Abstract:
A method for preparing methyl methacrylate from methacrolein and methanol. The method comprises contacting a mixture comprising methacrolein, methanol and oxygen with a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal, wherein oxygen concentration at a reactor outlet is from 1 to 7.5 mol% and wherein pH at a reactor outlet is no greater than 7.5.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
Abstract:
The present process embodiments for synthesizing long-chain branched copolymers include contacting together one or more C 2 -C 14 alkene monomers, at least one diene or polyene, optionally a solvent, and a multi-chain catalyst. The multi-chain catalyst includes a plurality of polymerization sites and produces at least two polymer chains of the C 2 -C 14 alkene monomers, each polymer chain polymerizing at one of the polymerization sites. The process synthesizes the long-chain branched polymers by connecting the two polymer chains with the diene or polyene, the joining of the two polymer chains being performed in a concerted manner during the polymerization.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
Abstract:
Processes of synthesizing long-chain branched polymers. The processes include contacting together one or more C 2 -C 14 alkene monomers, at least one diene, optionally a solvent, and a multi-chain catalyst optionally in the presence of hydrogen, wherein the multi-chain catalyst comprises a plurality of polymerization sites; producing at least two polymer chains of the C 2 -C 14 alkene monomers, each polymer chain polymerizing at one of the polymerization sites; synthesizing the long-chain branched polymers by connecting the two polymer chains with the diene, the joining of the two polymer chains being performed in a concerted manner during the polymerization; and producing tri-functional long chain branches and tetra-functional long chain branches from the diene, wherein the long-chain branched polymers have a ratio of tri-functional to tetra-functional long chain branches from 0.05:1 to 100:0; and adjusting the ratio of tri-functional and tetra-functional long chain branches. The diene has a structure according to formula (I):
Abstract:
A method for preparing a heterogeneous catalyst. The method comprises steps of: (a) combining (i) a support, (ii) an aqueous solution of a noble metal compound and (iii) a C 2 -C 18 thiol comprising at least one hydroxyl or carboxylic acid substituent; to form a wet particle and (b) removing water from the wet particle by drying followed by calcination to produce the catalyst.
Abstract:
The invention generally relates to a process for making a polyolefin-polysiloxane block copolymer, a polyolefin-polysiloxane block copolymer made by the process, and an article comprising the polyolefin-polysiloxane block copolymer. The process generally comprises coupling a polyolefinyl-aluminum compound with an acyclic polysiloxane or cyclic siloxane monomer to yield the polyolefin-polysiloxane block copolymer.
Abstract:
Ethylene-based polymers comprise reaction products of polymerizing ethylene monomer, at least one diene or polyene comonomer, and optionally at least one C 3 to C 14 comonomer under defined polymerization reaction conditions, the ethylene-based polymer having: an M w /M w0 greater than 1.20. The M w0 is the initial weight-average molecular weight of a comparative ethylene-based polymer by gel permeation chromatography. The comparative ethylene-based polymer being a reaction product of polymerizing ethylene monomer and all C 3 to C 14 comonomers present in the ethylene-based polymer, if any, without the at least one polyene comonomer, under the defined polymerization reaction conditions; and a molecular weight tail quantified by an MWD area metric, A TAIL , and A TAIL is less than or equal to 0.04 as determined by gel permeation chromatography using a triple detector.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an olefin polymerization catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
Abstract:
The disclosure are directed to a process for polymerizing ethylene-based polymers. The process includes polymerizing ethylene and optionally one or more (C3-C14)α-olefin monomer, and at least one diene, in the presence of at least one multi-chain catalyst and at least one single-chain catalyst. The process may include a solvent. The multi-chain catalyst in the process includes a plurality of polymerization sites. Long-chain branched polymers are synthesized by connecting the two polymer chains of the multi-chain catalyst with the diene, the joining of the two polymer chains being performed in a concerted manner during the polymerization. The ethylene-based polymers are produced and include at least two molecular weight polymer fractions. The multi-chain catalyst produces the high molecular weight fraction, which is the long-chain branched polymer.