New penta-ether as the internal donor in the MgCl2-supported Ziegler-Natta catalysts for propylene polymerization

The penta-ether compound was synthesized by the reaction of di(trimethylolpropane) with sodium hydride as the strong base and methyl iodide as the alkyl halide. This compound was characterized by NMR, FTIR, and GC techniques. The MgCl₂-supported titanium catalysts were incorporated with varying amounts of penta-ether compound as the internal donor and also the catalysts without the internal donor were synthesized. The synthesized catalysts and the conventional Ziegler- Natta catalyst were characterized. The titanium contents were determined by spectrophotometry, magnesium by complexometric titration and chloride by argentometric titration. The effects of the new internal donor on propylene polymerization with the prepared MgCl₂-supported Ziegler-Natta catalysts were investigated and then these results were compared to the results obtained using the conventional diisobutyl phthalate-besed-Ziegler-Natta catalyst. The highest crystallinity degree, melting temperature, and isotacticity of polypropylene were obtained using the catalyst with a penta-ether/Mg molar ratio equal to 0.21.     

非邻苯二甲酸酯内给电子体聚丙烯催化剂的研究进展

本文综述了非邻苯二甲酸酯类内给电子体催化剂的研究进展,对目前已处于工业化应用的3种非邻苯二甲酸酯类化合物催化剂的性能特点进行了详细对比.针对日趋严格的清洁型聚丙烯要求,展望了非邻苯二甲酸酯类给电子体化合物以及相关催化剂的发展前景.     

丙烯聚合用Ziegler-Natta催化剂内、外给电子体研究的最新进展

综述了丙烯聚合用Ziegler—Natta催化剂内、外给电子体的最新进展：内给电子体主要包括1,3-二醚、二醇酯、琥珀酸酯和1-醚-3-酮化合物．外给电子体主要包括复合外给电子体以及含氮硅烷化合物。消费者对聚丙烯材料的清洁性要求越来越高,因此聚丙烯催化剂内、外给电子供体的发展不仅要求能够制备出更高性能的聚丙烯,同时还要...     

Copolymerization of ethylene and propylene catalyzed by magnesium chloride supported vanadium/titanium bimetallic Ziegler-Natta catalysts

Magnesium chloride supported vanadium/titanium bimetallic Ziegler-Natta catalysts with di-i-butyl phthalate as internal donor for copolymerization of ethylene and propylene were prepared.The effects of reaction temperature, ethylene/propylene molar ratio,aluminium/vanadium（Al/V）molar ratio and titanium/vanadium molar ratio on the catalytic activity were investigated.The molecular weight,molecular weight distribution,sequence composition and crystallinity of the products were measured by gel permeation chromatography,¹³C-NMR and differential scanning calorimetry analysis, respectively.In comparison to the vanadium and titanium catalysts,the bimetallic catalyst showed higher catalytic activity and better copolymerization performance.The obtained ethylene/propylene copolymers have high molecular weight （10⁵）,broad molecular weight distribution,high propylene content with random or short blocked sequence structures （r_Er_P=1.919）,low melting temperatures and low crystallinities（X_c<20%）.     

Chemical structure-stereospecificity relationship of internal donor in heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst for propylene polymerization by DFT and MM calculations

The effect of chemical structure of 2,2′-disubstituted 1,3-dimethoxypropane (so-called 1,3-diether) on the performance of Ziegler-Natta (ZN) catalyst was investigated by using density functional theory and molecular mechanics. Calculation of the energy barrier during insertion of propylene reveals that the isospecific active site created on the (1 0 0) surface of MgCl₂ is more active than the aspecific active site created on the (1 1 0) surface of MgCl₂ for propylene polymerization. When the adsorption energies of various 1,3-diethers are calculated and analyzed in terms of isotacticity, it is found that the isotacticity of polypropylene increases as 1,3-diether is adsorbed more preferentially on the (1 1 0) surface. Since analysis of energetics for insertion of propylene into the active site created on the (1 1 0) surface with 1,3-diether coordinated to Mg atom in the vicinity of the active site reveals that the coordination of 1,3-diether does not transform the aspecific active site on the (1 1 0) surface into isospecific one, it is concluded that the primary function of 1,3-diether is to prevent the formation of aspecific site on the (1 1 0) surface, without significant decrease in the number of the isospecific active site created on the (1 0 0) surface. A systematic analysis of various model compounds for 1,3-diether suggests that the substitution of highly branched hydrocarbon at the C₂ position of 1,3-diether results in better performance of ZN catalyst.     

