Styrene polymerization by nickel and titanium catalysts based on tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligands

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Silva, Jaqueline L. da¹  Kuhn, Maria C. A.¹  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil¹  Casagrande Jr., Osvaldo L.¹  Casagrande, Adriana C. A.¹ 

关键词: nickel;    titanium;    tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligand;    polystyrene;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-50532008000800016

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Styrene polymerization with a series of nickel and titanium complexes based on sterically hindered tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligands, TpMs = HB(3-mesityl-pyrazolyl)3 and TpMs* = HB(3-mesityl-pyrazolyl)2(5-mesityl-pyrazolyl) have been studied in the presence of MAO cocatalyst under various polymerization conditions. All complexes showed to be active for styrene polymerization producing almost exclusively atactic polystyrene. The catalytic activities as well as the styrene conversions with nickel complexes were higher than those with the titanium analogues. Higher activities were found at 80 ºC. Polystyrene properties are substantially affected by the reaction conditions such as temperature of polymerization, time, and [Al]/[M] molar ratio. The GPC results showed that the molecular weight (Mw) of the polystyrene is sensitive to the temperature of polymerization varying from 16,300 to 138,300 g mol-1.

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