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Process for producing olefin polymer

Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-05-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-05-14
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Abstract

Abstract A solid catalyst component containing a trivalent titanium compound, obtained by reducing a titanium com­pound represented by the general formula Ti(OR¹) n X 4-n (wherein R¹ is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, and n is a number satisfying 0 < n ≦ 4) with an organomagnesium compound in the pre­sence of an alcohol compound and/or a phenol compound to obtain a solid product and then treating the solid product with a mixture of an ether compound and titanium tetrachloride; a catalyst system comprising: (A) said solid catalyst component, and (B) an organoaluminum compound; and a process for producing an olefin polymer, which comprises homopolymerizing an olefin or copolymerizing olefins using said catalyst system.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshio Sasaki
  • 👤 Takeshi Ebara
  • 👤 Kiyoshi Kawai
  • 👤 Akinobu Shiga

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 21:25
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F4/00; C08F4/42; C08F4/72; C08F4/74; C08F4/76; C08F10/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim 88 words
A solid catalyst component containing a trivalent titanium compound, obtained by reducing a titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR¹) n X 4-n (wherein R¹ is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, and n is a number satisfying 0 < n ≦ 4) with an organomagnesium compound in the presence of an alcohol compound and/or a phenol compound to obtain a solid product and then treating the solid product with a mixture of an ether compound and titanium tetrachloride.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 88 words
A solid catalyst component containing a trivalent titanium compound, obtained by reducing a titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR¹) n X 4-n (wherein R¹ is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, and n is a number satisfying 0 < n ≦ 4) with an organomagnesium compound in the presence of an alcohol compound and/or a phenol compound to obtain a solid product and then treating the solid product with a mixture of an ether compound and titanium tetrachloride.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 45 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon group R¹ of the titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR¹) n X 4-n is an alkyl group of 2 to 18 carbon atoms and/or an aryl group of 6 to 18 atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 26 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the X of the titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR¹) n X 4-n is chlorine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 33 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the n of the titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR¹) n X 4-n is a number satisfying 2 ≦ n ≦ 4.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 72 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the organomagnesium compound is a Grignard compound represented by the general formula R⁹MgX (wherein R⁹ is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms and X is a halogen atom), or a dialkyl magnesium compound or a diaryl magnesium compound both represented by the general formula R¹⁰R¹¹Mg (wherein R¹⁰ and R¹¹ are each a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 34 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the alcohol compound is an alcohol of 2 to 15 carbon atoms, and the phenol compound is a phenol of 6 to 25 carbon atoms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the ether compound is a dialkyl ether.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 39 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the organomagnesium compound is used in an amount of 0.1 to 10 in terms of the molar ratio of the sum of titanium atom and hydroxyl group to magnesium atom.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 41 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the alcohol compound and/or the phenol compound are used in an amount of 0.5 - 50 in terms of the molar ratio of hydroxyl group to titanium atom in the titanium compound.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 20 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the reduction is conducted at a temperature of -50° to 70°C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 33 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the ether compound is used in an amount of 0.1 to 100 moles per 1 mole of the titanium atom in the solid product.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 48 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein titanium tetrachloride is used in an amount of 1 to 1,000 moles per 1 mole of the titanium atom in the solid product and in an amount of 1 to 100 moles per 1 mole of the ether compound.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 31 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein the solid product is treated with a mixture of an ether compound and titanium tetrachloride in a slurry state using a solvent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 23 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 13, wherein the solvent is an aliphatic or aromatic hydro­carbon, alicyclic hydrocarbon, or a halogenated hydrocarbon.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 34 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1, wherein an ester compound is added prior to or during the treatment of the solid product with the mixture of the ether compound and titanium tetrachloride.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 19 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 15, wherein the ester compound is a mono- or polycarboxylic acid ester.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 23 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 1 or 15, wherein a porous substance coexists in the reduction to obtain a solid product.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 20 words
A solid catalyst component according to Claim 17, wherein the porous substance is silica gel, alumina and/or a porous polymer.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 25 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization comprising: (A) a solid catalyst component according to any of claims 1 to 18, and (B) an organoaluminum compound.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 82 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization according to Claim 19, wherein the organoaluminum compound (B) is a compound having at least one Al-C bond within the molecule and is represented by the gen­eral formula R¹² γ AℓY 3-γ or R¹³R¹⁴Aℓ-O-AℓR¹⁵R¹⁶ (wherein R¹², R¹³, R¹⁴, R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ are each a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms; Y is a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom or an alkoxy group; and Y is a number of satisfying 2 ≦ γ ≦ 3).
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 30 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization according to Claim 20, wherein the organoaluminum compound is a trialkylaluminum, a mixture of a trialkyl­aluminum and a dialkylaluminum halide, or an alkyl alumoxane.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 36 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization according to Claim 19, wherein an ester compound is added prior to or during the treatment of the solid product with the mixture of the ether compound and titanium tetrachlo­ride.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 21 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization according to Claim 22, wherein the ester compound is a mono- or polycarboxylic acid ester.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 21 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization according to Claim 22, wherein an electron-donating compound is added as a third component (C).
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 21 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization according to Claim 24, wherein the electron-donating compound is an organic carboxilic-, phosphorous-, silicic-acid ester.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 26 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization according to Claim 19, 22 or 24, wherein a porous sub­stance coexists in the reduction to obtain a solid product.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 22 words
A catalyst system for olefin polymerization according to Claim 26, wherein the porous substance is silica gel, alumina and/or a porous polmer.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim 62 words
A process for producing an olefin polymer, which comprises homopolymerizing an olefin or copolymer­izing olefins using a catalyst system comprising: (A) a solid catalyst component according to any of claims 1 to 18, and (B) an organoaluminum compound as disclosed in any of claims 19 to 27 at a temperature of -30° to 200°C under a pressure of 3 to 100 atom.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process according to Claim 28, wherein an ester compound is added prior to or during the treatment of the solid product with the mixture of the ether com­pound and titanium tetrachloride.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim 17 words
A process according to Claim 29, wherein the ester compound is a mono- or polycarboxylic acid ester.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim 17 words
A process according to Claim 29, wherein an electron-donating compound is added as a third component (C).
Claim 33
Dependent Claim 18 words
A process according to Claim 31, wherein the electron-donating compound is an organic carboxylic-, phosphorous-, or silicic-acid ester.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim 22 words
A process according to Claim 28, 29 or 31, wherein a porous substance coexists in the reduction to obtain a solid product.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim 18 words
A process according to Claim 33, wherein the porous substance is silica gel, alumina and/or a porous polymer.

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