Preparation of homopolymers and copolymers of propene by means of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system

US5006620A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Ralf Zolk · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Juergen Kerth · Eisenberg (Pfalz), DE
• Rainer Hemmerich · Havelsee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 1989
• Grant date: Apr 9, 1991
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S526/909
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Polymers of propene are prepared by means of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system composed of (1) a titanium component based on a finely divided shape-dictating silica gel and containing titanium, magnesium, chlorine and a benzenecarboxylic acid derivative, (2) an aluminum component and (3) a silane component, the titanium component (1) being obtained by (1.1) first preparing (I) a carrier material from (Ia) a silica gel, (Ib) an organomagnesium compound (Ic) a gaseous chlorinating agent and (Id) a specific phthalic acid derivative by (1.1.1) first reacting (Ia) with (Ib), then (1.1.2) passing (Ic) into the product of (1.1.1) together with the phthalic acid derivative (Id) and isolating (I), (1.2) preparing a solid-phase intermediate from (I), (II) an alkanol and (III) titanium tetrachloride by (1.2.1) first reacting (I) with (II), then (1.2.2) introducing (III) into the product resulting from (1.2.1), then (1.3) extracting the solid-phase result from (1.2) with titanium tetrachloride or a titanium tetrachloride/ethylbenzene mixture, and finally (1.4) washing the solid-phase result from (1.3) with a liquid hydrocarbon.