Effect of multi-ethers and conventional alkoxysilanes as external donors on the 4th generation Ziegler-Natta catalysts for propylene polymerization

The multi-ether compounds with different numbers of methoxy groups containing 1,3-dimethoxy-2,2-bis(methoxymethyl)propane and 1-methoxy-2,2-bis(methoxymethyl)butane were synthesized using the Williamson reaction from pentaerythritol and 1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)propane, respectively, in the presence of sodium hydride and methyl iodide in tetrahydrofuran and they were characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and FTIR spectroscopy. These compounds were employed as external donors in the polymerization of propylene using the industrial Ziegler-Natta catalyst. A commercial spherical MgCl₂-supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst containing diisobutyl phthalate as the internal donor was used for the polymerization of propylene. The role of ether compounds and industrial alkoxysilanes on the properties of polypropylene were studied using the xylene solubility method, melt flow index, gel permeation chromatography, scanning electron microscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry. The addition of the electron donors has led to improvements in the activity and selectivity of the Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.     

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。     

STUDY ON HIGHLY ACTIVE ZIEGLERNATTA CATALYSTS FOR POLYMERIZATION OF OLEFINS

In this paper, highly active Ziegler-Natta catalysts of MgCl_2 supported TiCl_4 for synthesis ofpolyolefins, using di-n-butyl phthalate (DNBP) as internal donor and diphenyl dimethoxyl silane(DPDMS) as external donor, have been prepared. The conditions controlling the treatment ofsupport were studied. The interactions of various components present in the catalysts and theirinfluences on catalytic performance were investigated. It is found that by using DNBP and DPDMSas internal and external donors together the polymer products with higher isotactic index can beobtained. Plausible structure model and mechanism were proposed.     

负载型催化剂制备的聚丙烯等规度分布

负载型Ziesler－Natta催化剂中存在许多活性中心［'3，为了解其本质，需对其各自产生的聚合物进行分离，以往采用的溶剂抽提法［'－'j只能将聚合物大致分级．最近，升温淋洗分级法（TREF）已被运用于聚丙烯的分级卜，'，其原理是根据聚合物的结晶度分级D'，影响聚丙烯结晶性的主要因素是等规度，而分子量到达一定程度后其影响较小，故通过TREF分级可得到聚丙烯的等规度分布．TREF法的淋洗温度可控，故分级效果较好．该法在分级前需对样品进行等温结晶处理，以消除抽提法由于样品未必充分结晶而带来的误差．本文用TREF法对不同催化…     

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.     

Highly active MgCl2‐supported catalysts containing novel diether donors for propene polymerization

A new generation of MgCl₂‐supported catalysts for the polymerization of propene without any external donors was prepared. Two diethers, 9,9‐bis(methoxymethyl)fluorene (for Cat‐A) and 2,2‐dipropyl‐1,3‐dimethoxypropane (for Cat‐B) differing in the bulkiness of alkyl substituents in position 2, have been used as internal donors in MgCl₂/TiCl₄/diether‐AlR₃ catalysts. The weight‐average molecular weights produced with both catalysts were over 3.5×10⁵ at low temperature in slurry polymerization (< 40°C). Cat‐A showed higher activity and produced higher isotactic polypropene than Cat‐B. The activity of both catalysts proved to be dependent on the temperature.     

Effects of Various Amounts of New Hepta-Ether as the Internal Donor on the Polymerization of Propylene with and without the External Donor

The new hepta-ether compound as the internal donor was synthesized using the Williamson reaction of dipentaerythritol with sodium hydride as the strong base and iodomethane as the alkyl halide. The hepta-ether compound was characterized by NMR, FTIR, and GC techniques. The MgCl₂-supported catalysts incorporated with different amounts of hepta-ether compound as the internal donor and without the internal donor were synthesized and characterized. The propylene polymerization was carried out using these catalysts in the presence of triethylaluminum as a co-catalyst and hydrogen as a chain transfer agent, with and without the external donor. The effect of a new internal donor on propylene polymerization using prepared MgCl₂-supported Ziegler-Natta catalysts was investigated.     

