Reactivity Comparison of ω-Alkenols and Higher 1-Alkenes in Copolymerization with Propylene Using An Isospecific Zirconocene-MMAO Catalyst

Autor: Tianyou Li, Benard Oloo Nyangoye, Zhengguo Cai, Long Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Polymers, Vol 7, Iss 10, Pp 2009-2016 (2015)
Polymers; Volume 7; Issue 10; Pages: 2009-2016
Polymers
Volume 7
Issue 10
Pages 2009-2016
ISSN: 2073-4360
Popis: Copolymerizations of propylene with ω-alkenols (aluminum-protected 5-hexene-1-ol (AH) and 10-undecene-1-ol (AU)) and non-polar analogues (1-hexene and 1-dodecene) were conducted with a rac-[Me2Si(2-Me-4-Ph-Ind)2]ZrCl2 activated by modified methylaluminoxane. The catalytic system showed high activity for each copolymerization, of which value was independent on the comonomer used and decreased with the increase of the comonomer concentration. The comonomer content of the copolymers obtained also decreased with the increase of the comonomer concentration in each copolymer. The evaluation of the monomer reactivity ratios indicates a preference for the propylene insertion regardless of the last inserted monomer unit in growing polymer chain in all the copolymerizations. The relative reactivity of ω-alkenols was however significantly lower than that of non-polar analogues. These results suggested that the aluminum protection of polar monomer do not affect the activity of copolymerization but significantly decrease the comonomer reactivity.
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