EP0257663B1
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Catalyst compositions, olefin/co copolymerization process and bisphosphine compounds
Assignee: Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
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Filing: 1987-05-05
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Granted: 1992-01-15
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Expires: 2007-05-05
Abstract
Abstract Novel catalyst composition, characterized in that they are based upon a) a palladium compound, b) an anion of an acid with a pKa of less than 2, with the proviso that the acid is not a hydrohalogenic acid, c) a bisphosphine of the general formula R1R2P-R-PR3R4. wherein R1-R4 are similar or dissimilar hydrocarbyl groups which may or may not be substituted with polar groups, with the proviso that at least one of the groups R1-R4 represents a polarly substituted aryl group containing at least one polar substituent on a position ortho to phosphorus, and wherein R represents a bivalent organic bridging group containing at least two carbon atoms in the bridge, and d) optionally, a quinone.
Inventors
- 👤 Johannes A.M. Van Broekhoven
- 👤 Richard Lewin Wife
Bibliographic Details
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EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 12:51
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J31/00; B01J31/16; B01J31/24; B01J31/2404; B01J31/2409; B01J31/02; B01J31/0201; B01J31/0205; B01J31/0208; B01J31/0215; B01J31/0225; B01J31/04; B01J31/26; B01J31/28; C; C07; C07F; C07F9/00; C07F9/02; C07F9/28; C07F9/50; C07F9/5027; C08; C08G; C08G67/00; C08G67/02; B01J2231/00; B01J2231/10; B01J2531/00; B01J2531/80; B01J2531/82; B01J2531/824
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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Catalyst compositions, characterized in that they are based upon a) a palladium compound, b) an anion of an acid with a pKa of less than 2, with the proviso that the acid is not a hydrohalogenic acid, c) a bisphosphine of the general formula R₁R₂P-R-PR₃R₄, wherein R₁-R₄ are similar or dissimilar hydrocarbyl groups with the proviso that at least one of the groups R₁-R₄ represents a polarly substituted aryl group containing at least one polar substituent in a position ortho to phosphorus, and wherein R represents a bivalent organic bridging group containing at least two carbon atoms in the bridge, and d) optionally, a quinone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions, characterized in that they are based upon a) a palladium compound, b) an anion of an acid with a pKa of less than 2, with the proviso that the acid is not a hydrohalogenic acid, c) a bisphosphine of the general formula R₁R₂P-R-PR₃R₄, wherein R₁-R₄ are similar or dissimilar hydrocarbyl groups with the proviso that at least one of the groups R₁-R₄ represents a polarly substituted aryl group containing at least one polar substituent in a position ortho to phosphorus, and wherein R represents a bivalent organic bridging group containing at least two carbon atoms in the bridge, and d) optionally, a quinone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that they are based upon a palladium salt of a carboxylic acid, such as palladium acetate, as the component a) and an anion of a sulphonic acid, such as para-toluene-sulphonic acid, or of a carboxylic acid, such as trifluoroacetic acid, as the component b), and that component b) is present in the catalyst compositions in a quantity of from 1.0 to 100 equivalents per gram atom of palladium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that component b) is incorporated in the catalyst compositions in the form of an acid or in the form of a non-noble transition metal salt, such as a copper salt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in one or more of claims 1-3, characterized in that as the component c) they contain a bisphosphine in which the bivalent bridging group R contains three carbon atoms in the bridge.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in one or more of claims 1-4, characterized in that as the component c) they contain a bisphosphine in which the groups R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are aryl groups with the proviso that at least one of these groups contains at least one polar substitutent in a position ortho to phosphorus.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that as the components c) they contain a bisphosphine in which the aryl groups are phenyl groups.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in one or more of claims 1-6, characterized in that as the component c) they contain a bisphosphine in which the polar substituent in a position ortho to phosphorus is a R₅-O-, R₅-S-, R₅-CO-O-, R₅R₆N- or R₅-CO-NR₆- group, wherein R₅ and R₆ represent similar or dissimilar hydrocarbyl groups.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that as the component c) they contain a bisphosphine in which the polar substituent in a position ortho to phosphorus is an alkoxy group.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that as the component c) they contain a bisphosphine in which the polar substituent in a position ortho to phosphorus is a methoxy group.