Disclosure of Invention
It is an object of the present invention to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a novel process for preparing olefin-olefin alcohol copolymers. Furthermore, the spherical and/or spheroidal polymer can be directly obtained by the method, the polymer has good appearance and good industrial application prospect.
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a process for the preparation of an olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer comprising polymerising an olefin and an olefin alcohol in the presence of a catalyst and optionally a chain transfer agent to produce the olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer,
wherein the catalyst comprises a main catalyst and an optional cocatalyst, and the main catalyst comprises a diimine metal complex shown as a formula I:
in the formula I, R1And R2The same or different, independently selected from C1-C30 hydrocarbyl containing or not containing substituent; r3And R4The same or different, each independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C20 alkyl with or without substituent; r3-R4Optionally forming a ring with each other; r11Selected from C1-C20 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon groups; y is selected from non-metal atoms of group VIA; m is a group VIII metal; x is selected from halogen, C1-C10 alkyl with or without substituent and C1-C10 alkoxy with or without substituent.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, R1And R2Is selected from C1-C20 alkyl with or without substituent and/or C6-C20 aryl with or without substituent.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, R1And/or R2Is a group of formula A:
in the formula A, R1-R5The aryl group is the same or different and is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C20 alkyl with or without substituent, C2-C20 alkenyl with or without substituent, C2-C20 alkynyl with or without substituent, C3-C20 cycloalkyl with or without substituent, C1-C20 alkoxy with or without substituent, C2-C20 alkenyloxy with or without substituent, C2-C20 alkynyloxy with or without substituent, C3-C20 cycloalkoxy with or without substituent, C6-C20 aryl with or without substituent, C7-C20 aralkyl with or without substituent and C7-C20 alkaryl with or without substituent; r1-R5Optionally forming a ring with each other.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, in formula A, R1-R5The aryl group is selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C10 alkyl with or without substituent, C2-C10 alkenyl with or without substituent, C2-C10 alkynyl with or without substituent, C3-C10 cycloalkyl with or without substituent, C1-C10 alkoxy with or without substituent, C2-C10 alkenyloxy with or without substituent, C2-C10 alkynyloxy with or without substituent, C3-C10 cycloalkoxy with or without substituent, C6-C15 aryl with or without substituent, C7-C15 aralkyl with or without substituent and C7-C15 alkaryl with or without substituent.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, M is selected from nickel and palladium.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, Y is selected from O and S.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, X is selected from the group consisting of halogen, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkoxy, preferably from the group consisting of halogen, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkoxy.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, R11Is selected from C1-C20 alkyl with or without substituent, preferably C1-C10 alkyl with or without substituent, more preferably C1-C6 alkyl with or without substituent.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, R3And R4The aryl group is selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C20 alkyl with or without substituent, C2-C20 alkenyl with or without substituent, C2-C20 alkynyl with or without substituent, C3-C20 cycloalkyl with or without substituent, C1-C20 alkoxy with or without substituent, C2-C20 alkenyloxy with or without substituent, C2-C20 alkynyloxy with or without substituent, C3-C20 cycloalkoxy with or without substituent, C6-C20 aryl with or without substituent, C7-C20 aralkyl with or without substituent and C7-C20 alkaryl with or without substituent.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, R3And R4The aryl group is the same or different and is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C10 alkyl with or without substituent, C2-C10 alkenyl with or without substituent, C2-C10 alkynyl with or without substituent, C3-C10 cycloalkyl with or without substituent, C1-C10 alkoxy with or without substituent, C2-C10 alkenyloxy with or without substituent, C2-C10 alkynyloxy with or without substituent, C3-C10 cycloalkoxy with or without substituent, C6-C15 aryl with or without substituent, C7-C15 aralkyl with or without substituent and C7-C15 alkaryl with or without substituent;
according to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, R3And R4Each independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, halogenated C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, halogenated C1-C10 alkoxy and halogen, more preferably from hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, halogenated C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, halogenated C1-C6 alkoxy and halogen.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, the substituents are selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy, C1-C10 alkyl, halogenated C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, and halogenated C1-C10 alkoxy; the substituents are preferably selected from halogen, hydroxy, C1-C6 alkyl, halogenated C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy and halogenated C1-C6 alkoxy.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, the C1-C6 alkyl group is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl and isobutyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, n-hexyl, isohexyl, and 3, 3-dimethylbutyl;
according to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, the C1-C6 alkoxy group is selected from methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-and isobutoxy, n-pentoxy, isopentoxy, n-hexoxy, isohexoxy, and 3, 3-dimethylbutoxy,
according to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of the invention, the halogen is selected from fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.
