The propensity of a half-sandwich (η5-tetramethylcyclopentadienyl) dimethylsilylamido Ti-based catalyst bearing an auxiliary diethylboryl-protected pyridyl moiety (Ti-8), activated by methylaluminoxane (MAO) to homopolymerize α-olefins such as ethylene, 1-hexene and styrene as well as to copolymerize styrene with 1,3-cyclohexadiene is described. The reactivity of Ti-8 was investigated in compar...

We report a combined multivariate linear regression (MLR) and density functional theory (DFT) approach for predicting the comonomer incorporation rate in copolymerization of ethene with 1-olefins. The MLR model was trained to correlate set 19 experimental group 4 catalysts steric electronic features dichloride catalyst precursors. Although assembled data were produced different laboratories bot...

A number of half-zirconocene anilide complexes of the type Cp*ZrCl(2)[N(2,6-R(1)(2)C(6)H(3))R(2)] [R(1) = (i)Pr (1, 3), Me (2); R(2) = Me (1, 2), Bn (3)] and Cp*ZrCl[N(2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(3))Me](2) (4) (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) were synthesized from the reactions of Cp*ZrCl(3) with the lithium salts of the corresponding anilide in diethyl ether at room temperature. All new zirconium comple...

Abstract A dynamic model is developed for gas‐phase ethylene/1‐hexene polymerization with a three‐site hafnocene catalyst. The accurately predicts molecular weight and comonomer composition distributions 15 lab‐scale copolymerization runs performed at different temperatures. experimental used to fit this are temperatures between 60 85 °C. Gas‐phase concentrations measured every 2.7 min througho...

SiO2/MgCl2 (ethoxide type)/TiCl4 Ziegler-Natta catalysts for use in ethylene polymerization and ethylene/1-hexene copolymerization have been prepared using silica with a supported layer of magnesium ethoxide (Mg(OEt)2) as a catalyst precursor, followed by treating with TiCl4 at different Ti/Mg molar ratios, which showed significant effects on the active centers and pore structures of the cataly...

sio2-supported silyl chromate catalyst is an important industrial catalyst for production of high grade hdpepipe materials. the control of the short chain branch (scb) distribution using this catalyst system is still a greatchallenge. in this work, ethylene and 1-hexene copolymers were synthesized using sio2-supported silyl chromatecatalyst combined with triisobutylaluminium (tiba), triethylalu...

Selected results for the synthesis of cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs)—especially copolymerizations of norbornene (NBE) or tetracyclododecene (TCD) with ethylene and α-olefins (1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-dodecene)—using group 4 transition metal (titanium and zirconium) complex catalysts have been reviewed. Half-titanocenes containing an anionic ancillary donor ligand, Cp’TiX2(Y) (Cp’ = cyclopentadien...

Bimetallic dichlorotitanium complexes, {2,6-[eta(5)-2,5-Me2C5H2](2)-4-R-C6H2N-microN}{Ti(IV)Cl2}2 (, R=Me; , R=F) and 4,4'-A[{2-(eta(5)-2,3,5-Me3C5H)C6H3NC6H11-kappaN}Ti(IV)Cl2]2 (, A=CH2; , A=O; , A=ortho-C6H4) are prepared via a key step of the Suzuki-coupling reaction of 2-dihydroxyboryl-3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one () with dibromo-compounds. The solid state structure of was determined by X-...