Oligomerization and Polymerization of Ethylene Initiated by a Novel Ni（II）-Based Acetyliminopyridine Complexes as Single-Site Catalysts

Novel Ni(II)-based acetyliminopyridine complexes 1b, 2b, 3b (1-3b), which are synthesized from ligands 1a, 2a, 3a (1-3a) and [NiCl2(DME)], are suitable precursors for the catalysts that are neces- sary for ethylene oligomerization and polymerization reactions, activated by methylaluminoxane (MAO). The MAO-treated 1-3b presents an active catalytic center, which may oligomerize and polymerize ethylene to produce linear α-olefins and polyethylene, respectively. The molecular weight distributions of oligomers that are obtained are in good agreement with the Schulz-Flory rules for oligomers>C4. The activity of 3b-MAO complex is 6.3E7 g/(molNi·h) at 50 ℃. The activities and molecular weight distributions of oligomers show significant reliance on the structures of catalyst precursors.     

2-AMINOMETHYLPYRIDINE NICKEL(Ⅱ) COMPLEXES—SYNTHESIS,MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND CATALYSIS OF ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION

A series of new nickel(Ⅱ)complexes with 2-aminomethylpyridine ligands,(2-PyCH_2NHAr)_2NiBr_2(Ar=2,6- dimethylphenyl 2a;2,6-diisopropylphenyl 2b,2,6-difluorophenyl 2c),have been synthesized and used as catalyst precursors for ethylene polymerization in the presence of methylaluminoxane(MAO).The catalysts containing ortho-alkyl-substituents afford high molecular weight branched polyethylenes as well as a certain amount of oligomers.Enhancing the steric bulk of the alkyl substituent of the catalyst resulted...     

2-AMINOMETHYLPYRIDINE NICKEL(II) COMPLEXES — SYNTHESIS，MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND CATALYSIS OF ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION

 A series of new nickel(II) complexes with 2-aminomethylpyridine ligands, (2-PyCH₂NHAr)₂NiBr₂(Ar = 2,6-dimethylphenyl 2a; 2,6-diisopropylphenyl 2b, 2,6-difluorophenyl 2c), have been synthesized and used as catalyst precursors for ethylene polymerization in the presence of methylaluminoxane (MAO)．The catalysts containing ortho-alkyl-substituents afford high molecular weight branched polyethylenes as well as a certain amount of oligomers. Enhancing the steric bulk of the alkyl substituent of the catalyst resulted in higher ratio of solid polymer to oligomer and higher molecular weight of the polymer. Catalyst 2c containing ortho-fluoro-substituents exhibited the highest catalytic activity, but only oligomers in which C₁₂H₂₄ had the maximum content were obtained by the catalyst. The molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, and microstructure of the resulted polymer were characterized by gel permeation chromatography and ¹³C-NMR spectrogram.     

KINETIC ANALYSIS OF CO-CONDENSATION POLYMERIZATION OF AB2 AND AB MONOMERS

This work deals with the kinetics of co-condensation polymerization of AB2 and AB monomers, giving expressions of the two-dimensional molecular weight distribution function and the number/weight average molecular weights of the resulting copolymers. The two-dimensional molecular weight distribution depends on two indices, n and l, which are the respective numbers of AB2 and AB units in a copolymer species. The evolution of the two-dimensional weight and z distributions during the co-condensation polymerization has been evaluated systematically. Finally, the two-dimensional distribution was transformed into a one-dimensional molecular weight distribution with only one variable (the molecular weight of the products instead of the degree of polymerization). The calculated results show that the highly branched copolymer has a very broad molecular weight distribution when the co-condensation polymerization approaches completion.     

