Titanium(+4) and vanadium(+5) 8-oxyquinolinates as catalysts for the synthesis of high-molecular-weight polyethylene and ethylene-octene copolymers
摘要
New titanium(+4) and vanadium(+5) 8-oxyquinolinate complexes were synthesized. Their structures were determined by X-ray diffraction. The synthesized compounds catalyze the polymerization of ethylene in the presence of Al/Mg activators, {Et2AlCl/Bu2Mg} and {Et3Al2Cl3/Bu2Mg} (up to 3400 kg of PE (mol of [M] h atm)−1), to form ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene with a molecular weight up to 5.3•106 Da. The synthesized compounds are shown to be efficient precatalysts for the synthesis of ethylene-octene copolymers. A high insertion of 1-octene into the copolymer composition, up to 9.5%, was observed for vanadium [bis(7-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethyl-8-oxyquinolinato)]dipropoxide.