Linear/branched Block Polyethylene Produced by <italic style="font-style: italic">α</italic>-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalyst and Bis(phenoxy-imine) Zirconium Binary Catalyst System in the Presence of Diethyl Zinc

Ding-Ding Zhao; Yan-Hui Hou; Ke-Ning Zong; Mi-Mi Cui; Bin-Yuan Liu; Min Yang

doi:10.1007/s10118-021-2629-5

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Linear/branched Block Polyethylene Produced by α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalyst and Bis(phenoxy-imine) Zirconium Binary Catalyst System in the Presence of Diethyl Zinc

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- Linear/branched Block Polyethylene Produced by α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalyst and Bis(phenoxy-imine) Zirconium Binary Catalyst System in the Presence of Diethyl Zinc
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 39, Issue 12, Pages: 1581-1589(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
  b.State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300160, China
- Author bio：
  
  houyh1977@163.com (Y.H.H.)
  polyym@163.com (M.Y.)
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-021-2629-5
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- Received：19 April 2021，
  
  Revised：2021-6-28，
  
  Accepted：29 June 2021，
  
  Online First：26 August 2021，
  
  Published：18 October 2021
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Zhao, D. D.; Hou, Y. H.; Zong, K. N.; Cui, M. M.; Liu, B. Y.; Yang, M. Linear/branched block polyethylene produced by α-diimine nickel(II) catalyst and bis(phenoxy-imine) zirconium binary catalyst system in the presence of diethyl zinc. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 39, 1581–1589

Ding-Ding Zhao, Yan-Hui Hou, Ke-Ning Zong, et al. Linear/branched Block Polyethylene Produced by α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalyst and Bis(phenoxy-imine) Zirconium Binary Catalyst System in the Presence of Diethyl Zinc[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 39(12): 1581-1589. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2629-5.
Zhao, D. D.; Hou, Y. H.; Zong, K. N.; Cui, M. M.; Liu, B. Y.; Yang, M. Linear/branched block polyethylene produced by α-diimine nickel(II) catalyst and bis(phenoxy-imine) zirconium binary catalyst system in the presence of diethyl zinc. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 39, 1581–1589 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-021-2629-5.

Ding-Ding Zhao, Yan-Hui Hou, Ke-Ning Zong, et al. Linear/branched Block Polyethylene Produced by α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalyst and Bis(phenoxy-imine) Zirconium Binary Catalyst System in the Presence of Diethyl Zinc[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 39(12): 1581-1589. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2629-5. DOI：

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Abstract

In order to promote development of linear/branched block polyethylenes based on new catalytic systems

we synthesized a novel

-diimine nickel(II) complex with isopropyl substituents on

ortho

-aryl and hydroxymethyl phenyl substituents on

para

-aryl structures. The activity of

-diimine nickel(II) catalyst was 3.02×10

g·mol

−1

·h

−1

at 70 °C

and resultant polyethylene possessed 135/1000C branches. The linear/branched block polyethylenes were synthesized from ethylene polymerization catalyzed by the

-diimine nickel(II) complex/bis(phenoxy-imine) zirconium in the presence of diethyl zinc. With the addition of ZnEt

(from 0 to 400)

the melting peak of resultant polyethylene changed from a single melting peak to bimodal melting peaks. The molecular weights of resultant polyethylene ranging from 26.8 kg/mol to 17.1 kg/mol and PDI values varying gradually from 24.4 to 15.2 were obtained

via

adjusting ZnEt

equiv. and molar ratio of two catalysts. In addition

the branching degree of the polyethylene increased from 13/1000C to 56/1000C with the increase of the proportion of

-diimine nickel(II) catalyst. Using this binary catalyst system

the reaction temperature of chain shuttling polymerization can be carried out at 70 °C

which is more conducive to industrial application.

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Linear/branched Block Polyethylene Produced by α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalyst and Bis(phenoxy-imine) Zirconium Binary Catalyst System in the Presence of Diethyl Zinc

DOI：10.1007/s10118-021-2629-5

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