Methylene‐Bridged Metallocenes with 2,2′‐Methylenebis[1H‐inden‐1‐yl] Ligands: Synthesis,Characterization, and Polymerization Catalysis of a Synthetically Simple Class of C2‐ and C2v‐Symmetric ansa‐Metallocenes

The acid‐catalyzed reaction between formaldehyde and 1H‐indene, 3‐alkyl‐ and 3‐aryl‐1H‐indenes, and six‐membered‐ring substituted 1H‐indenes, with the 1H‐indene/CH₂O ratio of 2 : 1, at temperatures above 60° in hydrocarbon solvents, yields 2,2′‐methylenebis[1H‐indenes] 1 – 8 in 50–100% yield. These 2,2′‐methylenebis[1H‐indenes] are easily deprotonated by 2 equiv. of BuLi or MeLi to yield the corresponding dilithium salts, which are efficiently converted into ansa‐metallocenes of Zr and Hf. The unsubstituted dichloro{(1,1′,2,2′,3,3′,3a,3′a,7a,7′a‐η)‐2,2′‐methylenebis[1H‐inden‐1‐yl]}zirconium ([ZrCl₂( 1′ )]) is the least soluble in organic solvents. Substitution of the 1H‐indenyl moieties by hydrocarbyl substituents increases the hydrocarbon solubility of the complexes, and the presence of a substituent larger than a Me group at the 1,1′ positions of the ligand imparts a high diastereoselectivity to the metallation step, since only the racemic isomers are obtained. Methylene‐bridged ‘ansa‐zirconocenes’ show a noticeable open arrangement of the bis[1H‐inden‐1‐yl] moiety, as measured by the angle between the planes defined by the two π‐ligands (the ‘bite angle’). In particular, of the ‘zirconocenes’ structurally characterized so far, the dichloro{(1,1′,2,2′,3,3′,3a,3′a,7a,7′a‐η)‐2,2′‐methylenebis[4,7‐dimethyl‐1H‐inden‐1‐yl]}zirconium ([ZrCl₂( 5′ )] is the most open. The mixture [ZrCl₂( 1′ )]/methylalumoxane (MAO) is inactive in the polymerization of both ethylene and propylene, while the metallocenes with substituted indenyl ligands polymerize propylene to atactic polypropylene of a molecular mass that depends on the size of the alkyl or aryl groups at the 1,1′ positions of the ligand. Ethene is polymerized by rac‐dichloro{(1,1′,2,2′,3,3′,3a,3′a,7a,7′a‐η)‐2,2′‐methylenebis[1‐methyl‐1H‐inden‐1‐yl]}zirconium ([ZrCl₂( 2′ )])/MAO to polyethylene waxes (average degree of polymerization ca. 100), which are terminated almost exclusively by ethenyl end groups. Polyethylene with a high molecular mass could be obtained by increasing the size of the 1‐alkyl substituent.     

物理老化无规聚苯乙烯屈服机理的研究

利用机械拉伸、示差扫描量热(DSC)以及溶剂溶胀等方法研究了物理老化后的无规聚苯乙烯(α-PS)的应力屈服行为,并从凝聚缠结的观点对实验结果进行了解释.实验结果表明,经物理老化后的α-PS在拉伸过程中出现应力屈服峰实质上是逐步打开凝聚缠结的过程.凝聚缠结是聚合物非晶相在物理老化过程中相邻的两三条链的局部链段由于范德华吸引力的作用形成的一种有序结构,其作用能很弱,升温至T_g附近,机械拉伸至屈服点以及溶胀剂都可将其完全破坏.     

Nanoparticle supported bis (cyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride catalysts for styrene polymerization

Heterogeneous nanoparticle NA-MgO-MAO/NA-TiO₂ (anatase)-MAO supported bis (cyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride (Cp₂ZrCl₂) are synthesized and used for the polymerization of styrene monomer. The supporting process is confirmed via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and FTIR. Characterization of the obtained polymer is done by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).     

合成高分子量无规聚丙烯的研究 Ⅱ.聚丙烯大分子链的微观结构

用１３Ｃ ＮＭＲ测定了由不同单茂基钛化合物／ＭＡＯ催化体系制备的聚丙烯大分子链的立体构型和区域结构．结果表明所得聚丙烯是立体无规的,其立体结构序列分布服从Ｂｅｒｎｏｕｌｉ统计．对三单元区域序列统计分析显示单茂基钛催化剂制备的聚丙烯大分子链具有区域嵌段结构．催化剂茂环上甲基取代氢使所得产物的区域嵌段变短,聚合温度下降聚丙烯产物的区域嵌段增长．     

Cp*TiCl2N[Si(CH3)3]2/MAO催化剂合成无规聚丙烯弹性体

合成了Cp TiCl2 N[Si(CH3) 3]2 甲基铝氧烷 (MAO)催化体系 ,以该体系进行丙烯聚合得到无规聚丙烯 ,具有高的分子量及良好的弹性 ,玻璃化温度为 - 8 8℃ .产物经DSC、1 3C NMR、DMA等方法表征 .结果表明 ,催化活性随着丙烯压力的增加 ,有明显的增大 .催化活性在 4 0℃下有最高的催化活性 ,而产物分子量随着温度的下降有明显增大 ,在 0℃～ 5 0℃范围内分子量MW =(2 0～ 6 0 )× 10 4 .     

