Polymer Bulletin, Vol.38, No.2, 141-148, 1997
Homopolymerization, Copolymerization and Terpolymerization of 1,5-Hexadiene Using a Methylalumoxane Activated Mono-CP-Amido-Complex
Homo- and copolymerizations of 1,5-hexadiene with ethene and styrene using halfsandwich metallocene catalyst Me(2)Si(Me(4)Cp)(N-tert.-butyl)TiCl2 / MAO (Cp = cyclopentadienyl, Me = methyl, MAO = methylalumoxane) were investigated. According to C-13-NMR spectroscopic microstructure analysis, cyclopolymerization of 1,5-hexadiene afforded randomly distributed cis- and trans-cyclopentane rings in the homo- and copolymer backbone. 1,5-hexadiene incorporation reached 52 mel-%. The ratio of vinyl side chains to cyclopentane rings was controlled by 1,5-hexadiene concentration, where low 1,5-hexadiene concentration promoted cyclopolymerization. Copolymer glass transition temperatures increased with increasing content of cyclic units in the backbone. Styrene was used successfully as termonomer in ethene/1,5-hexadiene polymerization, resulting in a semicrystalline terpolymer with cyclic and styrenic units in the polymer backbone.
Keywords:ALPHA-OLEFIN;ENANTIOSELECTIVE CYCLOPOLYMERIZATION;POLYMERIZATION;DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY;NORBORNENE;CATALYST;POLYMERS