State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
Abstract:
Two multi-nuclear titanium complexes Ti(η5―Cp*)Cl(μ―O)]3(1) and (η5―Cp*TiCl)(μ―O)2(η5―Cp*Ti)2(μ―O)(μ―O)2]2Ti (Cp* = C5Me5) (2) have been investigated as the precatalysts for syndiospecific polymerization of styrene. In the presence of modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO) as a cocatalyst, complexes 1 and 2 display much higher catalytic activities towards styrene polymerization, and produce the higher molecular weight polystyrenes with higher syndiotacticities and melting temperatures (Tm) than the mother complex Cp*TiCl3 does when the polymerization temperature is above 70°C and the Al/Ti molar ratio is in the low range especially.