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Nifant’ev IE, Komarov PD, Kostomarova OD, Kolosov NA, Ivchenko PV. MAO- and Borate-Free Activating Supports for Group 4 Metallocene and Post-Metallocene Catalysts of α-Olefin Polymerization and Oligomerization. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3095. [PMID: 37514483 PMCID: PMC10384419 DOI: 10.3390/polym15143095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Modern industry of advanced polyolefins extensively uses Group 4 metallocene and post-metallocene catalysts. High-throughput polyolefin technologies demand the use of heterogeneous catalysts with a given particle size and morphology, high thermal stability, and controlled productivity. Conventional Group 4 metal single-site heterogeneous catalysts require the use of high-cost methylalumoxane (MAO) or perfluoroaryl borate activators. However, a number of inorganic phases, containing highly acidic Lewis and Brønsted sites, are able to activate Group 4 metal pre-catalysts using low-cost and affordable alkylaluminums. In the present review, we gathered comprehensive information on MAO- and borate-free activating supports of different types and discussed the surface nature and chemistry of these phases, examples of their use in the polymerization of ethylene and α-olefins, and prospects of the further development for applications in the polyolefin industry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ilya E. Nifant’ev
- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Av. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (I.E.N.); (P.D.K.)
- Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-3, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Av. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (I.E.N.); (P.D.K.)
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- NIOST LLC, Kuzovlevsky Tr. 2-270, 634067 Tomsk, Russia; (O.D.K.); (N.A.K.)
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Av. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (I.E.N.); (P.D.K.)
- Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-3, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Giffin KA, Cirriez V, Santoro O, Welle A, Kirillov E, Carpentier JF. Meso- and Rac-[bis(3-phenyl-6- tert-butylinden-1-yl)dimethylsilyl]zirconium Dichloride: Precatalysts for the Production of Differentiated Polyethylene Products with Enhanced Properties. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14112217. [PMID: 35683890 PMCID: PMC9183169 DOI: 10.3390/polym14112217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Ansa-zirconocene complexes are widely employed as precatalysts for olefin polymerization. Their synthesis generally leads to mixtures of their rac and meso isomers, whose separation is often problematic. In this contribution, we report on the synthesis of a novel silyl-bridged bis(indenyl)-based metallocene, and on the separation of its rac and meso isomers by simple recrystallization from toluene. The two complexes, activated by methylaluminoxane (MAO), have been used as precatalysts in ethylene/1-hexene copolymerization. Regardless of the reaction conditions, the meso complex outperformed its rac congener. A similar trend was observed by performing the process in the presence of the silica-supported versions of the complexes. This is remarkable, since meso metallocenes generally display lower activities than their rac analogues. Furthermore, the meso isomer generates polymer products that are more in line with the targets for the preparation of a bimodal PE grade made of a lower-MW high-density (HDPE) fraction and a higher-MW linear low-density (LLDPE) fraction.
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- Kaitie A. Giffin
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), University of Rennes, UMR 6226, F-35042 Rennes, France; (K.A.G.); (O.S.)
- Total Energies One Tech Belgium, Zone Industrielle Feluy C, B-7181 Seneffe, Belgium; (V.C.); (A.W.)
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- Total Energies One Tech Belgium, Zone Industrielle Feluy C, B-7181 Seneffe, Belgium; (V.C.); (A.W.)
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), University of Rennes, UMR 6226, F-35042 Rennes, France; (K.A.G.); (O.S.)
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- Total Energies One Tech Belgium, Zone Industrielle Feluy C, B-7181 Seneffe, Belgium; (V.C.); (A.W.)
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), University of Rennes, UMR 6226, F-35042 Rennes, France; (K.A.G.); (O.S.)
- Correspondence: (E.K.); (J.-F.C.)
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), University of Rennes, UMR 6226, F-35042 Rennes, France; (K.A.G.); (O.S.)
- Correspondence: (E.K.); (J.-F.C.)
