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Ethylene Polymerizations Using Parallel Pressure Reactors and a Kinetic Analysis of Chain Transfer Polymerization
Published on: November 27, 2015
A zwitterionic aluminabenzene-alkylzirconium complex having half-zirconocene structure: synthesis and application for
Taichi Nakamura1, Katsunori Suzuki, Makoto Yamashita
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8551, Japan.
Abstract:
An aluminabenzene-alkylzirconium complex having a half-zirconocene structure was synthesized. X-ray crystallographic analysis of this complex revealed a zwitterionic structure consisting of cationic alkylzirconium chloride and four-coordinated aluminate. In the presence of a catalytic amount of this complex, ethylene polymerization could proceed without any additives to form ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.
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