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US 6,143,845 AGranted
Process for producing polyolefin
AssigneeIdemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Nakacho, Yutaka Takakura, Hideo Funabashi
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Abstract
There is disclosed a process for producing a polyolefin which comprises polymerizing an olefin by the use of a catalyst comprising a specific transition metal compound, an aluminoxane and a specific magnesium compound or a catalyst comprising a specific transition metal compound, an aluminoxane, a specific magnesium compound and an organoaluminum compound. The use of the above process in polymerizing the olefin enables efficient stable production of a high molecular weight polyolefin improved in the powder morphology of the produced polymer, facilitated in the regulation of the molecular weight distribution and gifted with excellent particle shape.
Claims10
A process for producing a polyolefin which comprises polymerizing an olefin in the presence of 10.sup.-8 to 10.sup.-2 mole in terms of the atoms M.sup.2 per liter of polymerization solvent of a catalyst consisting essentially of:
- (A) a transition metal compound having a group with conjugated .pi. electrons as a ligand, said transition metal compound having the formula (III), (IV) or (V)
- CpM.sup.2 R.sup.5.sub.e R.sup.6.sub.f R.sup.7.sub.g (III)
- Cp.sub.2 M.sup.2 R.sup.5.sub.e R.sup.6.sub.f (IV)
- (Cp--A.sub.h --Cp)M.sup.2 R.sup.5.sub.e R.sup.6.sub.r (V)
- wherein M.sup.2 is a transition metal belonging to the group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements,
- Cp is an unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon radical or an unsaturated chain hydrocarbon radical,
- R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, independently, are each a .sigma.-bonding ligand selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, an arylalkyl group each having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and an allyl group, a acetylacetonato chelating ligand or Lewis base selected from the group consisting of ethers, thioethers, esters, nitrites, amines, phosphine, unsaturated chain hydrocarbons and unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons,
- A is a group covalently bonding the Cp groups,
- e, f and g, independently, are an integer of from 0 to 4, and h is an integer from 0 to 6, wherein two of R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 may together form a ring:
- (B) an aluminoxane having formula (VII), ##STR4## wherein R.sup.10 is a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and r is an integer from 2 to 100, or having formula (VIII) ##STR5## wherein R.sup.11, R.sup.12 and R.sup.13, independently of one another, are each a hydrocarbon radical having 1-8 carbon atoms and s is an integer from 2 to 100;
- and
- (C) a magnesium compound represented by the formula
- Mg(OR).sub.n X.sup.1.sub.2-n
- wherein R is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, X.sup.1 is a halogen atom, and n is a number from 1 to 2,
- wherein the amount of catalyst component (A) is 10.sup.-4 to 10.sup.-1 mole per mole of catalyst component (C) and
- wherein said magnesium compound is prepared by reacting an alcohol having 1-6 carbon atoms, metallic magnesium, and a halogen selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and iodine, wherein said magnesium compound is prepared by mixing 2-100 moles of said alcohol per mole of said magnesium at least 0.0001 g-atom of said halogen per mole of said magnesium, and heating the resulting mixture until the generation of hydrogen gas is no longer observed.
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A process for producing a polyolefin which comprises polymerizing an olefin in the presence of 10.sup.-8 to 10.sup.-2 mole in terms of the atoms M.sup.2 per liter of polymer solvent of a catalyst consisting essentially of:
- (A) a transition metal compound having a group with conjugated .pi. electrons as a ligand, said transition metal compound having formula (III), (IV) or (V)
- CpM.sup.2 R.sup.5.sub.e R.sup.6.sub.f R.sup.7.sub.g (III)
- Cp.sub.2 M.sup.2 R.sup.5.sub.e R.sup.6.sub.f (IV)
- (Cp--A.sub.h --Cp)M.sup.2 R.sup.5.sub.e R.sup.6.sub.f (V)
- wherein M.sup.2 is a transition metal belonging to the group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements,
- Cp is an unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon radical or an unsaturated chain hydrocarbon radical,
- R.sup.5, R.sup.7 and R.sup.7, independently, are each a .sigma.-bonding ligand selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, an arylalkyl group each having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and an allyl group, a acetylacetonato chelating ligand or Lewis base selected from the group consisting of ethers, thioethers, esters, nitrites, amines, phosphine, unsaturated chain hydrocarbons and unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons,
- A is a group covalently bonding the Cp groups,
- e, f and g, independently, are an integer of from 0 to 4, and h is an integer from 0 to 6, wherein two of R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 may together from a ring:
- (B) an aluminoxane having formula (VII), ##STR6## wherein R.sup.10 is a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and r is an integer from 2 to 100, or having formula (VIII) ##STR7## wherein R.sup.11, R.sup.12 and R.sup.13, independently of one another, are each a hydrocarbon radical having 1-8 carbon atoms and s is an integer from 2 to 100;
- and
- (C) a magnesium compound represented by the formula
- Mg(OR).sub.n X.sup.1.sub.2-n
- wherein R is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, X.sup.1 is a halogen atom, and n is a number from 1 to 2;
- and
- (D) an organoaluminum compound having formula (X)
- AIR.sup.15 R.sup.16 R.sup.17 (X)
- wherein R.sup.15, R.sup.16 and R.sup.17 independently, are each an alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms,
- wherein the amount of catalyst component (A) is 10.sup.-4 to 10 -1 mole per mole of catalyst component (C), and
- wherein said magnesium compound is prepared by reacting an alcohol having 1-6 carbon atoms, metallic magnesium, and a halogen selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine, wherein said magnesium compound is prepared by mixing 2-100 moles of said alcohol per mole of said magnesium and heating the resulting mixture until the generation of hydrogen gas is no longer observed.
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