Production and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrateco-3-hydroxyhexanoate)-poly(ethylene glycol) hybird copolymer with adjustable molecular weight

A novel natural-synthetic hybrid block copolymer was synthesized by Aeromonas hydrophila 4AK4 in poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG,M_n=200) modified fermentation.This hybrid biomaterial consists of the natural hydrophobic polymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrat-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)(PHBHHx) end-capped with hydrophilic PEG,which has the increased flexibility as well as the improved thermal stability.Addition of diethylene glycol(DEG) and ethylene glycol could not result in the accumulation of hybrid block copolymer.DEG and ethylene glycol,together with PEG-200,could cause a reduction of molar mass of PHBHHx,resulting in a series of low molecular weight polymer and the reduction of the polymer yield as well as the cellular productivity.In vitro degradation of PHBHHx and PHBHHx-PEG with different molecular weight showed that the decrease of molecular weight accelerated the degradation of copolymers,but PEG modification has little effect on its degradation rate.The results in this study provided a convenient and direct method to produce a series of PHBHHx and PHBHHx-PEG materials with adjustable molecular weight and broad molecular weight distribution which will be very useful for the biomedical applications.     

CLOUD POINT CURVES OF POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)/POLY(PROPYLENE GLYCOL) MIXTURES AND THEIR THERMODYNAMIC EXPLANATION

In the study of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(propylene glycol) (PPG) mixtures not only a bimodal shape but also a reverse trend of the dependence on molecular weight of the cloud point curves were observed.This trend indicates that the miscibility of the studied mixtures decreases as the molecular weight of one component decreases. The excess volumes of the mixtures show that the interaction parameter between two components decreases at first and increases after passing a minimum as the concentration of one component increases. This supports the explanation of Koningsveld on the bimodal shape of cloud point curves. Based on a binary interaction model a formula was derived revealing that the interaction between PPG and the end group of PEG and the hydrogen bonding interaction between ether and hydroxy end group inner or inter PEG molecules are not favorable for mixing. The latter interaction is an "attractive" force in PEG molecules. The two interactions are responsible for the observed abnormal dependence.     

A NEW METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF POLYMER FROM THE INTRINSIC VISCOSITY AND CHROMATOGRAM

A new method is proposed for estimation of weight-average molecular weight from the intrinsicviscosity and GPC chromatogram of a polymer sample for which Mark-Houwink coefficients are notknown. The method bases on an approximate relationship between GPC data and the intrinsicviscosity of the sample. Reliability of this method was tested by comparing with the universalcalibration method which requires known Mark-Houwink coefficients for seven samples havingdifferent molecular weight distributions. Results obtained by the new method are in excellent agree-ment with those by the universal calibration method.     

Ethylene polymerization and ethylene/hexene copolymerizaion with vandium catalysts bearing thiophenolphosphine ligands

Vanadium(Ⅲ) complexes bearing thiophenol-phosphine ligands (2a-2b) (2-R-6-PPh2-C6H2S) VCl2(THF)2 (2a: R=H; 2b: R=Me3Si) were prepared from VCl3(THF)3 by treating with 1.0 equiv of the ligand in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of excess triethylamine. The two complexes were characterized by FTIR and mass spectra as well as elemental analyses. On activation with Et2AlCl, these complexes exhibited high catalytic activities (up to 22.1 kg PE/(mmolV·h·bar)) even at high temperature (70℃), and produced high molecular weight polymers with unimodal molecular weight distributions, indicating the polymerization took place in a single-site nature. This result may be attributed to benefits of introduction of second-row donor atoms for adjusting charge density of the vanadium centers. In addition, these complexes also exhibited high catalytic activities for ethylene/1-hexene copolymerization. Catalytic activity, comonomer incorporation and polymer molecular weight can be controlled in a wide range by the variation of catalyst structure and the reaction parameters such as Al/V molar ratio, comonomer feed concentration and polymerization reaction temperature.     

