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Investigation of styrene/1‐hexene copolymerization by homogeneous and heterogeneous bisindenyl ethane zirconium dichloride catalyst system
Author(s) -
Rahmani Sohrab,
Abbasian Mojtaba,
N. Moghadam Peyman,
A. Entezami Ali
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.26032
Subject(s) - copolymer , styrene , methylaluminoxane , polymer chemistry , 1 hexene , zirconium , materials science , tacticity , catalysis , toluene , olefin fiber , homogeneous catalysis , metallocene , hexene , chemistry , polymerization , polymer , organic chemistry , composite material , metallurgy
Abstract Homogeneous copolymerization of styrene and 1‐hexene was carried out in toluene at room temperature using bisindenyl ethane zirconium dichloride/methylaluminoxane (MAO). The supported catalyst was prepared with immobilization of Et(Ind) 2 ZrCl 2 /MAO on silica (calcinated at 500°C) with premixed method. Heterogeneous copolymerization of styrene/1‐hexene with different mole ratios was carried out in the presence of supported catalyst system. The copolymers obtained from homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst system were characterized by 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR. Composition of the resulting copolymers was determined by 1 H NMR data. Analysis of 13 C NMR spectra of obtained copolymers by homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst systems present isotactic olefin‐enriched copolymers. Molecular weight and thermal behavior of resulting copolymers was investigated. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 104: 4008–4014, 2007