Polymerization of propene with the XTiCl(3)/MgCl2-Al(i-Bu)(3) catalyst system (X equals cyclopentadienyl, pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, indenyl, and heptamethylindenyl) in the absence and presence of a Lewis base

摘要

Several kinds of MgCl2-supported half titanocene (XTiCl(3); X = cyclopentadienyl, penta methylcyclopentadienyl, indenyl, and heptamethylindenyl) catalysts were prepared and applied to propene polymerization using Al(i-Bu)(3) as cocatalyst. It was confirmed from the catalyst analysis that the ligand (X) is attached to titanium even after the reaction with Al(i-Bu)(3). When polymerization was conducted without any external donor, those catalysts predominantly gave atactic PP. However, addition of a suitable monofunctional Lewis base like ethylbenzoate caused to change the stereospecificity of polymer from aspecific into highly isospecific. On the other hand, the use of a bifunctional donor like di-n-butylphthalate killed the activity almost completely. The isotactic PP was found to have a microstructure similar to that obtained with metallocene catalysts. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.