According to some embodiments of the diimine metal complexes of this invention, the diimine metal complexes are represented by formula III:
in the formula III, R1-R5The substituents are the same or different, and are respectively and independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C10 alkyl with or without substituent, C3-C10 cycloalkyl with or without substituent, C1-C10 alkoxy with or without substituent, C3-C10 cycloalkoxy with or without substituent, C6-C15 aryl with or without substituent, C7-C15 aralkyl with or without substituent and C7-C15 alkaryl with or without substituent;
R3and R4Each independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, halogenatedC1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, halogenated C1-C10 alkoxy and halogen, more preferably selected from hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, halogenated C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, halogenated C1-C6 alkoxy and halogen;
m is nickel;
y is O;
x is selected from fluorine, chlorine and bromine;
R11is selected from C1-C20 alkyl with or without substituent, preferably C1-C10 alkyl with or without substituent, more preferably C1-C6 alkyl with or without substituent.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the alkene alcohol is selected from one or more of the alkene alcohols represented by formula G:
in the formula G, L1-L3Each independently selected from H and C with or without substituent1-C30Alkyl radical, L4Is C having a pendant group1-C30An alkylene group.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the copolymer has a content of structural units derived from the alkene alcohol represented by formula G of 0.4 to 10.0 mol%.
According to some embodiments of the invention, in formula G, L1And L2Is H.
According to some embodiments of the invention, in formula G, L3Is H or C1-C30An alkyl group.
According to some embodiments of the invention, in formula G, L4Is C having a pendant group1-C30An alkylene group.
According to some embodiments of the invention, in formula G, L3Is H or C1-C20An alkyl group.
According to some embodiments of the invention, in formula G, L4Is C having a pendant group1-C20An alkylene group.
According to the inventionIn some embodiments, of formula G, L3Is H or C1-C10An alkyl group.
According to some embodiments of the invention, in formula G, L4Is C having a pendant group1-C10An alkylene group.
According to some embodiments of the invention, in formula G, L4Is C having a pendant group1-C6An alkylene group.
According to some embodiments of the invention, L1-L3Wherein said substituents are selected from halogen, C1-C10Alkyl radical, C1-C10Alkoxy radical, C6-C10One or more of aryl, cyano and hydroxyl.
According to some embodiments of the invention, L1-L3Wherein the substituent is selected from one or more of C1-C6 alkyl, halogen and C1-C6 alkoxy.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the pendant group in L4 is selected from halogen, C6-C20Aryl radical, C1-C20Alkyl and C1-C20One or more of alkoxy, said C6-C20Aryl radical, C1-C20Alkyl and C1-C20Alkoxy is optionally substituted by a substituent, preferably selected from halogen, C1-C10Alkyl radical, C1-C10Alkoxy radical, C6-C10One or more of aryl and hydroxyl.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, said L4The side group in (A) is selected from halogen and C6-C20Aryl radical, C1-C20Alkyl, hydroxy substituted C1-C20Alkyl and alkoxy substituted C1-C20One or more of alkyl; preferably, the side group is selected from halogen, C6-C20Aryl radical, C1-C10Alkyl, hydroxy substituted C1-C10Alkyl and alkoxy substituted C1-10One or more of alkyl; more preferably, the side group is selected from halogen, phenyl, C1-C6Alkyl and hydroxy substituted C1-C6One or more of alkyl, said C1-C6Alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, pentyl and hexyl.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, in formula G, L1And L2Is H, L3Is H or C1-C30Alkyl radical, L4Is C having a pendant group1-C30An alkylene group; said C is1-C30Alkyl is optionally substituted by a substituent, preferably selected from halogen, C1-C10Alkyl radical, C1-C10Alkoxy radical, C6-C10One or more of aryl, cyano and hydroxyl.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, in formula G, L1And L2Is H, L3Is H, C1-C10Alkyl or halogen substituted C1-C10Alkyl, preferably L3Is H or C1-C10An alkyl group; l is4Is C having a pendant group1-C20Alkylene radicals, e.g. L4Is methylene with side group, ethylene with side group, propylene with side group, butylene with side group, C with side group5Alkylene, C having pendant groups6Alkylene, C having pendant groups7Alkylene, C having pendant groups8Alkylene, C having pendant groups9Alkylene, C having pendant groups10Alkylene, C having pendant groups12Alkylene, C having pendant groups14Alkylene, C having pendant groups18Alkylene, C having pendant groups20Alkylene, preferably C, having pendant groups1-C10An alkylene group.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, in formula G, L1And L2Is H, L3Is H or C1-6An alkyl group; l is4Is C having a pendant group1-C10An alkylene group.