Binary metallocene supported catalyst for propylene polymerization

The binary silica supported catalyst system comprising the Cp₂ZrCl₂ and SiMe₂(Ind)₂ZrCl₂ metallocene compounds was prepared with different immobilization methods and evaluated at different propylene polymerization conditions. The performance results of the homogeneous isolated catalysts and also the homogeneous catalyst mixture were also included for comparison. High activities were obtained with the supported systems and the molecular weight of the produced polypropylene was invariably higher than that obtained using the homogeneous precursor.     

石墨烯/二氯化镁负载钛系齐格勒-纳塔催化剂制备及其乙烯聚合性能

石墨烯自2004年发现以来,由于其独一无二的优异性迅速成为科学家们的研究热点.由于石墨烯具有极其优异的电学、力学和热学等性能,因此被广泛应用于高性能聚合物基复合材料的制备.众所周知,纳米填料在聚合物中的分散状态以及与基体间的界面作用是构筑高性能聚合物纳米复合材料的关键因素.由于石墨烯极易团聚,难以通过传统的熔融共混法制备均匀分散的石墨烯增强-聚烯烃纳米复合材料.另一方面,聚烯烃通常需要在较高温度下才能溶于部分有毒溶剂(如:三氯苯和二甲苯等),因此溶液共混法也不适用于聚烯烃-石墨烯纳米复合材料的制备.有鉴于此,本文开发了一种共沉积法制备石墨烯/二氯化镁负载钛系齐格勒-纳塔催化剂的路线.通过原位聚合直接制备出石墨烯均匀分散的聚烯烃/石墨烯纳米复合材料.考察了石墨烯的加入量对催化剂形态及其催化乙烯聚合行为的影响.当石墨烯加入量较低时,多个石墨烯片被包裹于较大的催化剂粒子中.随着石墨烯加入量的增加,催化剂趋向于在石墨烯表面聚集.继续增加石墨烯量将导致石墨烯包裹催化剂粒子,降低过渡金属钛的负载效率.通过三乙基铝活化后,所制备的催化剂具有非常高的乙烯催化活性,所生成的聚乙烯/石墨烯纳米复合材料复制了催化剂的片状结构.同时,通过对所制备的聚乙烯/石墨烯纳米复合材料进行电子显微镜和X射线衍射分析可知,石墨烯均匀分散于聚乙烯基体中,并且没有任何团聚现象发生.该复合材料的热重分析表明,仅加入非常少量的石墨烯就可以使其具有比纯聚乙烯更高的热稳定性,当石墨烯加入量为0.66 wt%时,其5 wt%热分解温度较纯聚乙烯升高了54°C.同时,所制备聚乙烯/石墨烯纳米复合材料具有更优异的机械性能.因此,本研究提供了一个简单高效的高性能聚烯烃/石墨烯纳米复合材料的制备方法.     

