Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.17, No.1, 25-29, 1996
Ethene polymerization with modified-polypropene-supported highly stable Ziegler catalyst
A modified-polypropene-supported Ziegler catalyst was prepared using polypropene containing a small amount of poly(7-methyl-1,6-octadiene) as a starting polymer for bromination, lithiation, and reaction with TiCl4. The polymerization of ethene was carried out using the catalyst with Al(C2H5)(3) in toluene at 60 degrees C up to 100 h. The polymer yield increased linearly with polymerization time, which indicates that the active sites of the modified-polypropene-supported Ziegler catalyst are practically stable without deactivation even for 100 h and are able to propagate further polymerization of ethene.