Heterogeneous zirconocene catalyst on magnesium support MgCl2(THF)2 modified by AlEt2Cl for ethylene polymerisation
Abstract The heterogeneous bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium(IV) dichloride catalyst of the composition MgCl2(THF)/(AlEt2Cl)0.34/(Cp2ZrCl2)0.01 as determined by FTIR, XRD, and AAS analyses was synthesised and, after activation by MAO, applied for ethylene polymerisation. The catalyst turned out to be stable and more active than those magnesium supported catalysts already known from the literature. The polyethylene produced has a relatively high molecular weight (Mw > 200,000 g/mol), a narrow and monomodal molecular weight distribution (MWD = 2.4), a bulk density of about 180 g/dm3, and monomodal particle size distribution. Application of a ternary Al(i-Bu)3/MAO/B(C6F5)3 activator decreased the…
Naturally Occurring Oxazole Structural Units as Ligands of Vanadium Catalysts for Ethylene-Norbornene (Co)polymerization
1,3-Oxazole and 4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazole are common structural motifs in naturally occurring peptides. A series of vanadium complexes were synthesized using VCl3(THF)3 and methyl substituted (4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)-1,3-oxazoles as ligands and analyzed using NMR and MS methods. The complexes were found to be active catalysts both in ethylene polymerization and ethylene-norbornene copolymerization. The position of methyl substituent in the ligand has considerable impact on the performance of (co)polymerization reaction, as well as on the microstructure, and thus physical properties of the obtained copolymers.
Biphasic ethylene polymerisation using 1-n-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroaluminate ionic liquid as a medium of the Cp2TiCl2 titanocene catalyst
Abstract A systematic analysis was performed on a series of 1- n -alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroaluminates (where alkyl = ethyl, butyl, hexyl, and octyl), applied as a medium of the Cp 2 TiCl 2 titanocene catalyst, to evaluate the influence of the physical properties of the ionic liquids on the polymerisation reaction carried out in the biphasic ionic liquid/hexane mode. Two alkylaluminium compounds, AlEtCl 2 and AlEt 2 Cl, were used as activators. The influence of the activator/catalyst molar ratio on the performance of the ethylene polymerisation was determined for each ionic liquid studied. The best results were obtained using 1- n -octyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroaluminate. …
Densities and viscosities of imidazolium and pyridinium chloroaluminate ionic liquids
Abstract The chloroaluminate ionic liquids are used in various types of reactions. However, due to their particular vulnerability on water, their physical properties have not been previously investigated very extensively. The densities and viscosities of series imidazolium and pyridinium chloroaluminate ionic liquids having alkyl (butyl, hexyl, octyl) or aralkyl (benzyl, ethylphenyl) chain at the cation, various effective molar fraction of AlCl 3 (χ AlCl3 = 0.5, 0.65, 0.7), as well as they mixture and mixture with common organic solvents (hexane, toluene) were measured at the temperature range 293.15–343.15 K (20–70 °C). Densities, and particularly viscosities decrease with the increase of…