Single-center vs. multi-center post-metallocene catalysts for propylene polymerization

The structural characteristics of polypropylene samples prepared with two post-metallocene catalysts based on complexes bis-{M-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylidene)-4-[bis-(5-methyl-2-furyl)methyl]aniline}titanium dichloride and [(4R,5R)-2,2-dimethyl-α,α,α′,α′-tetra(pentafluorophenyl)-1,3-dioxalan-4,4-dimethanol)titanium dichloride are investigated by GPC, ¹³C NMR, IR, DSC, and XRD methods. A combination of the first complex and MAO forms a single-center catalyst which polymerizes propylene to a nearly perfectly atactic polymer. A combination of the second complex and MAO forms a multi-center catalyst system producing polymer mixtures with broad molecular weight distributions containing five to six Flory components with different average molecular weights. Relative contents of the Flory components strongly depend on the type of solvent in the polymerization reactions. Some of the active centers produce high molecular weight, highly isotactic crystalline material with the melting point over 154 °C. The nature of steric errors in these polymer fractions (determined by ¹³C NMR) can be explained by a variant of stereocontrol similar to that exerted by metallocene catalysts of the C₁ symmetry.     

DNBP给电子体构象分析及在Ziegler-Natta丙烯聚合中作用机理研究

首次采用TINKER构象搜索和DFT结构优化相结合方法,基于对Ziegler-Natta丙烯聚合催化体系邻苯二甲酸正丁酯(DNBP)给电子体快速搜索出的1 023种构象,筛选出其优势构象,减少了给电子体初始稳定结构搭建模型的盲目性和随机性.采用DFT方法,对DNBP两种构象与MgCl2载体相互作用及丙烯插入立体选择性机理进行了研究.结果表明,DNBP构象影响其在MgCl2表面的吸附,s-顺、反式构象可以单齿、桥连和螯合方式吸附在MgCl2(110)表面;s-顺、顺式仅存在桥连吸附.双氯原子缺陷载体模型上TiCl4吸附的稳定性高于DNBP,成为可能的活性中心;给电子体对活性位的作用与其吸附方式有关,DNBP以桥连方式吸附在Ti的邻位,可将无规活性中心有效转化为等规活性中心,而螯合方式不能改善催化剂的立体结构和区域选择性.     

Ethylene/1-Hexene Copolymerization with Modified Ziegler-Natta Catalyst

Siloxane compounds were treated with the compounds containing internal donors, such as aromatic ester, phosphate, or 1,3-diether compounds, and the resulting intermediates were further reacted with TiCl₄ to form the modified Ziegler-Natta catalysts for ethylene/1-hexene(E-H) copolymerization. Using the modified Ziegler-Natta catalysts, the effect of the internal donors and the molar ratio of alcohol to magnesium on the catalyst performance was investigated by the orthogonal experiments. The synthetic method of the catalysts was also optimized by choosing the proper way to mix the internal donors. The branch degree, sequence structure, molecular weight, and molecular weight distribution of the copolymer products were determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR), carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance(¹³C NMR) spectrometry and gel permeation chromatography(GPC). Under the optimum conditions, the catalytic system with tetraethyl orthosilicate and 2,2-dimethoxypropane as the internal donors exhibited the best performance with an activity of 926.74 g copolymer/(g Cat·h^-1). The branch degree, 1-hexene content, and molecular weight distribution of the resulting copolymers reached up to 40 branches/1000C, 5.99% and 5.8, respectively.     

丙烯等规聚合Ziegler-Natta催化剂体系中给电子体化合物的研究进展

通过对丙烯等规聚合Ziegler-Natta催化剂体系中给电子体化合物的研究进展进行评述,论述了给电子体尤其是内给电子体在聚丙烯催化剂中的作用机理,着重讨论了各种新型内给电子体、外给电子体化合物的设计原理及其对催化剂性能及丙烯聚合反应的调控作用,分析了新型内给电子体化合物1,3-二醚和琥珀酸酯等的特点、给电子体化合物的功能和作用机理,并提出综合考虑内给电子体的空间效应和电子效应以及内、外给电子体的匹配是给电子体研究的发展方向。     

用于丙烯聚合的MgCl2负载Ziegler-Natta催化剂研究进展

综述了用于丙烯聚合的MgCl2负载Ziegler-Natta催化剂研究进展,包括内给电子体的发展及其作用研究,催化剂活性中心的模型,用MgCl2负载的Z-N催化剂制备抗冲聚丙烯合金.     

