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Olefin polymerization catalyst and process for producing ethylene copolymers

Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-04-24
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Granted: 1991-12-31
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Expires: 2010-04-24
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Abstract

Abstract An olefin polymerization catalyst comprising: (A) a solid catalyst component containing a trivalent titanium, which is represented by the composition formula Mg.sub.m Ti(OR).sub.n X.sub.p [ED].sub.q (wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen, ED is a electron donative compound, and m, n, p and q are each a number satisfying 1≦m≦51, 0<n≦5, 5≦p≦106 and 0.2≦q≦2) obtained by reducing a titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR 1 ) a X 4-a (wherein R 1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom and a is a number satisfying 0<a≦4) with an organomagnesium compound in the presence of an organic silicon compound having Si--O bonds and an organic porous polymer, treating the resulting solid product with a ester compound and then reacting it with titanium tetrachloride or a mixture of titanium tetrachloride and a electron donative compound, and (B) an organoaluminum compound and a process for producing an ethylene copolymer using the same.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshihiro Miyoshi
  • 👤 Hiroyuki Shiraishi
  • 👤 Takeshi Ebara
  • 👤 Toshio Sasaki
  • 👤 Kiyoshi Kawai

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CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F10/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim 253 words
An olefin polymerization catalyst comprising: (A) a solid catalyst component containing a trivalent titanium, which is represented by the composition formula Mg.sub.m Ti(OR).sub.n X.sub.p [ED].sub.q (wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen, ED is an electron donative compound, and m, n, p and q are each a number satisfying 1≦m≦51, 0<n≦5, 5≦p≦106 and 0.2≦q≦2) obtained by reducing a titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR 1 ) a X 4-a (wherein R 1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom and a is a number satisfying 0<a≦4) with an organomagnesium compound in the presence of an organic silicon compound having Si-O bonds which is represented by the general formula Si(OR 3 ) b R 4 4-b , R 5 (R 6 2 SiO) c SiR 7 or (R 8 2 SiO) d (wherein R 3 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R.sup. 8 are each a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or hydrogen atom, b is a number satisfying 0<b≦4, c is an integer of 1 to 1000 and d is an integer of 2 to 1000) and an organic porous polymer, treating the resulting solid product with a carboxylic acid ester compound and then reacting it with titanium tetrachloride or a mixture of titanium tetrachloride and an electron donative compound, and (B) an organoaluminum compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 253 words
An olefin polymerization catalyst comprising: (A) a solid catalyst component containing a trivalent titanium, which is represented by the composition formula Mg.sub.m Ti(OR).sub.n X.sub.p [ED].sub.q (wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen, ED is an electron donative compound, and m, n, p and q are each a number satisfying 1≦m≦51, 0<n≦5, 5≦p≦106 and 0.2≦q≦2) obtained by reducing a titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR 1 ) a X 4-a (wherein R 1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom and a is a number satisfying 0<a≦4) with an organomagnesium compound in the presence of an organic silicon compound having Si-O bonds which is represented by the general formula Si(OR 3 ) b R 4 4-b , R 5 (R 6 2 SiO) c SiR 7 or (R 8 2 SiO) d (wherein R 3 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R.sup. 8 are each a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or hydrogen atom, b is a number satisfying 0<b≦4, c is an integer of 1 to 1000 and d is an integer of 2 to 1000) and an organic porous polymer, treating the resulting solid product with a carboxylic acid ester compound and then reacting it with titanium tetrachloride or a mixture of titanium tetrachloride and an electron donative compound, and (B) an organoaluminum compound.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 38 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the R 1 of the titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR 1 ) a X 4-a is a linear alkyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the a of the titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR 1 ) a X 4-a is a number satisfying 2≦a≦4.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 28 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the X of the titanium compound represented by the general formula Ti(OR 1 ) a x 4-a is chlorine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 34 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the b is of the organic silicon compound represented by the general formula Si(OR 3 ) b R 4 4-b is a number satisfying 1<b≦4.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 76 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the organomagnesium compound is a Grignard compound represented by the general formula R 9 MgX (wherein R 9 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and X is a halogen atom), or dialkylmagnesium compound or diarylmagnesium compound represented by the general formula R 10 R 11 Mg (wherein R 10 and R 11 are each a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 20 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the organic porous polymer is polystyrene, styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer or polyvinyl chloride.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 41 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 7, wherein the organic porous polymer have a mean particle diameter of 5 to 1,000 microns and a pore volume of 0.1 cc/g or above at a pore radius of 100 to 5,000 angstroms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 36 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the carboxylic acid ester compound is an aliphatic carboxylic acid ester, an olefinic carboxylic acid ester, an alicyclic carboxylic acid ester or an aromatic carboxylic acid ester.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 24 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the electron donative compound is an ester compound, an ether compound or a ketone compound.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 34 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 10, wherein the ester compound is an aliphatic carboxylic acid ester, an olefinic carboxylic acid ester, an alicyclic carboxylic acid ester or an aromatic carboxylic acid ester.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 34 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the organic silicon compound is used in an amount of 1 to 50 in term of atomic ratio of silicon atom to titanium atom (Si/Ti).
Claim 14
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 term of atomic ratio of the sum of titanium atom and silicon atom to magnesium atom (Si+Ti/Mg).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 21 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the reduction is conducted at a temperature of -50° to 70° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 31 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the organic porous polymer is used in an amount of 20 to 90% by weight in terms of proportion in solid product.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 49 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein the ester compound is used in an amount of 0.1 to 50 moles per 1 mol of titanium atom in solid product and in an amount of 0.01 to 1.0 mole per 1 mol of magnesium atom in solid product.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 30 words
A solid catalyst component according to claim 1, wherein titanium tetrachloride is used in an amount of 1 to 1000 moles per 1 mol of titanium atom in solid product.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 88 words
An olefin polymerization catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the organoaluminum compound is a compound having at least one Al-C bond within the molecule and represented by the general formula R 12 .sub.γ AlY 3- γ or R 13 R 14 Al-O-AlR 15 R 16 (wherein R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are each a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, Y is halogen atom, hydrogen atom or alkoxy group and γ is a number of satisfying 2≦γ≦3).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 26 words
An olefin polymerization catalyst according to claim 18, wherein the organoaluminum compound is a trialkylaluminum, a mixture of a trialkylaluminum and a dialkylaluminum halide, or alkylalumoxane.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 31 words
An olefin polymerization catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the organoaluminum compound is used in an amount of 1 to 1000 moles per 1 mol of titanium atom in solid product.

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