Activation and Polymerisation ofansa-Zirconocene Chloroamido Complexes

Autor: Petri Lehmus, Barbro Löfgren, Nora I. Mäkelä-Vaarne, Udo M. Stehling, Tanja Seraidaris
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 205:1064-1069
ISSN: 1521-3935
1022-1352
DOI: 10.1002/macp.200300181
Popis: Propene polymerisation was conducted with three ansa-zirconocene complexed: Me 2 Si(2-Me-4-PhInd) 2 -Zrcl 2 (A), Me 2 Si(2-Me-4-PhInd) 2 ZrClNMe 2 (B) and Me 2 Si-(2-Me-4-PhInd) 2 ZrClNEt 2 (C). Methylalumoxane (MAO) or [HNPhMe 2 ][B(C 6 F 5 ) 4 ] was used as cocatalyst. The influence of cocatalysts and triisobutylaluminum (TIBA) on polymerisation activity, molecular weight and polymer microstructure was studied. Futhermore, the alkylation and activation of the complexes were axamined using UV/VIS measurements, all complexes have low reactivity towards TMA and TIBA. Similar cationic species were formed of all three studied zirconocenes in the reaction with MAO. Additional TIBA did not affect the type of active species formed in the reaction of zirconocene and MAO, but increased the activity of B and C.
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