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Supported arene complex olefin catalysis
Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1978-08-07
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Granted: 1981-11-10
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Expires: 1998-08-07
Abstract
Abstract A transition metal compound containing at least one pi -bonded arene is contacted with an inorganic oxide, hydroxide, oxyhalide, hydroxyhalide or halide. The transition metal compound can be a compound such as titanium(O)ditoluene or TiCl2.2AlCl3 durene. The inorganic compound is preferably of high surface area and this may be inherent in the compound or can be achieved by a grinding procedure. The inorganic compound can be treated with a halogen containing compound either before, during or after the contacting with the transition metal compound. The product of the contacting is useful either as catalyst for the polymerization of unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers or as a component of such a catalyst. When used as a component of an olefine polymerization catalyst, the transition metal product can be mixed with an organo-aluminum compound and a Lewis Base compound such as an ester. The catalysts can be used to polymerize or copolymerize olefine monomers to obtain a high yield of a polymer having good properties. Some of the catalysts produce polymers of high molecular weight which have an interesting combination of properties.
Inventors
- 👤 John P. Candlin
- 👤 Keith C. Wilson
- 👤 Ronald Pearce
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:45
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F10/00; C08F4/00; C08F4/02; C08F4/022; C08F4/42; C08F4/44; C08F4/60; C08F4/62; C08F4/639; C08F4/63916; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S526/00; Y10S526/941; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31645; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31692
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A process for the production of a hydrocarbon polymer wherein at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer is contacted with a polymerization catalyst which contains a compound of a transition metal, other than zirconium, of Group IVA of the Periodic Table, wherein the said compound contains at least one π-bonded arene group, and is supported on a particulate inorganic compound which is (A) an inorganic oxide, an inorganic hydroxide, an inorganic oxyhalide, an inorganic hydroxyhalide or an inorganic halide; (B) a mixture of at least two compounds from (A); or (C) a compound obtained by the reaction of at least two compounds from (A).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
A process for the production of a hydrocarbon polymer wherein at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer is contacted with a polymerization catalyst which contains a compound of a transition metal, other than zirconium, of Group IVA of the Periodic Table, wherein the said compound contains at least one π-bonded arene group, and is supported on a particulate inorganic compound which is (A) an inorganic oxide, an inorganic hydroxide, an inorganic oxyhalide, an inorganic hydroxyhalide or an inorganic halide; (B) a mixture of at least two compounds from (A); or (C) a compound obtained by the reaction of at least two compounds from (A).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
92 words
A process for the production of a hydrocarbon polymer wherein at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer is contacted with a polymerization catalyst which contains a compound of titanium, wherein the said compound contains at least one π-bonded arene group, and is supported on a particulate inorganic compound which is (A) an inorganic oxide, an inorganic hydroxide, an inorganic oxyhalide, an inorganic hydroxyhalide or an inorganic halide; (B) a mixture of at least two compounds from (A); or (C) a compound obtained by the reaction of at least two compounds from (A).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
92 words
A process for the production of a hydrocarbon polymer wherein at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer is contacted with a polymerization catalyst which contains a compound of titanium, wherein the said compound contains at least one π-bonded arene group, and is supported on a particulate inorganic compound which is (A) an inorganic oxide, an inorganic hydroxide, an inorganic oxyhalide, an inorganic hydroxyhalide or an inorganic halide; (B) a mixture of at least two compounds from (A); or (C) a compound obtained by the reaction of at least two compounds from (A).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the catalyst contains a titanium dichloride-aluminum chloride-arene complex supported on magnesium chloride or alumina.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the catalyst contains a titanium dichloride-aluminum chloride-arene complex supported on magnesium chloride admixed with aluminum chloride or sodium chloride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the catalyst contains a titanium dichloride-aluminum chloride-arene complex supported on magnesium chloride and treated with titanium tetrachloride.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the catalyst contains titanium(O)ditoluene supported on magnesium chloride.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the catalyst contains titanium(O)ditoluene supported on alumina.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the catalyst contains titanium(O)ditoluene supported on magnesium chloride and treated with titanium tetrachloride or hydrogen chloride.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the catalyst contains titanium(O)ditoluene supported on magnesium chloride which has been treated with butyl chloride or toluoyl chloride.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
9 words
The process of claim 7 wherein ethylene is polymerized.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
9 words
The process of claim 3 wherein propylene is polymerized.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
9 words
The process of claim 7 wherein propylene is polymerized.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
58 words
The process of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the polymerization catalyst also includes at least one organo-metallic compound of aluminum or of a non-transition metal of Group IIA of the Periodic Table or a complex of an organo-metallic compound of a non-transition metal of Groups IA or IIA of the Periodic Table and an organic aluminum compound.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 13 wherein the polymerization catalyst also contains an organic-Lewis Base compound which is an aromatic ester.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
67 words
A process for the production of a propylene polymer wherein propylene is contacted with a polymerization catalyst comprising a transition metal component, an organo-aluminum compound and an organo-Lewis Base compound wherein the transition metal component is a compound of a transition metal of Group IVA of the Periodic Table, which compound contains at least one π-bonded arene group, and which is supported on a particulate inorganic halide.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
67 words
A process for the production of a propylene polymer wherein propylene is contacted with a polymerization catalyst comprising a transition metal component, an organo-aluminum compound and an organo-Lewis Base compound wherein the transition metal component is a compound of a transition metal of Group IVA of the Periodic Table, which compound contains at least one π-bonded arene group, and which is supported on a particulate inorganic halide.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 15 wherein the transition metal component is either titanium(O)ditoluene, or a titanium dichloride-aluminum chloride-arene complex, supported on magnesium chloride.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 15 wherein the organo-aluminum compound is aluminum triethyl and the Lewis Base is an aromatic ester.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
80 words
A process for the production of a hydrocarbon polymer wherein at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer is contacted with a polymerization catalyst which contains a titanium dichloride-aluminum chloride-arene complex supported on a particulate inorganic compound which is (A) an inorganic oxide, an inorganic hydroxide, an inorganic oxyhalide, an inorganic hydroxyhalide or an inorganic halide; (B) a mixture of at least two compounds from (A); or (C) a compound obtained by the reaction of at least two compounds from (A).
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
80 words
A process for the production of a hydrocarbon polymer wherein at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer is contacted with a polymerization catalyst which contains a titanium dichloride-aluminum chloride-arene complex supported on a particulate inorganic compound which is (A) an inorganic oxide, an inorganic hydroxide, an inorganic oxyhalide, an inorganic hydroxyhalide or an inorganic halide; (B) a mixture of at least two compounds from (A); or (C) a compound obtained by the reaction of at least two compounds from (A).
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
35 words
A solid polypropylene polymer having a melt flow index (measured at 190° C. using a 10 kg weight) of not greater than 0.02, and containing at least three head-to-head units for each 100 propylene units.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
35 words
A solid polypropylene polymer having a melt flow index (measured at 190° C. using a 10 kg weight) of not greater than 0.02, and containing at least three head-to-head units for each 100 propylene units.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
27 words
The polymer of claim 19 which has a melt flow index of less than 0.01 and contains at least four head-to-head units for each 100 propylene units.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
14 words
The polymer of claim 19 which has an isotactic content of at least 70%.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 19 which has a proportion of at least 5% of racemic diads.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
15 words
The polymer of claim 19 which has a glass transition temperature of below 0° C.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
17 words
The polymer of claim 19 which has a low temperature brittle point which is below -20° C.
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