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in one or more of claims 1-9, characterized in that as the component c) they contain a bisphosphine in which each of the groups R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ is an aryl group containing a polar substituent in a position ortho to phosphorus.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in one or more of claims 1-10, characterized in that as the component c) they contain a bisphosphine in which the groups R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are similar to one another.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that as the component d) they contain a bisphosphine chosen from the group formed by 1,3-bis[di(2-methoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane, 1,3-bis[di(2,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane, 1,3-bis[di(2,6-dimethoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane and 1,3-bis[di(2,4,6-trimethoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in one or more of claims 1-12, characterized in that component c) is present therein in a quantity of 0.75-1.5 mol per mol of palladium compound.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in one or more of claims 1-13, characterized in that component d) is present therein in a quantity of 10-5000 mol per gram atom of palladium.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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Catalyst compositions as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that as the component d) they contain 1,4-benzoquinone.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphines, having the general formula R₁R₂P-R-PR₃R₄, wherein R₁-R₄ are similar or dissimilar hydrocarbyl groups with the proviso that at least one of R₁-R₄ represents a polarly substituted aryl group which includes at least one polar substituent in a ortho-position to phosphorus and wherein R represents a bivalent organic bridging group containing three carbon atoms in the bridge.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphines, having the general formula R₁R₂P-R-PR₃R₄, wherein R₁-R₄ are similar or dissimilar hydrocarbyl groups with the proviso that at least one of R₁-R₄ represents a polarly substituted aryl group which includes at least one polar substituent in a ortho-position to phosphorus and wherein R represents a bivalent organic bridging group containing three carbon atoms in the bridge.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphines having the general formula (R₁)₂P-R-P(R₁)₂ in which R₁ is aryl carrying a polar substituent in ortho-position to phosphorus.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphines having the general formula (R₁)₂P-R-P(R₁)₂ in which R₁ is aryl carrying a polar substituent in ortho-position to phosphorus.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphines as claimed in claim 16 or 17, characterized in that R is a group -CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphines as claimed in claim 16, 17 or 18, characterized in that as polar substituents in an aryl group in a position ortho to phosphorus, R₁ contains one or two alkoxy groups.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine; 1,3-bis[di(2-ethoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine; 1,3-bis[di(2-ethoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine: 1,3-bis[di(2-methoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine: 1,3-bis[di(2-methoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine: 1,3-bis[di(2,6-dimethoxy-phenyl)-phosphino]propane.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine: 1,3-bis[di(2,6-dimethoxy-phenyl)-phosphino]propane.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine: 1,3-bis[di(2,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-phosphino]propane.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine: 1,3-bis[di(2,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-phosphino]propane.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine: 1,3-bis[di(2,4,6-trimethoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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Bisphosphine: 1,3-bis[di(2,4,6-trimethoxy-phenyl)phosphino]propane.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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Process for the preparation of polymers, characterized in that a mixture of carbon monoxide and one or more olefinically unsaturated organic compounds is polymerized by using a catalyst composition as claimed in any one of claims 1-15.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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Process as claimed in claim 25, characterized in that the olefinically unsaturated organic compounds used are hydrocarbons, in particular ethene, or a mixture of ethene and another olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon, in particular propene.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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Process as claimed in claim 25 or 26, characterized in that it is carried out at a temperature of 30-150 °C, a pressure of 20-200 bar and a molar ratio in the mixture to be polymerized of olefinically unsaturated organic compounds relative to carbon monoxide of 5:1-1:2, and that per mol of olefinically unsaturated organic compound to be polymerized, such a quantity of catalyst composition is used as to contain 10⁻⁶-10⁻⁴ gram atom of palladium.
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