Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (11): 1844.

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Molecular Design of Novel Metallocene Catalysts and Styrene Syndiospecific Polymerization

ZHU Fang-Ming1, LIN Shang-An1, ZHOU Wen-Le2, TU Jian-Jun2, CHEN De-Quan2   

  1. 1. Institute of Polymer Science, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, 510275;
    2. Shanghai Institute of Petrochemistry and Engineering, Shanghai, 201208
  • Received:1997-10-07 Online:1998-11-24 Published:1998-11-24

Abstract: CpTiCl3, Cp*TiCl3, Cp*Ti(OMe)3 and Cp*Ti(OCH2CHCH2)3 were compared as styrene syndiospecific polymerization catalysts activated with methylaluminoxane(MAO) in toluene solution. G5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyltriallyloxy titanium Cp*Ti(OCH2CHCH2)3 /MAOis a highly active catalyst for styrene syndiospecific polymerization at 333~363 K. The influence factors of polymerization temperature and time, catalyst and styrene concentration on styrene polymerization have been studied. When the total polymerization product was extracted with boling butanone for 8 h, the insoluble fraction is over 98.7%. The syndiotactic polystyrene(sPS) obtained by extraction has high molecular weight(Mv=4.15×105~2.46×105) and high melting temperature(542.5~543 K) determined by DSC.

Key words: Metallocene, G5-Pentamethyclopentadienyltriallyloxy titanium catalyst, Methylaluminoxane, Syndiotactic polystyrene

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