Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2002, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 167.

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Synthesis and Characterization of High Molecular Weight Atactic Polybutene-1 and Butene-1 Polymerization Catalyzed by Titanocene/MAO Catalyst

HUANG Qi-Gu1,2, LIN Shang-An2, ZHU Fang-Ming2, WU Qing2   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Petrochemistry and Process, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, China;
    2. Institute of Polymer Science, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • Received:2001-02-27 Online:2002-01-24 Published:2002-01-24

Abstract: 5-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) titanium triallyioxide[Cp*Ti(OCH2-CH=CH2)3 was used as the catalyst precursor for the synthesis of polybutene 1, methylalumiunoxane(MAO) as cocatalyst. The effects of the ratio of n (Al) to n (Ti), polymerization temperature, and concentration of Ti on catalytic activity, molecular weight and chain structure were investigated in detail. The ether soluble fraction of the polybutene-1 was characterized with 13 C NMR, DSC, WAXD, and GPC. The results indicate that the polymers thus obtained are atactic and regioirregular, the weight average molecular weight of these polymers lies in the range of 3.0×105 to 7.0×105. Increasing the polymerization temperature can result in a decrease in the polymer molecular weight. But the molecular weight varies slightly with the ratio of n (Al) to n (Ti). The catalytic activity tends to decrease with the increase in polymerization temperature. was used as the catalyst precursor for the synthesis of polybutene 1, methylalumiunoxane(MAO) as cocatalyst. The effects of the ratio of n (Al) to n (Ti), polymerization temperature.The catalytic act ivity tends to decrease w ith t he increase in polym erizat ion tempera-ture.

Key words: Titanocene catalyst, Atactic polybutene-1, Stereo selectivity

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