Establishment of de facto standard catalysts in the polypropylene industry

Polypropylene (PP) has become an indispensable material in our daily lives. Annual worldwide production of PP is now more than 30000000 tons and is predicted to grow at an annual rate of about 6% during the first decade of the 21st century. Commercial production of PP began in 1957 with the use of TiCl(3) catalysts established by Ziegler and Natta. However, the low activities and low stereospecificities of the catalysts resulted in large amounts of catalyst residue and atactic PP in the product, necessitating steps for their removal in commercial production. As a means of finding appropriate catalysts, we developed MgCl(2)-supported TiCl(4) catalysts, which basic concept was introduction of organic compounds onto the inorganic crystal catalyst surface. This addition led to remarkable enhancements in stereospecificity with extremely high activity. Use of the new catalysts enlarged and simplified the PP production process by eliminating the steps previously required for removal of catalyst residue and atactic PP. In addition, it greatly improved the properties of the PP, enabling a much wider range of PP applications by replacing metal and engineering plastics with the highly stereoregular PP. Therefore, these catalysts helped the rapid establishment of the current PP industry and now play a major role in production. The latest MgCl(2)-supported TiCl(4) catalyst is providing precise control of the isotactic PP structure. Future expectations for this type of catalyst are to acquire a single-site nature and to contribute to the creation of a new class of hybrid materials.     

"一锅法"N-(2-苯甲酰胺苯基)-水杨醛亚胺/TiCl4·2THF催化乙烯聚合

报道了4个含苯甲酰胺取代的水杨醛亚胺配体: N-(2-苯甲酰胺苯基)-水杨醛亚胺(L1)、 N-(2-苯甲酰胺苯基)-3-甲基水杨醛亚胺(L2)、 N-(2-苯甲酰胺苯基)-3-叔丁基水杨醛亚胺(L3)和N-(2-苯甲酰胺苯基)-3,5-二溴水杨醛亚胺(L4)的合成, 采用 ¹H NMR和HRMS对其结构进行了表征. 在助催化剂甲基铝氧烷(MAO)作用下, 以L3与TiCl₄·2THF为模型催化体系, 在最佳陈化条件(陈化温度为25 ℃, 陈化时间为30 min, 配体与TiCl₄·2THF的摩尔比3∶1)下, 考察了L1~L4/TiCl₄·2THF催化体系Al/Ti摩尔比、 反应时间、 反应温度和聚合压力, 以及配体结构等对乙烯聚合的影响. 结果表明, 随着在水杨醛骨架上氧原子邻位取代基位阻的增大, 催化体系的活性及所得聚乙烯的分子量均有增加, 其中以L3的催化活性最高, 达到224 kg PE/(mol Ti?h). 采用高温 ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, GPC-IR和DSC等对由不同配体L1~L4/TiCl₄·2THF得到的聚乙烯样品的微观结构与热性能进行了分析与表征, 结果显示样品为线性高密度聚乙烯, M_n=5.9×10 ⁴~11.9×10 ⁴, 分子量分布(PDI)为21.9~72.1.     

Preparation of Li_4Ti_5O_(12) submicrospheres and their application as anode materials of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries

We report on the preparation of spinel Li4Ti5O12 submicrospheres and their application as anode materials of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The spinel Li4Ti5O12 submicrospheres are synthesized with three steps of the hydrolysis of TiCl4 to form rutile TiO2, the hydrothermal treatment of rutile TiO2 with LiOH to prepare an intermediate phase of LiTi2O4+δ, and the calcinations of LiTi2O4+δ to obtain spinel Li4Ti5O12. The as-prepared products are investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning el...     

