Method for producing a poly-1-olefin in the presence of a Ziegler catalyst

US7402637B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bassell Poliolefine GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ludwig Bohm · Mainz, DE
• Joachim Berthold · Prien am Chiemsee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 14, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F10/02
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a poly-1-olefin by polymerization of a 1-olefin of the formula R4C═CH2, in which R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in suspension, in solution or in the gas the gas phase, at a temperature of from 20 to 200° C. and a pressure of from 0.5 to 50 bar, in the presence of a catalyst which consists of the product of the reaction of a magnesium alkoxide with a transition-metal compound (component a) and an organometallic compound (component b), whose component (a) has been produced by reacting a transitionmetal compound of titanium, zirconium, vanadium or chromium with a gelatinous dispersion of the magnesium alkoxide in an inert hydrocarbon. In accordance with the invention, the gelatinous dispersion is obtained by stirring, using a stirring element, or shearing, using a high-performance shearing tool, a suspension of a magnesium alkoxide powder having a mean particle size, expressed as the d50 value, in the range from 50 to 1000 um, in an aliphatic hydrocarbon in which the magnesium alkoxide particles are insoluble. The suspension has, before conversion into the dispersion, been subjected to heat treatment…