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:
Provided is a non-cyclopentadienyl-based chromium-ligand complex, preferably a chromium-ligand complex of formula (J): LCr(R A ) m (D) k (J), wherein L is a non-Cp monoanionic ligand; Cr (chromium) is in a formal oxidation state of +3 or +2; when Cr formally is Cr +3 , either m is 1 and R A is hydrocarbylene (a hydrocarbylene chromium-ligand complex of formula (J)) or m is 2 and each R A independently is hydrocarbyl (a dihydrocarbyl chromium-ligand complex of formula (J)), wherein each hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbylene of R A independently is unsubstituted or substituted by from 1 to 5 R AS ; each R AS independently is a neutral aprotic heteroalkyl, neutral aprotic heterocycloalkyl, neutral aprotic heteroaryl, or neutral aprotic aryl; when Cr formally is Cr +2 , m is 1 and R A is hydrocarbyl (a hydrocarbyl chromium-ligand complex of formula (J)); k is an integer of 0 or 1; D is absent when k is 0 or D is a neutral ligand when k is 1; wherein the chromium-ligand complex of formula (J) is overall neutral and lacks a cyclopentadienyl-based (Cp-based) moiety. Also provided is a chromium catalyst comprising or prepared from the complex. Also provided is a process of making the catalyst and a process employing the chromium catalyst for polymerizing the olefin monomer, especially a straight chain 1-alkene, to prepare the polyolefin, especially a partially chain-straightened poly( 1-alkene) or olefin block copolymer. Further provided is the partially chain- straightened poly( 1-alkene) or olefin block copolymer prepared thereby. Also provided is a high throughput workflow.
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.