In the present invention, the carbon number n of the Cn alkylene group means the number of C in the straight chainNumber, not including the number of C's in a side group, e.g. isopropylidene (-CH)2-CH(CH3) -) is referred to herein as C with a pendant group (methyl)2An alkylene group.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, specific examples of the alkene alcohol represented by formula G include, but are not limited to: -2-methyl-3-buten-1-ol, 2-ethyl-3-buten-1-ol, 1-diphenyl-3-buten-1-ol, 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol, 2-dimethyl-3-buten-1-ol, 3-methyl-1-penten-3-ol, 2, 4-dimethyl-4-penten-2-ol, 4-alkenyl-2-pentanol, 4-methyl-4-penten-2-ol, 2-phenyl-4-penten-2-ol, 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol, 2-methyl-4-penten-2-ol, 2-methyl-2-penten-ol, 2-methyl-4-penten-2-ol, 2-yl-ol, 2-methyl-4-penten-2-ol, 2-methyl-penten-ol, 2-methyl-4-penten-2-ol, 2-methyl-penten-2-ol, and mixtures thereof, 2-allylhexafluoroisopropanol, 2-hydroxy-5-hexene, 3-buten-2-ol, 3-methyl-5-hexen-3-ol, 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-5-hexene, 1-allylcyclohexanol, 2, 3-dimethyl-2-hydroxy-5-hexene, 1-hepten-4-ol, 4-methyl-1-hepten-4-ol, 4-n-propyl-1-hepten-4-ol, 6-hepten-3-ol, 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-6-heptene, 5-methyl-2-hydroxy-6-heptene, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-heptene, 2-hydroxy-3-ethyl-6-heptene, 2-hydroxy-4-methyl-6-heptene, 2-hydroxy-5-methyl-6-heptene, 2, 5-dimethyl-1-hepten-4-ol, 2, 6-dimethyl-7-octen-2-ol, 2-hydroxy-2, 4, 5-trimethyl-6-heptene, 2-methyl-3-hydroxy-7-octene, 3-methyl-3-hydroxy-6-heptene, 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 2-methyl-6-heptene, 2-hydroxy-6-heptene, 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 2-methyl-2-heptene, 2-methyl-2-1-heptene, 2-methyl-2-4-methyl-6-heptene, 2-methyl-4-heptene, 2-1-octene, 2-octene, 2-heptene, 2-octene, 2-one, 3-methyl-3-hydroxy-7-octene, 4-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 4-methyl-3-hydroxy-7-octene, 5-methyl-3-hydroxy-7-octene, 6-methyl-3-hydroxy-7-octene, 3-ethyl-3-hydroxy-7-octene, 1, 2-dihydroxy-7-octene, 2, 6-dimethyl-2, 6-dihydroxy-7-octene, 2, 6-dimethyl-2, 3-dihydroxy-7-octene, 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-3-chloro-7-octene, mixtures thereof, and mixtures thereof, 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-3, 5-dichloro-7-octene, 3, 4-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-8-nonene, 4-methyl-4-hydroxy-8-nonene, 4-ethyl-4-hydroxy-8-nonene, 4-propyl-4-hydroxy-8-nonene, 7-octen-2-ol, 3, 5-dichloro-2-methyl-7-octen-2-ol, 3-chloro-2-methyl-7-octen-2, 3-diol, and 2, 6-dimethyl-7-octen-2, 6-diol.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cocatalyst is chosen from organoaluminum compounds and/or organoboron compounds.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,the organic aluminum compound is selected from alkyl aluminoxane or AlR with the general formulanX1 3-nWith an organoaluminum compound (alkylaluminum or alkylaluminum halide) of the general formula AlRnX1 3-nWherein R is H, C1-C20Saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals or C1-C20Saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyloxy radicals, preferably C1-C20Alkyl radical, C1-C20Alkoxy radical, C7-C20Aralkyl or C6-C20An aryl group; x1Is halogen, preferably chlorine or bromine; 0<n is less than or equal to 3. Specific examples of the organoaluminum compound include, but are not limited to: trimethylaluminum, triethylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum, tri-n-hexylaluminum, trioctylaluminum, diethylaluminum monohydrogen, diisobutylaluminum monohydrogen, diethylaluminum monochloride, diisobutylaluminum monochloride, ethylaluminum sesquichloride, ethylaluminum dichloride, Methylaluminoxane (MAO) and Modified Methylaluminoxane (MMAO). Preferably, the organoaluminum compound is Methylaluminoxane (MAO).
