| Abstract: | Propylene was polymerized in the presence of the isospecific Et(Ind)2ZrCl2 (Et: ethylene, Ind: indenyl) and the aspecific (Ind)2ZrCl2 complexes in solution and anchored to SiO2 and SiO2/MAO (MAO: methylaluminoxane) supports. From the stereochemical analysis of the polypropene samples obtained it can be deduced that (i) the same active species is formed when a metallocene is in solution and when it is anchored to the SiO2/MAO support and (ii) a completely different active species is formed when the metallocene is anchored to the silica. The fact that both systems Et(Ind)2ZrCl2 SiO2 and (Ind)2ZrCl2 SiO2 produce the same prevailingly isospecific polymer suggests that only isospecific centers are formed in this case, independently of the metallocene stereochemical structure. |
