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Strong influences of polymerization temperature on ethylene/1-hexene copolymerization catalyzed by (2-PhInd)2ZrCl2/methyl aluminoxane |
YE Jian-ding, FAN Zhi-qiang, WANG Wei |
Institute of Polymer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China |
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Abstract Ethylene/1-hexene was copolymerized by an unbridged zirconocene, (2-PhInd)2ZrCl2/MAO (methyl aluminoxane) at 0 °C and 50 °C respectively. High copolymerization activity and 1-hexene incorporation were observed at 0 °C, with the copolymer formed having random sequence distribution and narrow molecular weight distribution. Ethylene polymerization at 50 °C showed high activity, but copolymerization at 50 °C showed much lower activity, which decreased sharply with increasing 1-hexene concentration in the monomer feed. Copolymer formed at 50 °C showed blocky sequence distribution and broad molecular weight distribution. A mechanism model based on ligand rotation hindered by the propagation chain has been proposed to qualitatively explain the observed phenomena.
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Received: 27 July 2005
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