein X is an hetero-atom ligand with one or two lone pair electrons selected from the elements of Group VA or VIA which can be substituted or non-substituted: (C4RmnullC5C4Rnnull) is a symmetrically substituted, 3,6-substituted fluorenyl; Rnull is hydrogen or hydrocarbyl radical having from 1-20 carbon atoms, a halogen, an alkoxy, an alkoxy alkyl or an alkylamino or alkylsilylo radical, each Rnull may be the same or different and m and n independently are 1, 2 3 or 4, with the proviso that the bilateral symmetry is maintained; Rnull is a structural bridge between X and the (C4RnullmC5C4Rnulln) ring to impart stereorigidity; Q is a hydrocarbyl radical having 1-20 carbon atoms or is a halogen; Me is a Group IIB, IVB, VB, or VIB metal as positioned in the Periodic Table of Elements; and Me can be in any of its theoretically possible oxidation states. Also provided are olefin monomers (particularly propylene) polymerised using these catalysts to form syndiotactic/atactic block polymers of high molecular weight and comprising at least 70% of syndiotactic triads.
Abstract translation:提供了用于使通式为R“(C 4 R 5 m C 5 C 4 R'n)XMeQ的烯烃聚合的催化剂,其中X是具有选自VA或VIA的元素的一个或两个孤对电子的杂原子配体,其可以 被取代或未取代:(C 4 R 5 C 5 C 4 R 11')是对称取代的3,6-取代的芴基; R'是氢或具有1-20个碳原子的烃基,卤素,烷氧基,烷氧基烷基或烷基氨基或烷基硅烷基,每个R'可以相同或不同,m和n独立地是1,2,3 或4,条件是保持双边对称性; R“是X与(C4R'mC5C4R'n)环之间的结构桥,以赋予立体刚度; Q是具有1-20个碳原子的烃基或是卤素; Me是位于元素周期表中的IIB,IVB,VB或VIB族金属; 而我可能处于理论上可能的任何氧化状态。 还提供了使用这些催化剂聚合以形成高分子量的间同立构/无规嵌段聚合物并且包含至少70%的间同立构三单元组的烯烃单体(特别是丙烯)。
Abstract:
Supported catalyst composition for polymerization of olefins comprising: (i) a titanium compound, a magnesium compound and at least one electron donor compound; (ii) a chlorine containing polymer support; and (iii) a cocatalyst comprising at least one aluminum compound, wherein the magnesium loading on the final catalyst is between about 0.20 and 6% by weight.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a multinuclear metallocene catalyst for olefin polymerization and a process for olefin polymerization using the same, in which the multinuclear metallocene catalyst for olefin polymerization comprises, as a main catalyst, a transition metal compound that contains at least two metal atoms in the groups III to X of the periodic table as central metals and a ligand having a cyclopentadienyl structure bridging between the two metal atoms, and, as a cocatalyst, an aluminoxane compound, an organoaluminum compound or a bulky compound reactive to the transition metal compound to impart a catalytic activity to the transition metal compound.