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the organoboron compound is selected from an aryl boron and/or a borate. The arylborole is preferably a substituted or unsubstituted phenylborone, more preferably tris (pentafluorophenyl) boron. The borate is preferably N, N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate and/or triphenylmethyl tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the concentration of the main catalyst in the reaction system is 0.00001 to 100mmol/L, for example, 0.00001mmol/L, 0.00005mmol/L, 0.0001mmol/L, 0.0005mmol/L, 0.001mmol/L, 0.005mmol/L, 0.01mmol/L, 0.05mmol/L, 0.1mmol/L, 0.3mmol/L, 0.5mmol/L, 0.8mmol/L, 1mmol/L, 5mmol/L, 8mmol/L, 10mmol/L, 20mmol/L, 30mmol/L, 50mmol/L, 70mmol/L, 80mmol/L, 100mmol/L and any value therebetween, preferably 0.0001 to 1mmol/L, more preferably 0.001 to 0.5 mmol/L.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the cocatalyst is an organoaluminum compound, the molar ratio of aluminum in the cocatalyst to M in the procatalyst is (10-10000000):1, for example, 10:1, 20:1, 50:1, 100:1, 200:1, 300:1, 500:1, 700:1, 800:1, 1000:1, 2000:1, 3000:1, 5000:1, 10000:1, 100000:1, 1000000:1, 10000000:1 and any value therebetween, preferably (10-100000):1, more preferably (100-10000): 1; when the cocatalyst is an organoboron compound, the molar ratio of boron in the cocatalyst to M in the procatalyst is (0.1-1000):1, e.g., 0.1:1, 0.2:1, 0.5:1, 0.8:1, 1:1, 1.2:1, 1.4:1, 1.6:1, 1.8:1, 2:1, 2.5:1, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, 8:1, 10:1, 20:1, 50:1, 100:1, 200:1, 300:1, 500:1, 700:1, 800:1, 1000:1, and any value therebetween, preferably (0.1-500): 1.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the olefin comprises an olefin having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, and in some embodiments of the invention, the olefin comprises ethylene or an alpha-olefin having 3 to 16 carbon atoms. In other embodiments of the present invention, the olefin is C3-C16A cyclic olefin, preferably a 5-or 6-membered ring. Preferably, the olefin is ethylene or an alpha-olefin having 3 to 16 carbon atoms, more preferably ethylene or C2-C10Alpha-olefins, such as ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene and octene.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the concentration of the olefin alcohol monomer represented by the formula G in the reaction system is 0.01 to 6000mmol/L, preferably 0.1 to 1000mmol/L, more preferably 1 to 500mmol/L, and may be, for example, 1mmol/L, 10mmol/L, 20mmol/L, 30mmol/L, 50mmol/L, 70mmol/L, 90mmol/L, 100mmol/L, 200mmol/L, 300mmol/L, 400mmol/L, 500mmol/L and any value therebetween.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the chain transfer agent is selected from one or more of aluminum alkyls, magnesium alkyls and zinc alkyls.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the chain transfer agent is a trialkylaluminum and/or a dialkylzinc, preferably one or more selected from the group consisting of trimethylaluminum, triethylaluminum, triisopropylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum, tri-n-hexylaluminum, tri-n-octylaluminum, dimethylzinc and diethylzinc.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the molar ratio of the chain transfer agent to M in the procatalyst is (0.1-2000: 1, e.g. 0.1:1, 0.2:1, 0.5:1, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 5:1, 8:1, 10:1, 20:1, 50:1, 100:1, 200:1, 300:1, 500:1, 600:1, 800:1, 1000:1, 2000:1 and any value in between, preferably (10-600: 1).
