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US 9,181,368 B2Granted
High activity, low molecular weight olefin polymerization process
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsHarold W. Boone, Kevin A. Frazier, Daniel D. VanderLende, Paul C. Vosejpka
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Abstract
Group 4 metal complexes comprising a polyvalent, heteroaryl donor ligand and their use as components of olefin polymerization catalysts, especially suited for preparing propylene copolymer products having high isotacticity and low molecular weight, are disclosed.
Claims3
An interpolymer of propylene, ethylene, and optionally, a diene, and wherein the interpolymer comprises 65 percent or more polymerized propylene, and wherein the interpolymer is made by a process comprising the following:
- copolymerizing propylene, ethylene, and optionally a diene, at a temperature from 100 to 130° C., a pressure from 100 KPa to 10 MPa, and a propylene/hydrogen flow ratio (g propylene/hr:g H2/hr) from 5000 to 50,000 in the presence of a metal complex corresponding to the formula:
- wherein, X is an anionic ligand group;
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- covalent bonds are represented by lines and coordination interactions are represented by arrows;
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- wherein said interpolymer has a Mw from 50,000 to 150,000, a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn from 2.0 to 10, a density from 0.860 to 0.885, an ethylene content from 5 to 15 weight percent, an isotacticity (percent mm) of at least 90, ΔHfusion from 25 to 55 J/g;
- a Tc between 50° C. and 58.7° C., and a B-value from 1.03 to 1.09.
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