Preparation of homopolymers and copolymers of ethene by Phillips catalysis

US4727124A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Rainer Konrad · Putlitz, DE
• Rudolf Mueller-Mall · Schifferstadt, DE
• Guenther Schweier · Friedelsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 1987
• Grant date: Feb 23, 1988
• Expiry date: May 8, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F2410/01
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Ethane polymers are prepared by Phillips catalysis using (1) a supported catalyst which is laden with chromium, phosphorus and titanium and (2) a cocatalyst, (1) being obtained by a procedure in which (1.1) a catalyst intermediate laden with chromium, phosphorus and titanium is prepared from a silicate carrier, a selected chromium compound, a selected phosphorus compound and a selected titanium compound, and (1.2) the catalyst intermediate is then heated in an oxygen-containing gas stream. In the process, the supported catalyst (1) used is one which is obtained (using specific methods and substances in each case) by a procedure in which (1.1) in a first stage (1.1.1), a suspension is first prepared from (1.1.1.1) a finely divided silicate carrier and (1.1.1.2) an inert organic solvent, (1.1.2) a suspension is then prepared from (1.1.2.1) a finely divided chromium trioxide and (1.1.2.2) an inert organic solvent, (1.1.3) thereafter (1.1.3.1) the suspension resulting from (1.1.2) is combined with (1.1.3.2) a phosphate or phosphite, (1.1.4) then (1.1.4.1) the suspension obtained from (1.1.1) is combined with (1.1.4.2) the reaction product obtained in (1.1.3), (1.1.5) thereafter (1.1.5.…