1. Ziegler–Natta Catalysts: Regioselectivity and 'Hydrogen Response'
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Anika Meppelder, Antonio Vittoria, Vincenzo Busico, Roberta Cipullo, Nic Friederichs, Vittoria, A., Meppelder, A., Friederichs, N., Busico, V., and Cipullo, R.
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External Donor ,Materials science ,Hydrogen ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Natta ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,Propene ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Tacticity ,biology ,010405 organic chemistry ,Regioselectivity ,General Chemistry ,hydrogen response ,biology.organism_classification ,Combinatorial chemistry ,isotactic polypropylene ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,Polymerization ,regioselectivity ,Ziegler-Natta catalysts ,Internal Donor - Abstract
Advanced High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) methods were applied to quantify the regioselectivity and the so-called "hydrogen response" in propene polymerization of four Ziegler-Natta catalysts representative of the three latest industrial generations (i.e., modified with a dialkyl phthalate, 1,3-dimethoxypropane or dialkyl succinate Internal Donor), used in combination with AlEt3 and a library of eight alkoxysilane External Donors with large structural diversity. At odds with stereoselectivity, regioselectivity turned out to be only modestly impacted by the chemical structure of the electron donors used as surface modifiers. A clear and simple relationship between regioselectivity and "hydrogen response", and, therefore, polymer molecular weight modulation was highlighted.
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- 2019
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