Synthesis of Syndiotactic Polystyrene/Atactic Polypropene Block Copolymer in the presnece of Half-sandwich Titanocene Catalysts

Some highly active η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyltribenzyloxy titanium complexes [Cp*Ti(Obz)3] activated by modified methylaluminoxane (mMAO) were prepared and used as the catalyst for styrene syndiospecific polymerization and propene atactic polymerization. Styrene could be copolymerized with propene when the propene was prepolymerized for a period, to which styrene and tri-isobutylaluminum (TIBA) were then added. The titled block copolymer together with the related homopolymers was obtained. The copolymerization porducts can be divided into the homopolymers and the copolymer by successive solvent extraction with boiling butanone, heptane and tetrahydrofuran (THF), and each fraction was characterized by 13C NMR, DSC and WAXD. It was found that aPS and aPP were soluble in boiling butanone and heptane respectively. The block copolymer (sPS-b-aPP) composed of syndiotactic polystyrene segment was soluble in boiling THF and the residue was chiefly sPS.     

Dielectric relaxation study of atactic poly(epichlorohydrin)/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) blends

Binary blends of atactic poly(epichlorohydrin) (aPECH) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) were investigated as a function of blend composition and crystallization conditions by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy. The quenched samples were found to be miscible in the whole composition range by detecting only one glass transition relaxation, for each composition, which could be closely described by the Gorden-Taylor equation. The cold-crystallized blends displayed two glass transition relaxations at all blend ratios indicating the coexisting of two amorphous populations: a pure aPECH phase dispersed mainly in the interfibrillar zones and a mixed amorphous phase held between crystal lamellae. The interlamellar trapping of aPECH was small and decreases with increasing the overall PHB content in the blend. At high crystallization temperatures the aPECH molecules was found to reside mainly in the interfibrillar regions due to its high mobility relative to the crystal growth rate of PHB. Our results suggest that because the intersegmental interaction in aPECH/PHB blends is weak, the mobility of the amorphous component at a given crystallization temperature decides diluent segregation.     

分子链大尺度高度取向小尺度接近无规取向态的无规聚苯乙烯

在Ｔｇ以上３０℃对无规聚苯乙烯（ａ ＰＳ）薄膜进行了热拉伸，然后用各种实验方法测定的结果表明，该试样在红外二向色性，光学双折射及广角Ｘ 光衍射（ＷＡＸＤ）方面表现出各向同性；但是在热膨胀、溶剂溶胀以及应力 应变行为方面表现出显著的各向异性．以上结果表明，该试样小区域基本上无取向，而各向异性的性质是和试样中存在的大区域取向相联系的．     

~(13)C核磁共振研究氯化无规聚丙烯的结构

用核磁共振方法(~(13)C-NMR)研究了一系列氯化无规聚丙烯的结构。在0—52.84％(wt)的氯化度范围内,主要为单氯取代,二氯取代很少。伯、仲、叔三种氢的相对氯化活性为R(CH)>R(CH_2)>R(CH_3),并乒表明氯化反应比较均匀地发生在无规聚丙烯分子链上。影响聚丙烯氯化反应的结构因素主要为C—H键的离解能,大分子自由基稳定性和大分子链构型等。     

Morphology of poly(vinyl alcohol) gels assuring the greatest significant drawability

Atactic poly(vinyl alcohol) (at-PVA) and syndiotactic poly(vinyl alcohol) (st. PVA) prepared by gelation/crystallization using dimethyl sulphoxide/water mixtures were drawn in a hot oven at 160 °C under nitrogen. The degrees of polymerization of at- and st-PVA were 2000 and 1980, respectively. The drawability of at- and st-PVA films was affected by the composition of the solvent mixture as well as by quenching temperature. The drawability of at- and st-PVA films prepared by using the solvent mixture containing 60% of dimethyl sulphoxide and 40% of water became more pronounced as the temperature of gelation/crystallization decreased and the draw ratio reached maximum value at –80 °C. Namely, the greatest significant drawability was the same condition for at- and st-PVA films in spite of the different stereo-regularity. Even in this common best condition for significant drawability, however, the morphological properties of swollen gels and of the resultant dry gel films are different each other, dependent upon the tacticity. For at-PVA, small-angle light scattering under Hv polarization condition could not be observed in the swollen gels and in the dry films when the solutions were quenched at temperatures <–10 °C. In contrast, for st-PVA, the X-type scattering pattern from swollen gels became clearer as the temperature decreased but the pattern became indistinct under drying process at ambient condition. On the other hand, the fibrillar textures within the at- and st-PVA dry films became finer and the orresponding crystallinity became lower as the temperature of gelation/crystallization decreased. Thus it turned out that the morphological properties of the swollen gels and of the dried films play an important role to assure the greatest significant drawability.