0000000000178671
AUTHOR
Marek Wasielewski
A New Supported Zirconocene Catalyst for Ethylene Polymerization
Metallocene catalysts enable the structure of polymers to be tailored in a way which has not been reached before. However, they are more active than the conventional Ziegler — Natta catalysts only as homogeneous metalocene systems, a fact that has essentially restricted their use to industrial processes producing polymers in solution. Modern polymerization processes are solvent free slurry (with liquid monomer) or gas phase processes. To use metallocene catalysts in these modern processes, it is necessary to convert them to heterogeneous catalysts [1, 2]. However, problems have appeared chiefly concerning the activity of the supported catalysts, because heterogeneous metallocene catalysts a…
Tris(1,10-phenanthroline)zinc(II) dichromate tetrahydrate
The title compound, [Zn(C12H8N2)3][Cr2O7]·4H2O, was obtained by mixing 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), potassium chromate and zinc sulfate solutions. The asymmetric unit is composed of a [Zn(phen)3]2+ cation, a Cr2O72− anion and four water molecules. The ZnII ion is in a distorted octahedral environment, coordinated by six N atoms from three phen molecules. The cations are connected to anions by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, with shortest H⋯O distances of ca 2.27–2.33 A. The Cr2O72− anion is in a staggered conformation. Two of the four crystallographically independent water molecules are ordered, and two others are disordered, each over two sites.
Kinetic studies of two-step polymerization of propylene over a titanium-aluminum catalyst
The influence was studied of the modification of an unsupported titanium-aluminum catalytic system with an internal Lewis base incorporated, via prepolymerization, on the activity of this system in propylene polymerization. In order to clarify the reasons for the activating effect of prepolymerization, comparative studies were carried out on the kinetics of polymerization catalyzed by a titanium system and its prepolymerized counter part. Based on the kinetic model suggested for the polymerization mechanism, the concentration of active sites and rate constants were determined for chain propagation, chain transfer and termination reactions. The following conclusions were deduced: (i) the ini…