Propene Polymerization with Stereospecific Metallocene Dichloride−[Ph3C][B(C6F5)4] Using ω-Alkenylaluminum as an Alkylation Reagent and as a Functional Comonomer
Propene Polymerization with Stereospecific Metallocene Dichloride−[Ph3C][B(C6F5)4] Using ω-Alkenylaluminum as an Alkylation Reagent and as a Functional Comonomer
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DOI:
10.1021/ma025528y
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发表时间:
2002-07
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5.5
通讯作者:
Y. Nam;T. Shiono;T. Ikeda
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作者:
Y. Nam;T. Shiono;T. Ikeda
Introduction. Recent development of single site catalysts for olefin polymerization has enabled us to control the microstructure of polyolefin precisely. 1 An unsolved and unsurmountable task in this field is to copolymerize functional monomers with olefins because highly oxophilic active species of catalyst are intolerant toward the polar group of comonomer. 2 Brookhart et al. reported the first example of copolymerization of olefins and alkyl acrylates by less oxophilic Pd (II)-based catalysts. 3 The neutral salycyladiminato Ni (II) catalysts developed by Grubbs et al., which required no cocatalyst, are conspicuously active systems for the synthesis of functional polyethene. 4In the case of functionalization of polypropene (PP), however, direct copolymerization of propene and polar monomers seems to be very difficult because stereospecificity and copolymerizability should be controlled simultaneously. Copolymerization of propene and R-olefin that has a precursor of functional group is one of the most promising methods to functionalize PP. For that purpose, diolefin is used to prepare reactive PP, in which the remaining olefinic group at side chain is applied for functionalization. PP with pendant vinyl groups can be prepared by copolymerization of propene with R, ω-diolefins such as 1, 5-hexadiene, whereas cyclic copolymerization or cross-linking reaction of R, ω-diolefins prevents the introduction of vinyl group with keeping original properties of PP. 5 We have recently reported that isotactic PP with pendant vinyl group was obtained in a good yield when propene polymerization was conducted with a MgCl2-supported TiCl4 catalyst in trivinylcyclohexane as a comonomer. 6 The pendant vinyl groups of PP obtained were transferred to hydroxyl groups via hydroalumination very easily. 7 Another method to functionalize PP using R, ω-diolefins has been well investigated by Chung et al.; they prepared boranecontaining monomers from R, ω-diolefins and 9-borabicyclo [3.3. 1] nonane and conducted copolymerization of propene and the synthesized monomer with TiCl3-based catalysts. 8 The obtained isotactic polymer containing pendant alkyl borane was converted to functional PP. In this communication, we synthesized 7-octenyldiisobutylaluminum (ODIBA) derived from hydroalumination of 1, 7-octadiene with diisobutylaluminum hydride, because ODIBA should act as a protected comonomer as well as a cocatalyst. Propene polymerization was then conducted by stereospecific metallocene dichlorides-[Ph3C][B (C6F5) 4] in the presence of ODIBA,