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Ethylene Polymerizations Using Parallel Pressure Reactors and a Kinetic Analysis of Chain Transfer Polymerization
Published on: November 27, 2015
Titanium complex with an [OSSO]-type bis(phenolate) ligand for ethylene copolymerization with vinyl polar monomer
Yuqiong Zhu1, Sihan Li1, Huaqing Liang1
1GDHPPC Lab, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University 510275 China ceszfm@mail.sysu.edu.cn +86-20-84114033 +86-20-84113250.
Abstract:
The [OSSO]-type bis(phenolate) titanium complex 1 activated by methylaluminoxane (MAO) was tested as a homogeneous catalyst for ethylene coordination copolymerization with protected vinyl polar monomer of p-tert-butyl-dimethylsilyloxystyrene (p-TBDMSOS). The results showed that the active species were almost not poisonous to the catalyst by the protected vinyl polar monomer. Moreover, the composition and sequence length as well as sequence distribution in the copolymers were investigated by theoretical calculation and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C NMR) characterization. Especially, the incorporation ratio of p-TBDMSOS into the polyethylene chain could be controlled by changing p-TBDMSOS concentration in the feed. Interestingly, an approximate alternating copolymer of poly(E-alt-(p-TBDMSOS)) could be formed when the p-TBDMSOS feed concentration increased to 1.0 mol L-1. Subsequently, the poly(ethylene-co-(p-hydroxystyrene)) (poly(E-co-(p-HOS))) could be prepared by a facile deprotection in terms of desilylation of tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether. The hydrophilicity of poly(E-co-(p-HOS)) films were investigated by water contact angle measurements.
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