ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Following the earlier development of highly active supported propene polymerization catalysts prepared by activating supports derived from Mg dialkyl complexes with the rare and very expensive ethyl esters of 2,6-dimethyl- (1) or 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoic acid (2), research was undertaken to uncover low-cost and commercially available substitutes for 1 and 2. Several phosphonate, phosphate, and phosphite alkyl esters, as well as ethers and amines, were investigated. Dibutyl butylphosphonate (5b) adducts with Mg dialkyl were found to produce catalysts with comparable activity, improved, narrower particle size distribution, and only slightly lower stereospecificity and polymer powder bulk density relative to catalysts made using MgR2 adducts with 1 or 2 as starting materials (R = n-C4H9). Optimized catalysts based on MgR2 · 5b adducts, prepared by precipitating the support by reaction of a solution of the adduct with SiCl4 and subsequent activation by treatment of the support with TiCl4 and diisobutyl phthalate in chlorobenzene, realize yields of 16-17 kg polypropylene/g catalyst in 2-h hexane slurry polymerizations at 70°C, 10,2 atm, with 1,2-1,5 wt.-% boiling hexane extractables and 0,40-0,41 g/ml polymer powder bulk density. The cocatalyst-external modifier package used consists of Al(C2H5)3-dimethoxydiphenylsilane. The narrow particle size distribution of the polymer powder produced renders the new catalysts suitable for use in both slurry and solventless propene polymerization processes, while the low cost and ready availability of 5b make the catalyst preparation commercially feasible.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1989.021900901
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