Techn. Universiẗat, Diss., 2003--Berlin.

Foram preparados três tipos de precursores catalíticos homogêneos a base de zirconocênos: os complexos estereorrígidos Et(Ind)2ZrCh 1 e iPrCpFluZrCh 2 contendo simetria C2 e Cs, respectivamente, e o complexo Ind2ZrCh 3. Estes complexos, em presença de metilaluminoxanas (MAO), polimerizam propeno conduzindo a três diferentes tipos de polipropileno. Os complexos estereorrígidos 1 e 2 conduzem a polímeros estereorregulares, iso e sindiotáticos, respectivamente, enquanto o complexo 3 produz polipropileno atático. O grau de estereorregularidade do polímero é dependente da temperatura de polimerização, assim, a baixas temperaturas foram obtidos polímeros altamente estereorregulares, com maiores peso moleculares, Tm eTc. A microestrutura dos polímeros foi determinada por RMN de 13C. / We have carried out three different kinds of homogeneous catalyst based on zirconocenes: stereorigid complexes Et(Ind)2ZrCh 1 ,and iPrCpFluZrCb 2 with symmetry C2 e Cs respectively and the complex Ind2ZrCh 3. These complexes together with methylaluminoxane (MAO) can polymerise propene leading to three different kinds of polypropylene. These stereorigid complexes (1 and 2) lead to stereoregular polymers iso and syndiotatic respectively while the complex 3 lead to atatic polypropylene. The polymer stereorigid degree is related with the polymer temperature thus we have obtained high stereoregular polymers with high molecular weight, Tm and Te. The polymers microstructure were obtained by 13C NMR.

Foram preparados três tipos de precursores catalíticos homogêneos a base de zirconocênos: os complexos estereorrígidos Et(Ind)2ZrCh 1 e iPrCpFluZrCh 2 contendo simetria C2 e Cs, respectivamente, e o complexo Ind2ZrCh 3. Estes complexos, em presença de metilaluminoxanas (MAO), polimerizam propeno conduzindo a três diferentes tipos de polipropileno. Os complexos estereorrígidos 1 e 2 conduzem a polímeros estereorregulares, iso e sindiotáticos, respectivamente, enquanto o complexo 3 produz polipropileno atático. O grau de estereorregularidade do polímero é dependente da temperatura de polimerização, assim, a baixas temperaturas foram obtidos polímeros altamente estereorregulares, com maiores peso moleculares, Tm eTc. A microestrutura dos polímeros foi determinada por RMN de 13C. / We have carried out three different kinds of homogeneous catalyst based on zirconocenes: stereorigid complexes Et(Ind)2ZrCh 1 ,and iPrCpFluZrCb 2 with symmetry C2 e Cs respectively and the complex Ind2ZrCh 3. These complexes together with methylaluminoxane (MAO) can polymerise propene leading to three different kinds of polypropylene. These stereorigid complexes (1 and 2) lead to stereoregular polymers iso and syndiotatic respectively while the complex 3 lead to atatic polypropylene. The polymer stereorigid degree is related with the polymer temperature thus we have obtained high stereoregular polymers with high molecular weight, Tm and Te. The polymers microstructure were obtained by 13C NMR.

Cílem této práce bylo prostudovat vliv předpolymerace na vybraný komerční MgCl2–nosičový TiCl4 katalyzátor (tzv. Zieglerův-Nattův). Výsledkem práce bylo nalezení optimálních podmínek, které umožní ideálně využít této techniky k modifikaci struktury a morfologie zvoleného katalyzátoru a dosažení stabilnějšího průběhu polymerace a lepších vlastností produkovaného polypropenu. U předpolymerací byl studován vliv teploty, koncentrace triethylhliníkového kokatalyzátoru a externího donoru, množství polyolefinu syntetizovaného během předpolymerace (tzv. stupeň předpolymerace) na následné chování předpolymerovaného katalyzátoru při plynofázní polymeraci propenu.

This thesis is focused on the determination of the propene polymerization kinetics on phthalate and nonphthalate diester Ziegler-Natta MgCl2-supported catalysts under the industrial conditions. The kinetic profiles were determined by various laboratory techniques for propene polymerization. For assessing the profiles were utilized batch gas and liquid polymerization modes in 2-litre and 4-litre reactors. Finally, the results were complemented with the runs performed in a unique Stopped-Flow apparatus, which allows polymerization of liquid propene at very short polymerization times. The kinetics profiles of both catalysts were determined and compared by combination of experimental data of these techniques. The basic properties of the synthesized polymeric powders were measured, such as the melt flow index, bulk density and amount of polypropene fraction soluble in cold xylene.