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Angpanitcharoen P, Lamb JV, Turner ZR, Buffet JC, O'Hare D. Synthesis, characterisation and ethylene polymerisation performance of silyl bridged peralkylated bis(indenyl) zirconocenes. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lamb JV, Abell JC, McLaren JE, Buffet JC, Turner ZR, O'Hare D. Slurry-phase ethylene polymerisation using group 4 ansa-bridged permethylindenyl complexes supported on polymethylaluminoxane. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2019.110735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Boyron O, Marre T, Delauzun A, Cozic R, Boisson C. An Advanced Technique for Linear Low‐Density Polyethylene Composition Determination: TGA–IST16–GC–MS Coupling. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Olivier Boyron
- Université de Lyon Univ. Lyon 1 CPE Lyon CNRS UMR 5265 Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2), Equipe CPP, Bat 308F 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918 69616 Villeurbanne France
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- SRA Instruments 210 rue des Sources 69280 Marcy l'Etoile France
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- SRA Instruments 210 rue des Sources 69280 Marcy l'Etoile France
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- SRA Instruments 210 rue des Sources 69280 Marcy l'Etoile France
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- Université de Lyon Univ. Lyon 1 CPE Lyon CNRS UMR 5265 Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2), Equipe CPP, Bat 308F 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918 69616 Villeurbanne France
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Bashir MA, Monteil V, Boisson C, McKenna TFL. The effect of aluminum alkyls and BHT-H on reaction kinetics of silica supported metallocenes and polymer properties in slurry phase ethylene polymerization. J Appl Polym Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/app.45670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Muhammad Ahsan Bashir
- Universite' de Lyon, University Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Proce'de's (C2P2), LCPP Team, Bat 308F, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918; Villeurbanne F-69616 France
- Dutch Polymer Institute DPI; P.O. Box 902 AX 5600, Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Universite' de Lyon, University Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Proce'de's (C2P2), LCPP Team, Bat 308F, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918; Villeurbanne F-69616 France
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- Universite' de Lyon, University Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Proce'de's (C2P2), LCPP Team, Bat 308F, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918; Villeurbanne F-69616 France
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- Universite' de Lyon, University Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265, Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Proce'de's (C2P2), LCPP Team, Bat 308F, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918; Villeurbanne F-69616 France
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Bashir MA, Monteil V, Boisson C, McKenna TFL. Avoiding leaching of silica supported metallocenes in slurry phase ethylene homopolymerization. REACT CHEM ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7re00044h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Leaching of (n-BuCp)2ZrCl2/MAO catalyst from silica supports has been studied in slurry phase ethylene homopolymerisation by changing i) the polymerization protocol, ii) aluminum alkyl scavengers and iii) by adding butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT-H) along with aluminum alkyl scavengers.
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- Muhammad Ahsan Bashir
- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
- LCPP team
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
- LCPP team
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
- LCPP team
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
- LCPP team
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS
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A spectroscopic investigation of silica-supported TiClx species: a case study towards Ziegler–Natta catalysis. RENDICONTI LINCEI 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12210-016-0582-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bashir MA, Vancompernolle T, Gauvin RM, Delevoye L, Merle N, Monteil V, Taoufik M, McKenna TFL, Boisson C. Silica/MAO/(n-BuCp)2ZrCl2 catalyst: effect of support dehydroxylation temperature on the grafting of MAO and ethylene polymerization. Catal Sci Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cy01285f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This study reports the role of silica dehydroxylation temperature on the performance of Silica/MAO/(n-BuCp)2ZrCl2 catalysts in ethylene homopolymerization.
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- UCCS (CNRS-UMR 8181)
- Université Lille Nord de France
- USTL-ENSCL
- 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq
- France
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- UCCS (CNRS-UMR 8181)
- Université Lille Nord de France
- USTL-ENSCL
- 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq
- France
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- UCCS (CNRS-UMR 8181)
- Université Lille Nord de France
- USTL-ENSCL
- 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq
- France
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Sauter DW, Popoff N, Bashir MA, Szeto KC, Gauvin RM, Delevoye L, Taoufik M, Boisson C. The design of a bipodal bis(pentafluorophenoxy)aluminate supported on silica as an activator for ethylene polymerization using surface organometallic chemistry. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:4776-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc00060f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A well-defined solid activator for supported metallocene polymerization catalysts.
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- Dominique W. Sauter
- Université de Lyon
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
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- Université de Lyon
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
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- Université de Lyon
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
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- Université de Lyon
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
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- Université de Lyon
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
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- Université de Lyon
- Univ. Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2)
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Bouhoute Y, Grekov D, Szeto KC, Merle N, De Mallmann A, Lefebvre F, Raffa G, Del Rosal I, Maron L, Gauvin RM, Delevoye L, Taoufik M. Accessing Realistic Models for the WO3–SiO2 Industrial Catalyst through the Design of Organometallic Precursors. ACS Catal 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Y. Bouhoute
- Laboratoire
de Chimie, Catalyse, Polyméres et Procédés, UMR
5265 CNRS/ESCPE-Lyon/UCBL, ESCPE Lyon, F-308, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie, Catalyse, Polyméres et Procédés, UMR
5265 CNRS/ESCPE-Lyon/UCBL, ESCPE Lyon, F-308, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie, Catalyse, Polyméres et Procédés, UMR
5265 CNRS/ESCPE-Lyon/UCBL, ESCPE Lyon, F-308, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie, Catalyse, Polyméres et Procédés, UMR
5265 CNRS/ESCPE-Lyon/UCBL, ESCPE Lyon, F-308, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie, Catalyse, Polyméres et Procédés, UMR
5265 CNRS/ESCPE-Lyon/UCBL, ESCPE Lyon, F-308, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie, Catalyse, Polyméres et Procédés, UMR
5265 CNRS/ESCPE-Lyon/UCBL, ESCPE Lyon, F-308, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire
de Physico-Chimie des Nano-Objets, CNRS UMR 5215, Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, 135 avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire
de Physico-Chimie des Nano-Objets, CNRS UMR 5215, Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, 135 avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie, Catalyse, Polyméres et Procédés, UMR
5265 CNRS/ESCPE-Lyon/UCBL, ESCPE Lyon, F-308, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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