MgCl_2负载TiCl_4催化剂中内给电子体对活性组分钛的影响

应用XPSI、R等表征手段研究了以MgCl2为载体,苯甲酸酯、邻苯二甲酸酯以及1,3-二醚为内给电子体的Ziegler_Natta(Z-N)催化剂中内给电子体对活性组分Ti的作用.实验结果表明,不同内给电子体Z-N催化剂中Ti的氧化状态是不同的,给电子体不与Ti直接发生作用,而是通过MgCl2为媒介向Ti发生电荷转移,造成Ti周围电子云密度增大,Ti的氧化状态降低,表现为Ti的结合能下降.     

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.     

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.     

New evidence of the presence of internal electron donors in active sites of heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts

Poly(propylene) samples produced by heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts containing different internal electron donors were fractionated by using temperature rising elution fractionation; some key fractions were analyzed with ¹³C NMR. It was found that internal electron donors with different structures can convert aspecific active sites into different isospectrific ones. The employment of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate as internal electron donor leads to chemically inverted structures in the atactic fraction. This suggests that an internal electron donor may also exist in the environment of aspecific active sites.     

给电子体在丙烯聚合MgCl2载体催化剂体系中的作用

制备了3种含有不同内给电子体(邻苯二甲酸二异丁酯,9,9-二甲氧基甲基-芴和1,1-双甲氧基甲基-环丁烷)的MgCl2负载型丙烯聚合齐格勒-纳塔(Z-N)催化剂,研究了给电子体结构与聚合性能之间的关系,用红外光谱剖析了催化剂及其相关化合物的结构,结果发现催化剂中的内给电子体直接与MgCl2配位,而没有与TiCl4结合.内给电子体的加入,降低了Z-N催化剂中钛的含量,提高催化丙烯聚合的活性,使聚合物的分子量分布变窄.聚合物立构规整度的变化强烈依赖于内给电子体的结构.     

External Donor Induced Direct Contact Effects on Mg(OC2H5)2-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalysts for Propylene Polymerization

Effects of external donor induced direct contact without alkylaluminum were studied for Ziegler-Natta catalysts containing monoester and diester as internal donors on the catalytic performances such as activity and stereoselectivity. Traditional slurry polymerizations were carried out for rather short period after direct contact for a variety of time. GC analysis was also performed to observe replacement phenomena of donors during direct contact. It was postulated that the different performances of the catalysts were greatly affected by the pair of internal and external donors.     

Stereo- and enantioselective polymerization of hexa-1,5-diene on heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts obtained with the use of optically active internal donors

Pure racemates and individual enantiomers of diethyl 2,3-diisopropylsuccinate ((+,−)-DIPS and (−)-DIPS) and 2,3-diisopropyl-1,4-dimethoxybutane ((+,−)-DPDMB and (+)-DPDMB) were prepared. The synthesized compounds and diethyl phthalate were used as internal donors for the preparation of heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts. Polymerization of hexa-1,5-diene was carried out on these catalysts. The obtained samples of poly(methylene-1,3-cyclopentane) were studied by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and polarimetry. The induction of optical activity to polymer is observed with (−)-DIPS as the internal donor. The induction value makes up 15–20% from the value recorded in the case of optically active metallocene catalysts. The emergence of induction may be associated with the presence of close contact between the titanium atom and the donor molecule within the active site of catalyst, as well as with the fact that the donor molecule either deactivates a part of the stereospecific titanium centers or influences the structure of the titanium centers during their formation and development.     

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.     

