ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
zirconocene
;
ethylene polymerization
;
propylene polymerization
;
silica-supported catalyst
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Bis(1-indenyl)-di[1′S, 2′R, 5′S)-methoxy]silane (1) was converted into a mixture of corresponding ansa-diastereomeric zirconocenes. Further purification afforded a single dia-stereomer, di[(1′S, 2′R, 5′S)-methoxy] silylene-bis[η5-1(R, R)-(+)-indenyl] dichlorozirconium (2), which is optically active and hydrocarbon soluble. Extremely rapid ethylene, propylene, and ethylene-hexene polymerizations were observed both in toluene and n-heptane solutions; for instance, at 50°C, activity for ethylene polymerization reaches ∼ 1.5×1010 (g of PE/((mol of Zr) · [C2H4] · h). The “bare” zirconocenium ion generated from 2/TIBA/Ph3CB(C6F5)4 exhibits unusual polymerization behaviors; the polymerization activity increases monotonically with temperature of polymerization (Tp) up to a conventional polymerization condition (50-70°C), and the 13C NMR study shows that the isotactic poly-propylene obtained has fairly high [mmmm] methyl pentad distributions at high Tp (≤25°C with [mmmm] ∼ 0.93-0.75) and a perfect stereoregularity at low Tp (≤0°C with [mmmm] 〉 0.99). The catalyst precursors 2 and Et(Ind)2ZrCl2 (3) supported on silica by different approaches produced poly(olefins) of different molecular weights and stereoregularities, and a methylaluminokane and Ph3CB(C6F5)4 free silica-supported zirconocene system was found to be activated by triisobutylaluminum. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1995.080331301
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