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the polymerization is carried out in an alkane solvent selected from C3-C20One or more alkanes, preferably selected from C3-C10The alkane, for example, may be selected from one or more of butane, isobutane, pentane, hexane, heptane, octane and cyclohexane, preferably one or more of hexane, heptane and cyclohexane.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the olefin alcohol is pre-treated with a dehydroactive hydrogen, preferably with a co-catalyst or chain transfer agent as described above, to remove hydroxyl active hydrogen from the olefin alcohol. Preferably, the molar ratio of hydroxyl groups in the alkene alcohol to co-catalyst or chain transfer agent during pretreatment is from 10:1 to 1: 10.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the reaction is carried out in the absence of water and oxygen.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the conditions of the reaction include: the temperature of the reaction is-50 ℃ to 50 ℃, preferably-20 ℃ to 50 ℃, more preferably 0 ℃ to 50 ℃, and can be, for example, 0 ℃, 10 ℃, 20 ℃, 30 ℃, 40 ℃, 50 ℃ and any value therebetween; and/or the reaction time is 10-200min, preferably 20-60 min. In the present invention, the reaction pressure is not particularly limited as long as the monomer can be subjected to coordination copolymerization. When the olefin is ethylene, the pressure of ethylene in the reactor is preferably 1 to 1000atm, more preferably 1 to 200atm, and still more preferably 1 to 50atm, from the viewpoint of cost reduction and simplification of the polymerization process. In the present invention, the "reaction system" is meant to include the totality of solvent, olefin alcohol monomer, catalyst, and optionally chain transfer agent.
The invention also provides an olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer prepared by the preparation method, which comprises spherical and/or spheroidal polymers. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the spherical and/or spheroidal polymers have an average particle size of 0.1 to 50.0mm, for example 0.1mm, 0.5mm, 1.0mm, 2.0mm, 3.0mm, 5.0mm, 8.0mm, 10.0mm, 15.0mm, 20.0mm, 25.0mm, 30.0mm, 35.0mm, 40.0mm, 45.0mm, 50.0mm and any value in between, preferably 0.5 to 20.0 mm.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer, the content of the structural unit derived from the olefin alcohol represented by the formula G is 0.4 to 30.0 mol%, and for example, may be 0.4 mol%, 0.5 mol%, 0.7 mol%, 0.8 mol%, 1.0 mol%, 1.5 mol%, 2.0 mol%, 5.0 mol%, 8.0 mol%, 10.0 mol%, 15.0 mol%, 20.0 mol%, 25.0 mol%, 30.0 mol% and any value therebetween, preferably 0.7 to 10.0 mol%.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the weight average molecular weight of the olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer is 30000-500000, preferably 50000-400000.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer has a molecular weight distribution of 4.0 or less, and for example, may be 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and any value therebetween, and preferably, the molecular weight distribution is 1.0 to 4.0.
In the present invention, the particle size of a spherical or spheroidal polymer is herein considered to be equal to the diameter of a sphere having a volume equal to the volume of the particle.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a use of the olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer as a polyolefin material.
The process for preparing an olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer provided by the present invention uses a novel trinuclear metal complex-containing catalyst. The catalyst is not reported, therefore, the technical problem solved by the invention is to provide a novel preparation method of olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer.
Furthermore, in the preparation method of the olefin-olefin alcohol copolymer provided by the invention, the spherical and/or spheroidal polymers with good shapes are directly prepared by selecting the olefin alcohol monomer for reaction, the catalyst and a proper polymerization process without subsequent processing steps such as granulation and the like, and the obtained polymerization product is not easy to scale in a reactor and is convenient to transport.
Further, compared with the existing industrial process for preparing olefin-olefin alcohol copolymers, the method for preparing olefin-olefin alcohol copolymers provided by the invention omits the step of saponification reaction, and has simpler preparation process.
