Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.16, No.4, 311-316, 1995
EFFECT OF CATALYST AGING ON CATALYST ACTIVITY AND STEREOSPECIFICITY FOR MGCL2/ETHYL BENZOATE OR DIOCTYL PHTHALATE/TICL4-TRIETHYLALUMINUM FOR PROPENE POLYMERIZATION
The aging of the MgCl2/dioctyl phthalate (DOP) or ethyl benzoate (EB)/TiCl4 catalyst was studied. Because of the strong complexation of DOP with the catalyst, only a small fraction of DOP was extracted by cocatalyst triethylaluminium (TEA) during aging, resulting in converting some highly isospecific sites into aspecific ones. No change of the overall number of sites was detected. EB, on the other hand, could be readily removed by TEA, resulting in a large increase in aspecific sites. Clustering of those sites facilitated catalyst deactivation.