Thesis is focused on structural study of ethylene-propylene copolymers (E/P copolymers) produced by gas phase polymerization. Goal of work was to determine the effect of used catalysts on the distribution of ethylene units in the resulting material. Three E/P copolymers were prepared on commercial Ziegler Natta catalysts with diether or phthalate based internal donors. The copolymers were fractionated according crystallization ability and molar mass. Next, the mass content and the distribution of the ethylene units in the copolymer were determined in each fraction by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Together with other structural analytical methods, phthalate internal donor has been found to produce ethylene blocks under certain conditions, while the diether ID lacks this ability.

The aim of the study will be the determination of the kinetic profiles of the polymerization of propene, ethene and their mixtures with commercial Ziegler-Natta catalyst by application of two different experimental procedures. The prepared polymer material will be utilized for the SEC analysis and subsequent evaluation of the concentration of active sites. The determined molecular mass distribution curves will be further investigated by the application of the procedure, which deconvolute the overall profile on the basic Flory's distribution functions. Then the comprehensive study about character and behavior of various types of active centers in dependence on time and type of monomer will result from this investigation.

A fourth generation multiple site Ziegler-Natta catalyst was used to synthesize ethylene and propylene homo-and copolymers in the presence of hydrogen. This type of catalysts produce polymers with broader molecular weight distribution (MWD), chemical composition distribution (CCD) and stereoregularity than other coordination polymerization catalysts since it has more than one active site. The ratio of propylene/ethylene was varied to study its effect on polymer microstructure. In addition, by having two different electron donors, namely diisopropyldimethoxysilane (P) and dicyclopentyldimethoxysilane (D), the molecular weight distribution (MWD) and stereospecificity of the synthesized polymers were examined. The polymer samples were characterized using 13C-NMR and high-temperature gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Using the 13C-NMR data, the triad distribution for the copolymers and also the isotactic triad distribution for homo-polymers were calculated. The effects of electron donors on different feed ratios of ethylene and propylene in the synthesis were investigated. Co-polymer produced with D-donors showed higher isospecificity and also higher content of ethylene in the final polymer. In contrast, polymers produced using with P-donor showed lower polydispersity indices (PDI), and had higher contents of propylene in final polymer. In addition, the “Deconvolution method” was applied to GPC data in order to determine the number of sites on the Ziegler-Natta catalyst; which showed that 4 active site types were adequate to explain the molecular weight distributions.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Darstellung einer Reihe monoarylsubstituierter Bisdimethylamino-1-bromo-2-arlydiborane(4) beschrieben. Sowohl die Umsetzung der monoarylsubstituierten Ligandenvorstufen mit einem weiteren Äquivalent Lithium- oder Natriumaryl in einem Ether/Toluol-Gemisch als auch die Umsetzung von 1,2-Dibrom-bis(dimethylamino)diboran(4) mit einem mehrfachen Überschuss Lithium- oder Natriumaryl führte zur Bildung von diarylsubstituierten Diboranen(4). Umsetzung der Ligandenvorstufen mit Lithiumorganylen, wie beispielsweise Li[CH3] oder Li[C4H9] führt zu doppelt deprotonierten Verbindungen. Werden die dilithiierten Verbindungen mit Metallhalogeniden der Gruppe 4 in einem Toluol/Ether-Gemisch umgesetzt, können [2]Borametallocenophane erhalten werden. Von einigen der Verbindungen konnte die Struktur im Festkörper mittels Einkristallstrukturanalyse bestimmt werden. Die Verbindungen zeigen in Lösung ein dynamisches Gleichgewicht, welches durch die Flexibilität der B-B-Brücke ermöglicht wird. Dieses konnte mittels NMR Spektroskopie untersucht werden. Auch die Reaktivität der Verbindungen wurde erforscht. Versuche zur oxidativen Addition von Platin(0) in die B-B-Bindung, wie sie bereits für ähnliche Systeme beschrieben waren, scheiterten. Ebenfalls nicht erfolgreich