Improved catalyst composition for the production of high syndiotactic polystyrene of styrene or other aryl ethylene - monomers and process for its use

摘要

An catalyst composition for preparing high-syndiotacticity polystyrene polymers which comprises: (a) a titanium complex represented by the following formula of TiR'.sub.1 R'.sub.2 R'.sub.3 R'.sub.4 or TiR'. sub.1 R'.sub.2 R'.sub.3, wherein R'.sub.1, R'.sub.2, R'.sub.3, and R'.sub. 4 are, independently, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, a hydrogen atom, or a halogen atom; (b) a cyclopentadienyl complex of silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), or tin (Sn) represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are, independently, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a silyl group, a germanyl group, a stannyl group, or a halogen atom; R is an alkyl group, aryl group, a hydrogen atom, or a halogen element; and X can be one of the Group IVA elements of silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), or tin (Sn); and (c) an activated transitional metal co-catalyst, which can be methyl aluminoxane, or a mixture containing a non-coordinated Lewis add (a Lewis acid is an electron-pair donor) and a trialkyl aluminum, such as triethyl aluminum or tetraisobutyl aluminum.