One-phase supported titanium-based catalysts for polymerization of ethylene. II. Effect of hydrogen

The relation between composition of the one-phase titanium-based silica supported catalysts for gas-phase ethylene polymerization, and the ability of these catalysts to control the molecular weight of polymer using hydrogen has been studied. Halogen containing alkylaluminium compounds and alkoxy groups on titanium promote the chain transfer process. A significant polymerization rate lowering effect is caused by hydrogen. However, catalyst activity fully revives after hydrogen removal from the polymerization system. The proportion of active titanium was found to be 18±4% in the presence of hydrogen, and the value of propagation rate constant (k_p) was calculated to be 190±45 L/mol.s. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Density functional study on the role of electron donors in propylene polymerization using Ziegler-Natta catalyst

The role of electron donors in propylene polymerization using Ziegler-Natta model catalyst [TiCl₂CH₃]⁺ has been investigated using density functional calculations at B3LYP/6-31G* level. Methyl benzoate (MBz) and para-methoxy methyl benzoate (p-OMe-MBz) are the electron donors considered in this study. We have found two major roles of these electron donors that match well with the corresponding experimental results. First, for both the catalysts having different electron donors, the propylene insertion in Ti-CH₃ bond in syn-fashion rather than anti-fashion has lower activation barriers (E_act). This indicates that the regioselectivity of propylene insertion is maintained in the presence of the electron donors. Secondly, co-ordination of electron donors is found to increase the activation barriers of propylene insertion, which explains the experimentally observed drop in catalytic activity of [TiCl₂Me]⁺ on adding electron donors.     

Characterization of the changes in the initial morphology for MgCl2-supported Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalysts

Recently considerable detail has become available on the initial morphology and the morphological changes that occur for silica based Cr catalysts for ethylene polymerization. These catalysts are produced as a dry powder and may be employed either in gas phase or in slurry processes. MgCl₂-supported Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalysts are often prepared and employed as slurries. They usually are never dried and thus few studies have employed the spectra of physical techniques common to the characterization of pore structure. In the current study, we have carefully removed the solvent for both ball-milled and precipitated MgCl₂-supported catalysts. These catalysts are characterized by physical sorption, mercury porosimetry, and electron microscopy both as prepared and during the initial stages of polymerization (to ～ 100 g of polymer/g of catalyst). We find that the initial catalyst may be represented by a complex agglomerate of small crystallites as contrasted with the branched pore network found in Cr/silica catalysts. As a result, it is concluded that the initial fragmentation of the MgCl₂ based systems is more uniform as contrasted with the progressive fragmentation of the silica-based system. This fragmentation mechanism facilitates the retention of greater polymer/catalyst surface during the initial stages of the polymerization. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

External Electron Donor Technology in the Preparation of Polypropylene

从外给电子体在聚丙烯制备中的作用出发,从外给电子体种类、外给电子体对活性中心的影响和外给电子体的作用机理等方面,综述了丙烯聚合催化体系中外给电子体技术的研究进展,重点介绍了外给电子体的位阻效应和电子效应对丙烯聚合催化体系的影响,指出了性能优异的外给电子体应具备的结构特征,即带有大位阻烃类取代基和小位阻烷氧基取代基的硅烷类化合物,介绍了复合外给电子体技术和丙烯共聚中外给电子体的作用,并对聚丙烯制备中外给电子体技术的发展趋势进行了展望。     

SUPPORTED CATALYST WITHOUT EXTERNAL ELECTRON DONOR FOR PROPYLENE POLYMERIZATION Ⅱ. TACTICITY DISTRIBUTION AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF POLYPROPYLENE*

Propylene was polymerized with a novel supported Ziegler-Natta catalystcontaining 2,2-di-iso-butyl-1,3-dimethoxy-propane (DIBDMP) as internal donor and in theabsence of external donor. The tacticity distribution of polypropylene was obtained by usingtemperature rising elution fractionation (TREF) technique and microstructure of fractionswas studied with ~(13)C-NMR. Compared with the catalyst without electron donor, this cat-alyst gives a considerably narrower tacticity distribution. Fractionation data demonstratethat DIBDMP shows better performance than aromatic diester DNBP (di-n-butyl phtha-late). Chemically inverted propylene units and less stereoblockiness are found in the firstfraction. Possible reasons for these were presented.     