内给电子体对Ziegler-Natta催化剂性能的影响

研究了5种新型内给电子体对Ziegler-Natta催化剂结构和催化性能的影响.结果表明,使用两种不同制备工艺制备的氯化镁载体均为δ晶型,而不同的内给电子体的加入使得催化剂的氯化镁载体具有不同的微晶结构和形态.在催化剂制备阶段中,内给电子体的加入方式对催化剂的性能有很大的影响.在5种内给电子体中,以cis-1,2-环己二甲酸二异丁酯为内给电子体时,催化剂的聚合活性和PP等规度最高,性能与工业催化剂相当;当选用cis-1,2-环己二甲酸二异丁酯为内给电子体,CMMS为外给电子体,硅钛物质的量之比为10及铝钛物质的量之比为100时,催化剂的聚合活性和PP等规度达到最高.     

Exploring Si/Mg composite supported Ziegler-Natta Ti-based catalysts for propylene polymerization

A series of(Si_O2/MgO/ID/MgCl_2)·TiClx Ziegler-Natta catalysts for propylene polymerization has been prepared with a new method. These catalysts were synthesized using soluble Mg-compounds as the Mg-source and the preparation progress was relatively simple. The catalyst could copy the spherical shape of the carrier very well. The propylene polymerization results showed that the catalyst revealed the best activity with 9,9-di(methoxymethyl)fluorene(BMMF) as internal donor at 50 °C with the optimal molar ratio Al/Ti = 5, which was much lower than what the industrial polypropylene catalyst used(at least molar ratio Al/Ti = 100), resulting in great cost saving. Additionally, the polymerization kinetics of the catalyst exhibited very stable property after achieving a relatively high value. These catalysts possessed rather high activity and good hydrogen response. The isotactic index(Ⅱ.) value of the PP products could be higher than 98% in the presence of both internal and external electron donors. Moreover, temperature rising elution fractionation method was used to understand the influence of donors and H2 on the properties of the PP products.     

Recent advances in propylene polymerization with MgCl2 supported catalysts

The role of Lewis bases in MgCl₂ supported catalysts for olefin polymerization is a subject of continuous interest and discussion in order to obtain more and more active and stereospecific catalysts and to explain their stereoregulating mechanism. Through molecular calculation and conformational analysis it was possible to identify chelating diethers that have the correct oxygen-oxygen distance necessary to tightly coordinate with the Mg ions of the support, even in the presence of other strong Lewis acids, and unable to give secondary reactions with TiCl₄, AlR₃, Ti-C and Ti-H bonds. The use of these donors has allowed the synthesis of catalytic systems that are both highly active and stereospecific even in the absence of external donors. Kinetic data of propylene polymerization with these catalyst systems are reported. The importance of the distance between the donor atoms in bifunctional Lewis bases has been proved also in the case of new classes of internal donors. Molecular modelling studies have enabled us to formulate models of active sites, located on some corners of MgCl₂ crystallites, whose chirality is induced by the presence of a donor molecule in their environment. These models could explain, at least in part, the exceptional increase of isotactic polymer productivity observed for stereospecific catalyst systems, containing only the internal donor, with respect to catalysts lacking the Lewis base and could account for the influence of the donor on the molecular properties of the obtained polymers.     

二醚类Ziegler-Natta催化剂及其催化丙烯聚合的研究进展

Ziegler-Natta催化剂是聚丙烯工业中使用的主要催化剂.Ziegler-Natta催化剂的不断革新和发展推动着聚丙烯技术的进步.本文综述了以二醚为内给电子体制备的Ziegler-Natta催化剂的催化性能、结构性能关系以及催化机理.     

Kinetic and Morphological Investigation on the Magnesium Ethoxide-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalyst for Propylene Polymerization Using Typical External Donors

Kinetic and morphological aspects of slurry propylene polymerization using a MgCl₂-supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst synthesized from a Mg(OEt)₂ precursor in the presence and absence of two different external donors are investigated. The kinetic profiles show similar trend in presence and absence of donors. The Mg(OEt)₂-based catalyst show a mild activation and a long-standing activity with good replication of the catalyst particles. The results show that synthesized Mg(OEt)₂-based Ziegler-Natta catalyst presents a highly stable polymerization activity and good replication due to the uniform Ti distribution all over the catalyst particles.