Synthesis of hydroxy-functionalized ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene using fluorenylamidotitanium complex

Copolymerizations of ethylene and 1-dodecene were conducted with a series of ansa-fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium complexes, [t-BuNSiMe_2Flu]TiMe_2(1a), [t-BuNSiMe_2(2,7-~tBu_2Flu)]TiMe_2(1 b), and [(1-adamantyl)NSiMe_2(2,7-~tBu_2Flu)]TiMe_2(1c) activated by modified methylaluminoxane. The activity increased by the introduction of the alkyl groups on the fluorenyl and amido ligands, and 1c produced the highest molecular weight copolymers. Complex 1c also promoted copolymerization of ethylene and ~iBu_3 Al protected 10-undecen-1-ol with high activity(~2000 kg·mol~(-1)·h~(-1)), affording hydroxy-functionalized ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. The hydroxy content of the copolymers obtained was controllable by changing comonomer feed ratio. The introduction of a small amount of hydroxy group can alter the surface properties of polyethylene.     

Synthesis of α-Hydroxy-ω-Aminotelechelic Polypeptide from α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides Catalyzed by Alkali-metal Borohydrides

It is reported that alkali-metal borohydrides(MBH4, M = Li, Na and K) are efficient catalysts for ring opening polymerization(ROP) of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides(NCAs). Polypeptides are prepared in quantitative yields with relatively narrow molecular weight distributions(MWDs = 1.1~1.5) which depend on the reaction temperature. End groups of the produced polypeptide are studied in detail by MALDI-ToF MS, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, 1H-1H COSY and 1H-13C HMQC analyses. The results indicate that α-hydroxy-ω-aminotelechelic polypeptides are formed which are suitable for postpolymerization functionalization.     

Nickel Complexes Bearing Bidentate Schiff Base as Ethylene Oligomerization Catalysts

Several nickel complexes [N,N]NiBr2, in which IN,N] indicates bidentate nitrogen-containing ligands (1: [N,N]=N-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxaldimine (Cl8H22N2); 2: N-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-6-methylpyridine-2-carboxaldimine (C19H24N2); 3: N-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxaldimine(Cl5Hl6N2); 4: N-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-6-methylpyridine-2-carboxaldlmlne (Cl6Hl8N2) were synthesized. Some of the nickel complexes exhibit high activity for ethylene oligomerization in the presence of an organoaluminum activator. The main factor affecting the activity and the structure of oligomers is the steric effect of substituents on [N,N] ligands. Methylaluminoxane (MAO) -activated catalysts showed higher activities and produced oligomers with higher molecular weight than Et2AlCl-activated ones. The oligomerization in toluene rather than hexane results in much higher activity, and the oligomers produced in toluene have relatively high molecular weight. With activation of MAO or Et2AlCl,the [N,N]NiBr2 system tended to produce highly branched oligomers with low α-olefin content, but the α-olefin content could be increased by changing the reaction conditions.     

IR STUDY ON MONOMOLECULAR PARTICLE AGGLOMERATES OF POLYSTYRENE OBTAINED BY FREEZE-DRYING OF ITS DILUTE SOLUTION

The monomolecular particle agglomerates of polystyrenes were obtained by freeze-drying of its very dilutesolutions of 1.3×10~(-5)-2.0×10~(-5) g/mL in benzene: cylcohexane (100:1) solvents, and they were annealed at roomtemperature for hundred days before use. According to ~(13)C-NMR measurement the polystyrenes should be practically atactic.The number average molecular weights of the samples are 2.80×10~3, 2.00×10~4, and 1.55×10~6, respectively. The freeze-dried aPS with a molecular weight higher than 10~4 show two new IR absorption bands at 1098 and 1261 cm~(-1), which areabsent in the normal aPS and freeze-dried styrene oligomer. It was also found that the low molecular weight samples canonly form powders, whereas the freeze-dried aPS with higher molecular weight form a mixture of powders and fibrils, ofwhich the longer fibrils show a much stronger 1261 cm~(-1) band than the shorter fibrils and the powder. It seems that the1261 cm~(-1) band corresponds to the stacking behavior of monomolecular particles.     

Electron Momentum Distributions for 4a1 Orbitals of CFxCl4-x in Low Momentum Region： a Possible Evidence of Molecular Geometry Distortion

Electron momentum distributions for 4a1 orbitals of serial freon molecules CFaC1, CF2Cl2, and CFCl3 （CFxC14-x, x=1-3） have been reanalyzed due to the severe discrepancies between theory and experiment in low momentum region. The tentative calculations using equilibrium geometries of molecular ions have exhibited a great improvement in agreement with the experimental data, which suggests that the molecular geometry distortion may be responsible for the observed high intensities at p〈0.5 a.u.. Further analyses show that the severe discrepancies at low momentum region mainly arise from the influence of molecular geometry distortion on C-Cl bonding electron density distributions.     