In the present invention, alkyl refers to straight chain alkyl, branched chain alkyl or cycloalkyl, including but not limited to: methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, tert-pentyl, neopentyl, n-hexyl, n-heptyl, n-octyl, n-decyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, 4-methylcyclohexyl, 4-ethylcyclohexyl, 4-n-propylcyclohexyl and 4-n-butylcyclohexyl.
In the present invention, examples of aryl groups include, but are not limited to: phenyl, 4-methylphenyl, 4-ethylphenyl, dimethylphenyl, vinylphenyl.
In the present invention, alkenyl refers to straight chain alkenyl, branched chain alkenyl or cycloalkenyl including, but not limited to: vinyl, allyl, butenyl.
In the present invention, examples of the aralkyl group include, but are not limited to: phenylmethyl, phenylethyl, phenyl-n-propyl, phenyl-isopropyl, phenyl-n-butyl and phenyl-tert-butyl.
In the present invention, examples of alkylaryl groups include, but are not limited to: tolyl, ethylphenyl, n-propylphenyl, isopropylphenyl, n-butylphenyl and tert-butylphenyl groups.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to the examples.
The analytical characterization instrument used in the present invention was as follows:
1HNMR NMR Co-nuclear magnetic resonanceVibration meter: bruker DMX 300(300MHz), Tetramethylsilicon (TMS) as internal standard, was used to test the structure of the complex ligands at 25 ℃.
Comonomer content of the polymer (content of structural units derived from the olefin alcohol represented by formula G): by using13C NMR spectroscopy was carried out by dissolving a polymer sample in 1,2, 4-trichlorobenzene at 120 ℃ on a 400MHz Bruker Avance 400 NMR spectrometer using a 10mm PASEX 13 probe.
Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution PDI (PDI ═ Mw/Mn) of the copolymer: measured at 150 ℃ using PL-GPC220 in trichlorobenzene (standard: PS, flow rate: 1.0mL/min, column: 3 XPlgel 10um M1 XED-B300X 7.5 nm).
The activity measurement method comprises the following steps: weight of polymer (g)/nickel (mol). times.2.
Example 1
Complex Ni1Preparation of
Will contain 0.277g (0.9mmol) of (DME) NiBr2Was slowly added dropwise to a solution containing 0.175g (0.6mmol) of ligand L1Was stirred at room temperature for 6 hours in a dichloromethane solution (10mL), and was precipitated by addition of anhydrous ether. Filtering to obtain a filter cake, washing the filter cake with anhydrous ether, and vacuum drying to obtain yellow powdery solid Ni1. Yield: 70.2 percent. Elemental analysis (C)44H58Br6N4Ni3O2): c, 39.72; h, 4.39; n, 4.21; experimental values (%): c, 39.38; h, 4.60; and N, 3.96.
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added115mmol (2.5mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 15mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL Methylaluminoxane (MAO) (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30m while maintaining an ethylene pressure of 10atm at 30 ℃in. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 2
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added130mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL of MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 3
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added130mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction was stirred at 60 ℃ under 10atm of ethylene pressure for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 4
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added130mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 0.5mL diethyl zinc (1mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under 10atm of ethylene pressure for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 5
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added130mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 1.0mL diethyl zinc (1mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction was stirred at 30 ℃ for 30min while maintaining an ethylene pressure of 10 atm. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 6
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added150mmol (8.5mL) 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 50mL AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL of MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 7
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added1100mmol (17.0mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 100mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL of MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 8
Complex Ni2Preparation of
Will contain 0.277g (0.9mmol) of (DME) NiBr2Was slowly added dropwise to a solution containing 0.243g (0.6mmol) of ligand L (10mL)2Was stirred at room temperature for 6 hours in a dichloromethane solution (10mL), and was precipitated by addition of anhydrous ether. Filtering to obtain a filter cake, washing the filter cake with anhydrous ether, and vacuum drying to obtain yellow powdery solid Ni2. The yield was 74.0%. Elemental analysis (C)60H90Br6N4Ni3O2): c, 46.35; h, 5.83; n, 3.60; experimental values (%): c, 46.48; h, 6.12; and N, 3.50.