Polymerization of propylene catalyzed over highly active and stereospecific catalysts synthesized with Mg(OEt)2/benzoyl chloride/TiCl4

A series of monoester catalysts has been studied, each catalyst prepared by the reaction of magnesium diethoxide with benzoyl chloride [BzCOCl, to produce ethyl benzoate (EB) in situ] in the presence of excess titanium tetrachloride. Solid product and catalysts obtained by subsequent treatments with titanium tetrachloride were characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, BET measurement, and thermal gravimetric analysis. The catalysts yielded very high activity (above 20 kg polymer/g Ti h atm) for the polymerization of propylene in slurry reactions. From the results of polymerization as well as catalyst characterization, the effects of internal and external Lewis bases on the isospecificity and stability of catalysts are discussed in detail. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

新型高活性催化剂乙烯气相聚合的研究(Ⅱ)──改性剂、预聚合和聚合条件对乙烯气相聚合的影响

研究了新型高活性乙烯气相聚合催化剂TiCl₄/MgCl₂/ZnCl₂/SiCl₄/醇/Al(i-Bu)₃体系中不同醇、不同C₂H₅OH/Ti摩尔比和正丁醚对聚合反应及产物颗粒形态的影响。研究了预聚合反应及乙烯气相聚合反应规律。用扫描电镜和图象分析对催化剂、预聚物及聚合产物的形态和颗粒分布的研究结果表明:新型高活性催化剂和经预聚合制得的乙烯气相聚合物的颗粒形态类似球形,颗粒长短轴比值和大小粒径比值相近。     

Synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinolines through TiCl4-mediated cyclization and Et3SiH reduction

A versatile and efficient telescoped reaction sequence for the synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinolines(THIQs)is reported that uses TiCl4 to promote cyclization of a benzylaminoacetal derivative and Et3SiH for reduction of the intermediate 4-hydroxy-THIQ.This method is complimentary to the classical Pomeranz-Fritsch and related reactions since it tolerates electron-withdrawing substituents and allows access to 8-substituted THIQs.     

Hexene-1 polymerization by homogeneous zirconocene and heterogeneous-supported TiCl3 catalysts

MgCl₂-supported TiCl₃ catalysts, with and/or without electron donor modifier (internal B_i or external B_e), were compared with rac-ethylenebis(indenyl)zirconium dichloride ( 1 ) activated with either MAO or the cation forming agent, triphenyl carbenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate ( 2 ), with triethylalumium (TEA). The activities of the heterogeneous catalysts depend on the presence or absence of the Lewis base, were relatively insensitive to the temperature of polymerization, and produce poly(hexene) with molecular weights up to 10⁶. The 1 /MAO catalyst has about five times higher activity at 50°C but is almost inactive at ?30°C; the overall activation energy is 12.4 kcal mol^?1. In contrast, the activity for hexene polymerization by the 1/2 /TEA catalyst is actually slightly greater at lower temperature. The MW's of poly(hexene) obtained with the zirconocenium catalysts are only in the tens of thousands because of rapid β-hydride elimination by the electrophilic cationic Zr center. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

钐－二氯二茂钛体系促进的碳－硫键的还原断裂－二烷基二硫醚的合成

A mild and rapid method was found for the reductive cleavage of the carbon-sulfur bond in the alkylthiocyanates by samarium/Cp2TiC12 system to give the corresponding dialkyl disulfides in moderate to good yields.     

含芳香双酯高效催化剂进行丙烯聚合及其动力学的研究

采用多种芳香双酯作为电子给予体制备了丙烯聚合高效催化剂,该催化剂具有高活性、聚合反应平稳、产物等规度高等特征.研究了多种芳香双酯和外加各种烷基硅氧烷对丙烯聚合的作用,测定了聚合反应动力学曲线,确定了聚合动力学方程.用扫描电镜研究了催化剂的形态,表明双酯组份能使催化剂结合得较紧密;对聚合产物的结构用DSD、红外光谱进行了表征.     

Propylene Polymerization by TiCl_4 Supported on Mg(OEt)_2 Activating with Ethanol/CO_2 System

For the preparation of high-active and high-isospecific catalysts for propylenepolymerization,various supports such as Mg-alkyls[1 ] ,Mg( OH) 2 [2 ] ,Mg O[3] ,Mg Cl2 [4] .Grignard compounds[5] ,or magnesium alkoxide[6] had been used.Lately,Mg( OEt) 2 -supported Ti Cl4catalysts including an organic chloride and/ or an internal donor preparedby physical milling method and chemical reaction method were studied and it was foundthat Mg( OEt) 2 is converted to Mg Cl2 by reaction with Ti Cl4a…