Studies on molecular weight distribution of carbon fiber polymer precursors synthesized using mixed solvents

The molecular weight distributions were estimated for carbon fiber polymer precursors such as poly（acrylonitrile-co -itaconic acid） synthesized by semi batch solution polymerization in mixed solvents media with the azonitrile compounds as initiator under the different ratios of solvent and non solvent from 0.75 to 2.5 in weight.The copolymer was characterized by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FTIR） and nuclear magnetic resonance（¹H-NMR） analyses.The molecular weight distributions were evaluated by M_v/M_n ratios estimated from viscosity and osmotic measurements,and M_w/M_n estimated from size exclusion chromatography.The molecular weight distributions of these polymers as determined from M_v/M_n and M_w/M_n are 2.9 to 3.2 and 2.0 to 2.5 respectively.The molecular distributions were close to a narrow distribution of 2.0 when the solvent/non-solvent ratio was varied between 1.4 and 2.0.Intrinsic viscosity[?]as a function of molecular weight of poly（acrylonitrile-co-itaconic acid） was evaluated by means of low angle laser light scattering with size exclusion chromatography（SEC-LALLS） and viscometry with SEC（SEC-VISCO）.The relationship between[?]and M_w for poly（acrylonitrile-co-itaconic acid） in DMF at 50℃was[?]= 1.1×10^-5M_w^0.79,where[?]is obtained in dL/g.     

RING OPENING COPOLYMERIZATION OF SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE-ETHYLENE OXIDE BY Al(Ⅲ) ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSTS

Ring opening copolymerization of succinic anhydride (SA) with ethylene oxide (EO)was successfully carried out by using a series of aluminum-based catalyst in 1,4-dioxane at62±2℃. The results showed that in-situ AlR_3-H_2O (R=ethyl, iso-butyl) catalysts gavehigher molecular weight (M_w～10~4), while Al(OR)_3 catalysts gave the higher alternatingcopolymer structure with slightly lower molecular weight. The in-situ AlR_3-H_2O systemshave been evaluated in more detail for the reaction which showed the optimum H_2O/Almolar ratio to be 0.5. The copolymers with different composition (F_(SA)/F_(EO)= 36/64to 45/55 mol/mol) were synthesized by using different monomer feed ratio. The melt-ing point (T_m), glass transition temperature (T_g) and enthalpy of fusion (ΔH_f) of thesecopolymers are depended on the copolymer composition and in the range of 87～102℃,-12～-18℃, and 37～66J/g, respectively. The second heating scan of DSC also in-dicated that the higher alternating copolymer was more easily recrystallized. The onsetdecomposition temperature was more than 300℃ under nitrogen and influenced by thecopolymer composition.     

Syndiotactic polymerization of styrene and copolymerization with ethylene catalyzed by chiral half-sandwich rare-earth metal dialkyl complexes

The syndiotactic polymerization of styrene(St) and the copolymerization of St with ethylene(E) were carried out by using a series of chiral half-sandwich rare-earth metal dialkyl complexes(Cp~x*) as the catalysts. The complexes are Ln(CH_2SiMe_3)_2(THF)(1-4: Ln = Sc(1), Ln = Lu(2), Ln = Y(3), Ln = Dy(4)) bearing chiral cyclopentadienyl ligand containing bulky cylcohexane derivatives in the presence of activator and AliBu_3. For the St polymerization, a high activity up to 3.1 × 10~6 g of polymer mol Ln~(-1)·h~(-1) and a high syndiotactic selectivity more than 99% were achieved. The resulting syndiotactic polystyrenes(sPSs) have the molecular weights(Mn) ranging from 3700 g·mol~(-1) to 6400 g·mol~(-1) and the molecular weight distributions(Mw/Mn) from 1.40 to 5.03. As for the copolymerization of St and E, the activity was up to 2.4 × 10~6 g of copolymer mol Sc~(-1)·h~(-1)·MPa~(-1), giving random St-E copolymers containing syndiotactic polystyrene sequences with different St content in the range of 15 mol%-58 mol%. These results demonstrate that the bulky cyclopentadienyl ligands of the chiral half-sandwich rare-earth metal complexes effectively inhibit the continued insertion of St monomers into the(co)polymer chain to some extent in comparison with the known half-sandwich rare-earth metal complexes.     

