Olefin polymerization
AssigneePhillips Petroleum Company
InventorsGene H. C. Yeh, Henry L. Hsieh
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Abstract
A process for producing a novel-highly active lanthanide containing catalyst comprising the product produced by reacting a lanthanide hydride, a Lewis acid, and an electron donor ligand with an organoaluminum cocatalyst component and its use in the polymerization of olefins, especially olefins such as ethylene and 1,3-butadiene.
Claims10
A polymerization catalyst system comprising (1) a catalyst component A formed by admixing a rare earth metal hydride which is neodymium hydride, a Lewis acid selected from aluminum chloride and aluminum bromide and an electron donor ligand which is ethyl benzoate and (2) a cocatalyst component B comprising an organoaluminum compound in a mole ratio of organoaluminum compound to rare earth metal hydride ranging from about 10 to about 100 moles per mole and a mole ratio of organoaluminum compound to ligand of at least 1:1 and wherein the mole ratio of Lewis acid to rare earth metal hydride ranges from about 0.1 to about 10 and the mole ratio of said ligand to rare earth metal hydride is from about 1 to about 20.
A process for producing a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins comprising
- (1) combining a rare earth metal hydride which is neodymium hydride, a Lewis acid selected from aluminum chloride and aluminum bromide and an electron donor ligand which is ethyl benzoate in an inert liquid diluent under conditions to form a substantially liquid component, and
- (2) reacting the product of (1) with an organoaluminum compound to form a polymerization catalyst system in which the mole ratio of organoaluminum compound to rare earth metal hydride ranges from about 10 to about 100 moles per mole and a mole ratio of organoaluminum compound to ligand of at least 1:1.
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