Transition Metals and Organometallics as Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Kinetic Behavior During Initial Stage (less than 1 s) of Propene Polymerization with Supported Catalyst....Pages 3-12
Activation and Stereospecific Control in Propylene Polymerization with MgCl 2 Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalysts....Pages 13-20
Isotactic Polymerization of Propene Using Living Catalysts Originally Found by Hercules Inc....Pages 21-32
Olefin Polymerizations with a Highly Active MgCl 2 Supported TiCl 4 Catalyst System: Comparison on the Behaviors of Propylene, Butene-1 Ethylene and Styrene Polymerizations....Pages 33-43
Determination of the Titanium Oxidation States in a MgCl 2 -Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalyst (CW-Catalyst) During Aging and Polymerization....Pages 45-53
Behavior of the Complexes of TiCl 4 with Various Carboxylic Acid Esters in MgCl 2 -supported High Yield Catalysts....Pages 55-66
Distinctive Features of Olefin Polymerization on the Surface of Supports....Pages 67-78
Recent Developments in the Determination of Active Centers in Olefin Polymerization....Pages 79-90
Active Centers of the Supported Organic and Hydride Transition Metal Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization....Pages 91-100
Copolymerization of Ethylene with α-Olefins by Highly Active Supported Catalysts of Various Composition....Pages 101-108
Stereoelective Polymerization of Racemic α-Olefins by Highly-Active Chirally Modified Ziegler-Natta Catalysts....Pages 109-112
Solution NMR and FT-IR studies on the reactions and the complexes of silyl ethers with triethylaluminium....Pages 113-122
A Study of the Active Site Structure in MgCl 2 Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalysts by a Stereochemical Investigation of the Initiation Step....Pages 123-127
Ethylene Polymerization Process with a Highly Active ZieglerNatta Catalyst — Kinetic Studies....Pages 129-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Aluminium-Filled Polyethylene. Ziegler-Natta Polymerization on Filler Surface....Pages 137-148
Developments with High-Activity Titanium, Vanadium, and Chromium Catalysts in Ethylene Polymerization....Pages 149-161
Surface Compounds of Transition Metals, XXXIII (1) Phillips-Like Systems and their Reaction with Olefins....Pages 163-168
Copolymerization of Ethylene and Higher α-Olefins with MgH 2 Supported Ziegler Catalysts....Pages 169-181
Copolymerization of ethylene and 1-olefins with Ziegler catalysts under high pressure....Pages 183-188
On the Activation of Supported Zirconium Organic Catalysts in the Polymerization of Ethylene....Pages 189-195
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
The influence of crystal water on the performance of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst in propylene polymerization....Pages 197-208
Industrial Aspects of the Production of Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization....Pages 209-222
The Application of X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy to Study the Titanium Environment on MgCl 2 Supported Ziegler Natta Catalysts....Pages 223-229
Highly Active Supported Propylene Polymerization Catalysts Prepared by Activation of Supports Derived from Precomplexed Magnesium Alkyls....Pages 231-237
Synthesis of Metal Organic Zirconium Catalysts Containing OR Ligands for Ethylene Polymerization....Pages 239-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Synthesis and Characterisation of Chiral Metallocene Cocatalysts for Stereospecific α-Olefin Polymerisations....Pages 249-256
Some New Results on Methyl-Aluminoxane....Pages 257-268
Asymmetric Hydrooligomerization of Propylene....Pages 269-279
Propylene Polymerizations with Group 4 Metallocene/Alumoxane Systems....Pages 281-289
Isotactic Polymerization of Olefins with Homogeneous Zirconium Catalysts....Pages 291-301
Copolymerization of Ethene and α-Olefins with a Chiral Zirconocene/Aluminoxane Catalyst....Pages 303-308
Newer Aspects of Active Centre Determination in Ziegler-Natta Polymerization using 14 CO Radio-Tagging....Pages 309-327
Steric Control of the Polymerization of α-Olefins in the Presence of Achiral Titanocenes-Methylalumoxane Homogeneous Catalysts....Pages 329-336
Possible Models for the Steric Control in the Heterogeneous High-Yield and Homogeneous Ziegler-Natta Polymerizations of 1-alkenes....Pages 337-348
Linear and Branched Polyethylenes by New Coordination Catalysts....Pages 349-360
Olefin Dimerization with a Homogeneous Titanium Catalyst and Polymerization Studies with Sterically Hindered Aluminium Co-Catalysts — Spin-Offs in the Development of Supported Catalysts for Propylene Polymerization....Pages 361-370
Nature of the Active Sites in Soluble Ziegler-Polymerization Catalysts Generated from Titanocene Halides and Organoaluminum Lewis Acids....Pages 371-378
Living Polymerization of Olefins with Highly Active Vanadium Catalysts....Pages 379-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
The Microreactor as a Model for the Description of the Ethylene Polymerization with Heterogeneous Catalysts....Pages 391-404
Linear Low Density Polyethylene Prepared in Gas Phase with Bisupported SiO 2 -MgCl 2 Ziegler-Natta Catalysts....Pages 405-416
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Morphological Characterization of Ziegler-Natta Catalysts and Nascent Polymers....Pages 417-431
Transmission Electron Microscopic Observation of Nascent Polypropylene Particles Using a New Staining Method....Pages 433-442