war der versuchte Austausch der Dimethylaminogruppen an den Bor-Atomen. Di(fluorenyl)substituierte [2]Borametallocenophane zeigen in der Reihe der dargestellten Verbindungen ein einzigartiges Verhalten. Wird die dilithiierte Liganden-Vorstufe bei der Umsetzung mit den Metallhalogeniden der Gruppe 4 Licht ausgesetzt, so lagert sie zum 1,3-Diboretan um. Auch oxidativ kann diese Umlagerung ausgelöst werden. Das Umlagerungsprodukt war von anderen Reaktionen bereits bekannt, konnte im Rahmen dieser Arbeit aber erstmals strukturell charakterisiert werden. Die Dichloroverbindungen der [2]Borametallocenophane können mittels Li[CH3] in die entsprechenden Dimethylkomplexe überführt werden. Damit besteht die Möglichkeit, die Verbindungen nicht nur mit MAO, sondern auch mit alternativen Co-Katalysatoren, wie beispielsweise Tris-(pentafluorphenyl)boran für die Olefinpolymerisation zu aktivieren. Die Aktivierung mittels MAO wurde sowohl mittels NMR- als auch mittels UV/Vis-Spektroskopie bei verschiedenen [Al]/[Zr] Verhältnissen untersucht. Neben den [2]Borametallocenonphanen konnte mit Verbindung [(n5-C29H37)2ZrCl2] das erste Metallocen mit dem neuen OctafluH-Liganden und zwei koordinierenden Arylgruppen dargestellt werden. Um die Polymerisationseigenschaften der Verbindungen zu untersuchen, wurde ein neuer Versuchsaufbau entworfen. Zur Überwachung der Polymerisationen wurde ein Programm entwickelt, was in der Lage war, verbrauchte Gasmenge und Temperatur im Reaktoraufzuzeichnen. Hier wurden die katalytischen Eigenschaften einer Serie von [2]Borametallocenophanen und des dargestellten Metallocens [(n5-C29H37)2ZrCl2] in der Ethen-Homopolymerisation untersucht. Diese Polymere wurden mittels DSC auf ihre thermischen Eigenschaften hin geprüft. Ausgewählte Polymere wurden in Zusammenarbeit mit der LyondellBasell Industries, Basell Polyolefine GmbH, Frankfurt mittels GPC auf ihr mittleres Molekulargewicht und dessen Verteilung hin untersucht. Alle Daten wurden mit denen von industriell verwendeten Katalysatoren und den von Kraft bekannten [1]Borametallocenophanen verglichen. In weiteren Untersuchungen wurde überprüft, in wie weit die Polymerisationsbedingungen, wie beispielsweise das [Al]/[Zr]-Verhältnis, die Temperatur oder der Druck Auswirkungen auf die Eigenschaften des Polymers haben. Eine Reihe von Komplexen wurde überdies in der Ethen/[1]Hexen-Copolymerisation untersucht. Die erhaltenen Copolymere wurden mittels DSC-, GPC-, IR- und NMR- Spektroskopie analysiert. Zusammenfassend lässt sich feststellen, dass eine Reihe neuer Verbindungen dargestellt und charakterisiert werden konnte, wobei insbesondere der neuartige Ligand OctafluH (C29H38) eingesetzt wurde. Die dargestellten [2]Borametallocenophane sind aktive Katalysatoren in der Ziegler-Natta ähnlichen Olefinpolymerisation. Die dargestellten Polymere wurden mittels verschiedener Methoden untersucht. Es zeigte sich, dass [2]Borametallocenophane langkettige Polyolefine und Ethen/1-Hexen Copolymere liefern können. / Based on Krafts work on [1]borametallocenophanes, a various number of monoarylsubstituted bisdimethylamino-1-bromo-2-aryldiboranes(4) were synthesized in the present work. Either the reaction of these monoarylsubstituted compounds with one equivalent of a lithiumaryl in toluene/ether or direct reaction of 1,2-dibromo-bis(dimethylamino)diborane(4) with a large excess of the lithiumaryl leads to the formation of diaryl substituted diboranes(4). Reaction of the ligand precursors with lithium organyls, e.g. Li[CH3] or Li[C4H9] leads to double deprotonation. [2]Borametallocenophanes are accessible via reaction of the dilithiated species with metal halides of Group 4 in toluene/ether. Due to the flexibility of the B-B-bridge, these complexes show dynamic behaviour in solution, which can be monitored by NMR spectroscopy. The solid state structure of some of these complexes could be examined by X-Ray diffraction. The reactivity of the new [2]borametallocenophanes also was reviewed. An oxidative addition reaction of platinum(0) was published for similar systems, but failed in this case. Neither was it possible to substitute the bisdimethylamino-groups bound to the boron-atoms. The prepared di(fluorenyl)substituted [2]borametallocenophanes show a unique feature. If the dilithiated precursor is exposed to visible or UV light during reaction with metal halides of group 4, these complexes rearrange to the 1,3-diboretane. This rearrangement also can be