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US3335121A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Polymerization process

Assignee: Montedison SpA
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Filing: 1963-07-03
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Granted: 1967-08-08
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Expires: 1983-07-03
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Natta Giulio
  • 👤 Pasquon Italo

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 02:01
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F10/00; C08F10/04; C08F10/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 138 words
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYPROPLENE SHOWING CRYSTALLINITY DUE SUBSTANTIALLY ONLY TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE STEREOREGULAR STRUCTURE SYNDIOTACTIC IN THE MACRONMOLECULES THEREOF, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES POLYMERIZING PROPYLENE, AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 0*C., IN INERT AROMATIC HYDROCARBON SOLVENT, AND IN CONTACT WITH A HOMOGENEOUS CATALYST WHICH IS THE AROMATIC HYDROCARBON-SOLUBLE PRODUCT OF THE REACTION, AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 0* C., OF VANADIUM TRIACETYLACETONATE, AN ORGANOMETALLIC ALUMINUM MONOHALIDE OF THE FORMULA AIR''R"X IN WHICH R'' AND R" ARE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ARYL, ALKYLARYL, AND CYCLOALKYL GROUPS CONTAINING UP TO 10 CARBON ATOMS AND X IS A HALOGEN ATOM, IN A MOLAR RATIO OF THE VANADIUM TRIACETYLACETONATE TO ORGANOMETALLIC ALUMINUM MONOHALIDE OF 1:15, AND OF A LEWIS BASE HAVING A HEAT OF COMPLEXATION WITH THE ORGANOMETALLIC ALUMINUM HALIDE LOWER THAN 12,000 CAL. PER MOLE OF SAID HALIDE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 138 words
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYPROPLENE SHOWING CRYSTALLINITY DUE SUBSTANTIALLY ONLY TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE STEREOREGULAR STRUCTURE SYNDIOTACTIC IN THE MACRONMOLECULES THEREOF, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES POLYMERIZING PROPYLENE, AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 0*C., IN INERT AROMATIC HYDROCARBON SOLVENT, AND IN CONTACT WITH A HOMOGENEOUS CATALYST WHICH IS THE AROMATIC HYDROCARBON-SOLUBLE PRODUCT OF THE REACTION, AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 0* C., OF VANADIUM TRIACETYLACETONATE, AN ORGANOMETALLIC ALUMINUM MONOHALIDE OF THE FORMULA AIR''R"X IN WHICH R'' AND R" ARE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ARYL, ALKYLARYL, AND CYCLOALKYL GROUPS CONTAINING UP TO 10 CARBON ATOMS AND X IS A HALOGEN ATOM, IN A MOLAR RATIO OF THE VANADIUM TRIACETYLACETONATE TO ORGANOMETALLIC ALUMINUM MONOHALIDE OF 1:15, AND OF A LEWIS BASE HAVING A HEAT OF COMPLEXATION WITH THE ORGANOMETALLIC ALUMINUM HALIDE LOWER THAN 12,000 CAL. PER MOLE OF SAID HALIDE.

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