Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 657-665.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2011.01239

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Ethylene-bridged (4-Substituted Indenyl) (Fluorenyl) Zirconium Complexes: Synthesis and Catalytic Behavior for α-Olefins Polymerization

HUANG Wenzhong, MA Haiyana, HUANG Jilingb   

  1. Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • Received:2010-12-16 Revised:2011-02-06 Online:2011-04-18 Published:2014-08-30

Abstract: Three new ethylene-bridged (4-substituted indenyl) (fluorenyl) zirconium complexes (2a–2c) were successfully synthesized. They exhibited high isotactic selectivity, which increased with the decrease of polymerization temperature for the polymerization of propylene upon the activation of MAO (methylaluminoxane). Complex 2a with 2-methyl group on indenyl displayed the highest isotactic selectivity of 93.6% at 0 oC. At 60 oC, complexes 2a–2c reached their optimum catalytic activity, and complex 2a displayed the highest activity of 7.80x106 g PP/(mol-Zr.h). Meanwhile, complexes 2a–2c were also studied for ethylene homopolymerization and linear polyethylenes with broad molecular weight distributions were obtained. Complex 2c with 4-isopropyl substituent on indenyl showed high activity of 3.45x106 g PE/(mol-Zr.h) even at a low Al/Zr molar ratio of 500.

Key words: ansa-metallocene, zirconium, polymerization, isotactic polypropylene, polyethylene