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 7.8mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added230mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL of MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 9
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 7.8mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added230mmol (8.5mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction was stirred at 60 ℃ under 10atm of ethylene pressure for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 10
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was injected into the polymerization systemWhile adding 7.8mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni230mmol (4.1mL) of 3-methyl-5-hexen-3-ol, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under 10atm of ethylene pressure for 60 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 11
Complex Ni3Preparation of
Will contain 0.277g (0.9mmol) of (DME) NiBr2To a solution of 2-methyl-1-propanol (10mL) containing 0.243g (0.6mmol) of ligand L2Was stirred at room temperature for 6 hours in a dichloromethane solution (10mL), and was precipitated by addition of anhydrous ether. Filtering to obtain a filter cake, washing the filter cake with anhydrous ether, and vacuum drying to obtain yellow powdery solid Ni3. The yield was 74.5%. Elemental analysis (C)64H98Br6N4Ni3O2): c, 47.71; h, 6.13; n, 3.48; experimental values (%): c, 47.48; h, 6.42; and N, 3.29.
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 8.0mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added330mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL of MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 12
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 8.0mg of hexane was added simultaneously(5. mu. mol) Complex Ni330mmol (4.5mL) of 4-methyl-1-hepten-4-ol, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL of MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 13
Complex Ni4Preparation of
Will contain 0.277g (0.9mmol) of (DME) NiBr2Was slowly added dropwise to a solution containing 0.272g (0.6mmol) of ligand L3In dichloromethane (10 mL). The color of the solution immediately turned deep red and a large amount of precipitate formed. Stirring at room temperature for 6h, and precipitating with anhydrous diethyl ether. Filtering to obtain a filter cake, washing the filter cake with anhydrous ether, and vacuum drying to obtain brownish red powdery solid Ni4. The yield was 74.1%. Elemental analysis (C)64H62Br6F4N4Ni3O2): c, 46.57; h, 3.79; n, 3.39; experimental values (%): c, 46.72; h, 3.97; and N, 3.48.
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6hrs, vacuumizing while it is hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane, 30mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L in hexane), 6.5ml of Methylaluminoxane (MAO) (1.53mol/L in toluene) were added, and 8.2mg (5. mu. mol) of Ni complex were added4. The reaction was vigorously stirred at 30min with keeping the ethylene pressure at 10atm at 30 ℃. The polymer was obtained by neutralizing with a 10 wt% hydrochloric acid acidified ethanol solution, and the results are shown in Table 1.
Example 14
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was injected into the polymerization systemWhile adding 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni130mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 15mL of a toluene solution of N, N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate (1mmol/L toluene solution) was added, and the reaction was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 15
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of hexane was poured into the polymerization system, and 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni was added130mmol (6.0mL) of 10-undecen-1-ol, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL of MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
Example 16
Continuously drying a 1L stainless steel polymerization kettle equipped with mechanical stirring at 130 deg.C for 6h, vacuumizing while hot, and adding N2Replace qi for 3 times. 500mL of toluene was injected into the polymerization system while adding 6.6mg (5. mu. mol) of complex Ni130mmol (5.1mL) of 2-methyl-2-hydroxy-7-octene, 30mL of AlEt3(1.0mol/L hexane solution), 6.5mL of MAO (1.53mol/L toluene solution), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 30 ℃ under an ethylene pressure of 10atm for 30 min. Finally, the polymer was obtained by neutralizing the mixture with a 10 wt% ethanol solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. The polymerization activity and the polymer performance parameters are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1
As can be seen from Table 1, the catalyst of the present invention exhibits higher polymerization activity when it catalyzes the copolymerization of ethylene and enol, and the obtained polymer has better polymerization activityHigh molecular weight. The copolymerization activity of the catalyst can reach 4.21 x 10 to the maximum6g·mol-1(Ni)·h-1. The molecular weight of the polymer can be controlled within a wide range according to the addition of the chain transfer agent. In addition, by regulating and controlling the polymerization conditions, a copolymerization product with good particle morphology can be prepared.
It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are only for explaining the present invention, and do not set any limit to the present invention. The present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, but the words which have been used herein are words of description and illustration, rather than words of limitation. The invention can be modified, as prescribed, within the scope of the claims and without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Although the invention has been described herein with reference to particular means, materials and embodiments, the invention is not intended to be limited to the particulars disclosed herein, but rather extends to all other methods and applications having the same functionality.