METHODS AND CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCTION OF ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE

Methods of propylene polymerization incorporate bis biphenyl-phenoxy procatalysts favoring polypropylene isotacticity at elevated reactor temperatures. The methods include polymerizing propylene in the presence of a catalyst system to produce a propylene-based polymer. The catalyst system includes a...

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Hauptverfasser: JIN, Yi, ZOGG, Michael J., Jr, KARJALA, Thomas Wesley, Jr, IVERSON, Carl N
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Zusammenfassung:Methods of propylene polymerization incorporate bis biphenyl-phenoxy procatalysts favoring polypropylene isotacticity at elevated reactor temperatures. The methods include polymerizing propylene in the presence of a catalyst system to produce a propylene-based polymer. The catalyst system includes a metal-ligand complex selected from bis-biphenyl-phenoxy procatalysts. Polymerization reactions result in polypropylenes having greater than 90% isotacticity, as measured by percentages of isotactic triads, at reaction temperatures from 110° C. to 190 ° C. or from 160 ° C. to 190 ° C.