Metalorganic Catalysts for Synthesis and Polymerization: Recent Results by Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Investigations

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Polyethylene: Polymer with Future....Pages 3-13
Polypropylene: 44 Years Young! The Challenge for the 21 st Century....Pages 14-29
Characterization of PP prepared with the latest metallocene and MgCl 2 -supported TiCl 4 catalyst systems....Pages 30-37
An Absolute Test of Rival Theories for MWDs in Heterogeneous Polymerization-MWDs during Quasi-Living Polymerization....Pages 38-49
Olefin Polymerization with Novel Type of Ziegler Catalysts....Pages 50-59
Kinetics and Mechanism of Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization Reactions with Heterogeneous Titanium-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalysts....Pages 60-75
New insight into propene polymerization promoted by heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts....Pages 76-88
Energy Distribution of Active Sites in Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalysts. Method of Study of Active Site Non-Uniformity....Pages 89-96
Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Polymerisation of Olefins with Heterogeneous Catalysts....Pages 97-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Formation, structure and mechanism of oligomeric methylaluminoxanes (MAO)....Pages 105-122
The Activation of Metal-Fluorine Bonds in Compounds of Group 4 by Aluminum Alkyls....Pages 123-127
A DFT quantum-chemical study of the structures and reactive sites of polymethylalumoxane....Pages 128-135
 In situ FTIR spectroscopy shows no evidence of reaction between MAO and TMA....Pages 136-141
Alumoxanes alternative to MAO: Synthesis and characterization....Pages 142-149
Expanding the Scope of Metallocene Catalysis: Beyond Indenyl and Fluorenyl Derivatives....Pages 150-169
New C 1 -Symmetric Metallocenes for the Polymerization of Olefins....Pages 170-179
New Catalyst Concepts for the Polymerization of Ethylene with Metallocenes....Pages 180-191
Synthesis of Novel Complex with Bridged Bis(indenyl) Ligand and its Polymerization Behavior of Propylene....Pages 192-199
Linked Amido—Cyclopentadienyl Complexes of Group 3 and 4 Metals: The First “Post-Metallocenes”....Pages 200-211
Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization....Pages 212-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Chain growth in zirconocene-catalyzed olefin polymerization - DFT studies on possible reaction paths and the influence of a second olefin ligand....Pages 223-235
Syndiotactic and Isotactic Specific Metailocene Catalysts with Hapto-flexible Cyclopentadienyl-Fluorenyl Ligand....Pages 236-247
Current Vitality of Ziegler’s Monumental Discovery of Zirconium Catalysis in Olefin Polymerization: Metallocene and Nonmetallocene Catalysts via Reductive Dimerization....Pages 248-263
Kinetic Features of Living Polymerization of Propene with the [ t -BuNSiMe 2 Flu]TiMe 2 /B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 Catalyst....Pages 264-273
Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships for Unbridged Zirconocene Catalysts During Ethene Polymerization....Pages 274-282
Coexistence of Two Active Species in the Polymerization of 1-Hexene Catalyzed With Zirconocene / MAO Catalysts....Pages 283-293
In-depth Investigation of Unsaturated Chain-end Groups: a Tool for Understanding Hydrogen Activation Mechanism in Zirconocene Catalysed Propene Polymerization....Pages 294-303
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Supported Metallocene Catalysts for Propene Polymerization....Pages 307-320
Influence of the particle size of silica support on the kinetics and the resulting polymer properties at the polypropylene polymerization with heterogeneous metallocene catalysts; Part I: experimental studies and kinetic analysis....Pages 321-332
Influence of the Particle Size of Silica Support on the Kinetics and the Resulting Polymer Properties at the Polypropylene Polymerization with Heterogeneous Metallocene Catalysts; Part II: Development of a Model as Well as a Mathematical Simulation....Pages 333-346
Supported Metallocene Catalysts in Olefin Polymerization: Toward High Performances....Pages 347-357
Zeolite Supported Metallocene Catalysts: Effect of Support Structure and Surface Groups on the Polymerization Process....Pages 358-367
Preparation of Novel Supported Metallocene and their Olefin Polymerization Capabilities....Pages 368-380
Development of Supported Single-Site Catalysts and Produced Polyethylene....Pages 381-396
Ethylene Polymerization with the Heterogeneous Single Site CpIndZrCl 2 Catalyst....Pages 397-405
The Impact of the Cocatalyst on the Polymerisation Behaviour of Supported Metallocenes....Pages 406-412
Heterogenised MAO-free Metallocene Catalysts....Pages 413-425
A New Supported Zirconocene Catalyst for Ethylene Polymerization....Pages 426-431
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Syndiospecific Polymerization of Styrene....Pages 435-445
Monocyclopentadienyl Titanium Catalyst....Pages 446-464
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
The effects of the bridge structure and the ligand system of zirconocene catalysts on the copolymerization of styrene and ethylene....Pages 465-468
Branched Polyethenes Prepared via Olefin Copolymerization and Migratory Insertion....Pages 473-484
Metallocene Catalyzed Alternating Copolymerization of Olefins....Pages 485-492
Copolymer Microstructures of Ethylene Norbornene Copolymers Prepared with Homogeneous Metallocene Based Catalysts....Pages 493-501
Studies on Properties of Metallocene Catalysed Copolymers of Ethylene and Linear, Non-conjugated Dienes....Pages 502-508
Ethylene/α-Olefin Copolymerization with Dimethylsilyl-bis(2-methyl-4-phenyl-indenyl) zirconium dichloride and Methylaluminoxane: Influences on Polymerization Activity and Molecular Weight....Pages 509-515
Front Matter....Pages 517-517
The Role of the Cyclopentadienyl Ligand in Catalysts for 1,3-Diene Polymerization....Pages 519-530
Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms and Structure-Reactivity Relationships in the Stereospecific Butadiene Polymerization....Pages 531-546
Styrene and Conjugated Dienes Polymerization with Half Sandwich Titanocene Catalysts....Pages 548-557
Half-Vanadocene Catalyst for Butadiene Polymerization....Pages 558-565
Chemical Functionalization of Polypropylene with a V-based Living Polymerization Catalyst....Pages 566-575
Copolymerization of Ethylene/ω-Hydroxy α-Olefins....Pages 576-583
Stereospecific Polymerization of Methacrylates with Dimethylsilylene-bridged Zirconocene Catalysts....Pages 583-589
Development of Catalytic Systems Based on Lanthanoïd Complexes for Olefin Polymerization....Pages 590-597
Front Matter....Pages 599-599
Initial 2,1-Insertions in Metallocene Polymerizations of Polypropylene....Pages 601-615
Olefin Polymerization with DuPont’s Versipol™ Catalyst System....Pages 616-628
Features of Cyclopentadienyl Metal Catalysts for Ethylene Copoly-Merization in Gas and Liquid Phase....Pages 629-642
How to Avoid Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer Limitations during Polymerization of Olefins....Pages 643-650
Ternary Metallocene Based Catalysts in High Temperature, High Pressure Polymerization....Pages 651-658
Advances in the Use of Stopped-flow Techniques for Olefin Polymerization....Pages 658-669
Back Matter....Pages 671-674