Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a metallocene compound useful as a catalyst for synthesizing, in a high yield, high-molecular weight syndiotactic polyolefins with narrow molecular weight distribution and high syndiotactic index. SOLUTION: This new compound is a compound of the formula XR -R -R Y [X and Y are each H or Li; R and R are each a mononuclear or polynuclear hydrocarbon, one of them being 9-fluorenyl; R is of the formula R M M (R and R are each H, a halogen or the like; M is silicon, germanium or the like) or the like], pref. a compound of formula I (M is titanium, zirconium or the like; R and R are each H, a halogen 1-10C alkyl or the like; however excepting the case that R is isopropylidene, and R and R are nonsubstituted cyclopentadienyl and fluorenyl, respectively), for example, metallocene of formula II which is obtained using lithiumfluorene and 6-methyl-6-phenylfulvene as starting substances.
Abstract:
The invention relates to supported metallocene catalyst systems, optionally prepolymerized with olefinic monomer, preferably ethylene or propylene, useful in the polymerization of propylene to isotactic polyproylene. The isotactic polypropylene obtained generally has a molecular weight of about 100000 g/m or greater, a melting point of about 140 DEG C or greater and granular morphology. The supported catalyst system generally has high catalytic activity, and upon use in a polymerization reactor results in a process with minimal to no reactor fouling, fining, or chunking.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a syndiotactic polyolefin having a high molecular weight, a narrow distribution of molecular weight and an extremely high syndiotatic index by (co)polymerizing an olefin in the presence of a catalyst containing a specific transition metal component. SOLUTION: An olefin represented by the formula R -CH=CHR (R and R are each H or a 1-28C alkyl) is (co)polymerized in a solution state or a suspension state or in the vapor phase in the presence of a catalyst comprising (A) a transition metal component comprising a metallocene compound represented by formula I (M is Ti, Zr or the like; R and R are each H, a halogen or the like; R and R are each a mutually different mononuclear or polynuclear hydrocarbon, with the proviso that either one of R and R is 9- fluorenyl; R is Sn, CO or the like) and (B) an aluminoxane represented by formula II [R is phenyl, benzyl or the like; (n) is 2-50] and/or formula III at-60 to +200 deg.C under 0.5-100 bar. (Diphenylmethylene) (9-fluorenyl) (cyclopentadieny) zirconium dichloride, or the like, are preferred as the compound represented by formula I.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain defect-free olefin polymerization catalyst which not only markedly improves catalytic activity but also can give a polymer having improved particle shape by pre-activating metallocene with an aluminoxane in the polymerization of a 1-olefin or the copolymerization of a 1-olefin with ethylene in the presence of a transition metal catalyst. SOLUTION: This metallocene is represented by formula I or II (wherein Me is a group IV b or V b metal in the periodical table of elements; R and R are each a 1-10C alkyl, a 6-10C aryl or the like; R is a 1-4C linear hydrocarbon group or a 4-6C cyclic hydrocarbon group; R and R are each a monocyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbon residue which forms a sandwich structure together with the central atom, desirably indenyl, tetrahydroindenyl, cyclopentadienyl or the like; R and R are each a halogen, a 1-10C alkyl, a 6-10C aryl or the like; and R and R are each a substituted cyclopentadienyl).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a polymer having a narrow mol.wt. distribution, a high stereospecificity, m.p., crystallinity, and hardness, by carrying out an olefin (co)polymerization in the presence of a catalyst comprising a specific metallocene as a transition metal compd., an aluminoxane as a cocatalyst, and/or a specific salt-like compd. SOLUTION: A salt-like compd. used is one expressed by formulae II or III (R' is an optionally fluorinated aryl; and X is 1-3). A metallocene is a compd. expressed by the formula. In the formula, M is a group IVb, Vb, or VIb metal in the periodic table, R and R are each the same or different, H, a 1-10C alkyl group or the like; R and R are each the same or different. H, halogen, a 1-10C alkyl group or the like; R and R are each the same or different, of the same excluding H, as defined in R and R ; R is -Ge-, -O-, or the like; R , R , and R are each the same or different, H, halogen, a 1-10C alkyl group or the like; and, m and n are each the same or different, 0, 1, or 2.
Abstract:
A very effective catalyst system for the polymerization or copolymerization of olefins comprises a cocatalyst, preferably an aluminoxane or a supported aluminoxane, and a metallocene of the formula I (see formula I) in which, in the preferred form, M1 is Zr or Hf, R1 and R2 are halogen or alkyl, R3 is alkyl, R4 to R12 are alkyl or hydrogen and R13 is a (substituted) alkylene or heteroatom bridge. The metallocenes, in particular the zirconocenes, produce polymers of very high molecular weight, in the case of prochiral monomers polymers of very high molecular weight, very high stereotacticity and very high melting point, at high catalyst activities in the industrially particularly interesting temperature range between 50 and 80.degree.C. In addition, reactor deposits are avoided by means of supported catalyst systems.
Abstract:
Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film with at least one base layer (A) contg. polypropylene (PP) is claimed, in which (a) the isotactic block length between two structural defects is more than 40 (statistical average), (b) the n-heptane-insol. component of the PP has an isotacticity (by C-NMR spectrometry) of at least 95%, (c) the mol. wt. ratio Mw/Mn is less than 4, (d) the PP contains less than 1% n-heptane-soluble component, and (e) the base layer has elastic moduli of more than 2400 and more than 4800 N/mm in the machine (longitudinal) and transverse directions respectively. Also claimed is a process for the prodn. of this BOPP film, by heating, compressing and melting the polymers for the different layers in extruders, combining the different melts, extruding through a sheet die, cooling and compacting the film on a take-off roll, and orienting the film by stretching in the machine direction by a factor of (3:1)-(9:1) and in the transverse direction by a factor of (4:1)- (12:1).
Abstract:
Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film with at least one base layer (A) contg. polypropylene (PP) is claimed, in which (a) the isotactic block length of the PP between two structural defects is more than 40 (statistical average), (b) the n-heptane- insol. component of the PP has an isotacticity (by C-NMR spectrometry) of at least 95%, (c) the PP has a mol. wt. ratio Mw/Mn of less than 4 and contains less than 1% n-heptane-soluble component, and (d) the film has a tear strength of more than 15 N/(mm film thickness) in both the machine (longitudinal) and transverse directions. Also claimed is a process for the prodn. of this BOPP film, which involves orienting the film by stretching in the machine direction by a factor of (3:1)-(9:1) and in the transverse direction by a factor of (4:1)-(12:1).
Abstract:
Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film with at least one base layer (A) contg. polypropylene (PP) is claimed, in which (a) the isotactic block length of the PP between two structural defects is more than 40 (statistical average); (b) the n-heptane- insol. component of the PP has an isotacticity (by C-NMR spectrometry) of at least 95%; and (c) the PP has a mol. wt. ratio Mw/Mn of less than 4 and contains less than 1% n-heptane-soluble component. Sealable film of this type has a gloss value of more than 90, pref. more than 105, and an opacity of less than 2.5, pref. less than 2.0. Non-sealable BOPP film has a gloss value of more than 120, pref. more than 130, and an opacity of less than 2.0, pref. less than 1.8. Also claimed is a process for the prodn. of this BOPP film, by (i) heating, compressing and melting the polymers for the different layers in extruders; (ii) combining the different melts; (iii) extruding through a sheet die; (iv) cooling and compacting the film on a take-off roll; and (v) orienting the film by stretching in the machine direction by a factor of (3:1)-(9:1) and in the transverse direction by a factor of (4:1)-(12:1).