Synthesis of unbridged metallocene catalyst for propylene polymerization

An unbridged metallocene catalyst bis(2,4,6-trimethylindenyl)zirconium dichloride (Cat-I) was synthesized. Propylene polymerization was carried out with this catalyst and the results were compared with bis(2,4,7-trimethylindenyl)zirconium dichloride (Cat-II) to investigate the steric effects of substituents on the catalytic activity and microstructure of the resulting polymer. The differences of the methyl group position in Cat-I and Cat-II have apparent effect on the polymerization behavior. Comparable activity of the catalyst was observed at 0 and 25 °C polymerization temperature and the microstructure of the polymer was almost the same.     

Probing the roles of diethylaluminum chloride in propylene polymerization with MgCl2-supported ziegler-natta catalysts

In this article, the effect of diethylaluminum chloride (DEAC) in propylene polymerization with MgCl₂-supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst was studied. Addition of DEAC in the catalyst system caused evident change in catalytic activity and polymer chain structure. The activity decrease in raising DEAC/Ti molar ratio from 0 to 2 is a result of depressed production of isotactic polypropylene chains. The number of active centers in fractions of each polymer sample was determined by quenching the polymerization with 2-thiophenecarbonyl chloride and fractionating the polymer into isotactic, mediumisotactic and atactic fractions. The number of active centers in isotactic fraction ([C_i*]/[Ti]) was lowered by increasing DEAC/Ti molar ratio to 2, but further increasing the DEAC/Ti molar ratio to 20 caused marked increase of [C_i*]/[Ti]. The number of active centers that produce atactic and medium-isotactic PP chains was less influenced by DEAC in the range of DEAC/Ti = 0–10, but increased when the DEAC/Ti molar ratio was further raised to 20. The propagation rate constant of C_i* (k _pi) was evidently increased when DEAC/Ti molar ratio was raised from 0 to 5, but further increase in DEAC/Ti ratio caused gradual decrease in k _pi. The complicated effect of DEAC on the polymerization kinetics, catalysis behaviors and polymer structure can be reasonably explained by adsorption of DEAC on the central metal of the active centers or on Mg atoms adjacent to the central metal.     

硅烷类外给电子体对丙烯-丁烯序贯聚合的调控作用

外给电子体(ED)作为负载型Ziegler-Natta催化剂的一个重要组分, 在影响α-烯烃的催化活性及聚合物的立构规整性方面发挥着重要作用. 本文研究了4种不同结构及电子密度的硅烷类外给电子体[二甲基二甲氧基硅烷(D1)、 二丁基二甲氧基硅烷(D2)、 二苯基二甲氧基硅烷(D3)及二环戊基二甲氧基硅烷(D4)]对丙烯均聚及丙烯(一段)-丁烯(二段)序贯聚合的影响. 结果表明, ED对烯烃聚合的催化活性、 活性中心数及活性中心定向能力都具有显著的影响. 密度泛函理论(DFT)模拟计算表明, 随着ED的空间位阻和电子密度增加, ED在MgCl₂表面的吸附能降低, 吸附稳定性降低; ED的空间位阻和电子密度增加有利于提高丙烯聚合活性中心的定向能力, 当n(D4)/n(Ti)=20时, 合成的聚丙烯(PP)中的等规聚丙烯(iPP)组分含量达到92.8%. 当n(ED)/n(Ti)=15时, 丙烯聚合的聚合速率常数达到最大值; 具有更大空间位阻和电子密度的ED使得丙烯-丁烯序贯聚合的活性中心具有更强的定向能力, ED对丁烯(二段)聚合活性及聚丙烯/聚丁烯合金（PBA）中等规聚丁烯(iPB)组分的熔点影响更显著.