Abstract Due to the important role of cocatalyst in polymerization process employing industrially favored Ziegler–Natta catalysts, its effect on kinetic behavior, catalyst activity, and polymer properties is discussed. In this paper, triethyl aluminum (TEA) triisobutyl (TIBA) have been used as main ingredient with 10–20 mol percent diethyl chloride (DEAC) ethyl dichloride (EADC) cocatalysts, be...

The present research focuses on investigation of the catalytic behaviors of MgCl₂-SiO₂/TiCl₄/THF Ziegler-Natta (ZN) catalysts with fumed SiO₂ variously treated with silane compounds. The non-treated silica (NTS) and other silicas treated with dimethylsilicone fluid (TSDMSF), dimethyldichlorosilane (TSDMDCS), and hexamethyl-disilazane (TSHMDS) were employed. It was found that the Cat-TSDMDCS and...

The reliable and efficient counting of active sites in catalytic olefin polymerization has been realized by using acyl chloride as the quench-labeling agent. However, molar ratio to alkylaluminum cocatalyst must be larger than 1 order completely depress side reactions between quencher Al-polymeryl that is formed via chain transfer reaction. In this work, a tetrahydrofuran/thiophene-2-carbonyl (...

Chapter 1 Motivated by the isolobal and isoelectronic relationship between the do CpW(CR) fragment and the do bent metallocene core, the synthesis and reactivity of alkyl complexes of the type CpW(CAd)R 2 (Ad = 1-adamantyl; R = alkyl, Cl, NMe 2 ) are presented. AdCN reacts with W2 (OCMe3 )6 to provide W(CAd)(OCMe 3)3, from which CpW(CAd)C12 may be prepared in three steps. Alkylation of CpW(CAd)...