POLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE BY DIPHENYLZINC-ADDITIVE SYSTEMS. PART X. HOMO- AND COPOLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE USING Ph2Zn - METALLOCENE - MAO SYSTEMS
Combination of diphenylzinc, Ph2Zn, cyclopentadienyl titanium trichloride, CpTiCl3, and methylaluminoxane, MAO, were used to initiate styrene, S, polymerization and its copolymerization with 1-hexadecene, 1-C16H32, and with p-tert-butylstyrene, p-ButS. For homopolymerization an almost pure syndiotat...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2000 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Institution: | CONICYT Chile |
| Repository: | SciELO Chile |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:scielo:S0366-16442000000200008 |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-16442000000200008 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | styrene polymerization copolymerization diphenylzinc metallocenes catalysts stereoregularity tacticity |
| Summary: | Combination of diphenylzinc, Ph2Zn, cyclopentadienyl titanium trichloride, CpTiCl3, and methylaluminoxane, MAO, were used to initiate styrene, S, polymerization and its copolymerization with 1-hexadecene, 1-C16H32, and with p-tert-butylstyrene, p-ButS. For homopolymerization an almost pure syndiotatic polystyrene, s-PS, was obtained when using Ph2Zn-CpTiCl3-MAO combination, while other combinations of these components produced atactic polystyrene, a-PS, or almost no polymer at all. CpTiCl3-MAO and Ph2Zn-CpTiCl3-MAO were effective initiator systems for S/1-C16H32 and for S/p-ButS copolymerization. S/1-C16H32 copolymers showed crystalline melting temperature at range 235 - 255 °C while S/p-ButS copolymers did not show any melting temperature signal at DSC, but behave as stereoregular polymer |
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