performed oxidatively. The Compound has been previously characterized in solution by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy; its structure in the solid state is now reported for the first time. The [2]borametallocenophanedichlorides can be reacted with Li[CH3], resulting in the corresponding dimethyl complexes. This allows for an alternative activation of the complexes with co-catalysts like tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane, in addition to the common activation with MAO. A model reaction for this alternative activation was performed using K[B(C6F5)4] to obtain a ion pair via chlorine abstraction. The common activation of the metal complexes using MAO was monitored either by NMR- or by UV/Vis-spectroscopy at various [Al]/[Zr] ratios. In addition to the [2]borametallocenophanes, [(n5-C29H37)2ZrCl2] could be prepared. It is the first metallocene with two aryl groups of the new octafluH-ligand (C29H38). To analyse the activity of the compounds in olefin polymerization processes, a new experimental set-up was designed. To control the polymerisation reactions, a Software program was developed, which allowed us to record gas-consumption and temperature in the reactor simultaneously. The catalytic behaviour of a whole series of [2]borametallocenophanes and of compound [(η5-C29H37)2ZrCl2] was studied in ethene homopolymerization. The thermal properties of all produced polymers where analyzed by DSC. The molecular weight distribution of selected examples was studied in cooperation with LyondellBasell Industries, Basell Polyolefine GmbH with GPC analyses. All data where directly compared to reference catalysts and to the [1]borametallocenophanes made by Kraft. The data show, that [2]borametallocenophanes have lower activities than [1]borametallocenophanes, but produce polymers of significantly higher average molecular weight. One can see clear differences throughout the data of the DSC measurements, for instance in the melting point and metling range, or crystallinity of the polymer. The melting points of the polymers obtained from [2]borametallocenophanes and compound [(n5-C29H37)2ZrCl2] are significantly higher than those of the reference catalysts. Additional experiments gave some insight into the relationship between polymerization conditions, e.g. the [Al]/[Zr] ratio, temperature or pressure and the key features of the polymers. It was shown that all these parameters influence the melting point and other specific values of the polymer. Additionally, selected examples were tested in the ethene/1-hexene copolymerization. The copolymers have been analyzed using DSC, GPC, IR and NMR spectroscopy. In conclusion, some new products were prepared and analyzed, in many cases with OctafluH (C29H38) as a substituent. All [2]borametallocenophanes are active catalysts in Ziegler-Natta type olefin polymerization processes. Analyses of the produced polymers revealed that [2]borametallocenophanes can produce long-chain polyethylene and ethene/1-hexene copolymers.

This dissertation describes the essential modeling components and techniques for building comprehensive polymer process models for metal-catalyzed polyolefin processes. The significance of this work is that it presents a comprehensive approach to polymer process modeling applied to large-scale commercial processes. Most researchers focus only on polymerization mechanisms and reaction kinetics, and neglect physical properties and phase equilibrium. Both physical properties and phase equilibrium play key roles in the accuracy and robustness of a model. This work presents the fundamental principles and practical guidelines used to develop and validate both steady-state and dynamic simulation models for two large-scale commercial processes involving the Ziegler-Natta polymerization to produce high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP). It also provides a model for the solution polymerization of ethylene using a metallocene catalyst. Existing modeling efforts do not include physical properties or phase equilibrium in their calculations. These omissions undermine the accuracy and predictive power of the models. The forward chapters of the dissertation discuss the fundamental concepts we consider in polymer process modeling. These include physical and thermodynamic properties, phase equilibrium, and polymerization kinetics. The later chapters provide the modeling applications described above. / Ph. D.