THE RELATION OF SEQUENCE DISTRIBUTIONS OF S-SBR TO ITS MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS

The relationship between sequence distributions and molecular weight distributions of S-SBR, obtained from styrene and butadiene anionic copolymerization at various conversions with THF/Li~+ as an initiator has been studied by ~(13)C-NMR,GPC. The results showed that the molecular weight distributions of the copolymer couldbe correlated sophisticatedly to the binary sequcne distributions or the monomer unit distributions of the copolymer in a corrected Poisson's distribution from.     

Synthesis,characterization, and catalytic ethylene oligomerization of pyridine-imine palladium complexes

Two neutral five-membered pyridine-imine palladium complexes with the bulky dibenzhydryl (CH(Ph)2) substituted aniline were synthesized and fully characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and X-ray crystal diffraction.Well-defined cationic palladium complexes were further obtained by treatment of chloromethylpalladium complexes with sodium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate (NaBArF) in CH3CN.Cationic palladium complexes were capable of catalyzing ethylene oligomerization without any cocatalysts.The influences of catalyst structure,reaction temperature,and ethylene pressure on ethylene oligomerization were studied in detail.The introduction of bulky benzhydryl (CH(Ph)2) on the ortho position of the aniline moiety enhanced catalytic activity,thermal stability of the catalyst,and molecular weight of the obtained products.Highly branched oligomers with molecular weights of 600-800 g/mol and narrow polydispersities (1.03-1.12) were produced.     

Ethylene Oligomerization by (dppe)MCl_2 [M = Fe(II), Co(II),Ni(II)] Complexes/EAO

Transition-metal-catalyzed oligomerzation of ethylene is an important process to provide a-olefins in the C6~C20 range. In recent years, the catalytic behavior of late transition metal complexes containing bi- and tri-dentate ligands for oligomerization of ethylene to a-olefins has attracted much attention. When oligomerization of ethylene catalyzed by nickel diimine and Fe(II), Co(II) 2,6-bis(imino)pyridine catalysts, the oligomers with high average molecular weight were obtained1-5. Eth…     

Determination and Temperature Dependence of Plateau Modulus for Polymerization of Propylene to Isotactic Polypropylene with Ultra-high Molecular Weight under Catalysis of Ziegler-Natta Catalyst

The viscoelastic behavior of isotactic polypropylene with ultra-high molecular weight (UHPPH) and broad molecular weight distribution(MWD), produced in the presence of Ziegler-Natta catalyst, was investigated by means of oscillatory rheometry at 180 and 200 ℃, whose loss modulus(G") plots at 180 and 200 ℃versus the natural logarithm of angular frequency(ω) present a pronounced maximum at 34.35 and 69.21 rad/s, respectively, and do not show a maximum peak at 0. 01-100 rad/s for Ziegler-Natta catalyzing ethylenepropylene random copolymerization (PPR) with a conventional molecular weight and broad MWD. The fact indicates that the high molecular weight is responsible for a maximum peak of G"(ω) vs. lnω curves for UHPPH. This makes it possible to determine the plateau modulus (G0N) of UHPPH from a certain experimental temperature G"(ω) curve directly. For UHPPH, the G0N determined to be 4. 28×105 and 3. 62×105 Pa at 180and 200 ℃, respectively, decreases with the increase of temperature and is independent of the molecular weight, which directly confirms reputation theoretical prediction that the G0N has no relation to the molecular weight.