JPH0672168B2 - Catalyst for olefin polymerization - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention has a high activity when subjected to the polymerization of olephins, and is capable of obtaining a stereoregular polymer in a high yield. It relates to a performance catalyst. More specifically, the present invention provides a substance obtained by reacting a magnesium metal powder and an alkyl monohalide in the presence of iodine in the absence of a solvent, by reacting a diester of phthalic acid with titanium tetrachloride. Solid catalyst component obtained by contacting titanium tetrachloride with the product obtained by co-grinding with the substance obtained in the presence of aromatic hydrocarbon and / or aromatic halogenated hydrocarbon which is liquid at room temperature. And a catalyst for olefin polymerization, which comprises a di- or tetra-substituted piperidine derivative and an organoaluminum compound.

[Prior art]

Recently, as a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins such as propylene, in place of the conventionally known catalyst component of titanium trichloride, many new types of catalysts in which titanium, which is an active component, is supported on magnesium chloride together with an electron donor have been developed. Proposed.

The earliest of these was developed by co-milling a complex of an organic monocarboxylic acid ester as an electron donor and titanium tetrachloride with magnesium chloride, or an organic monocarboxylic acid as an electron donor. There is a product obtained by treating a co-ground product of an acid ester and magnesium chloride with titanium tetrachloride.

However, these cannot be said to have satisfactory characteristics for use on an industrial scale, and improve various properties, for example, using diethoxymagnesium instead of magnesium chloride, and special electron donors. Various proposals have been made for those using a compound, or those obtained by modifying the combination method of the above-mentioned substances, the contact means and the like.

For example, in JP-A-54-94590, a catalyst component is prepared by using magnesium dihalide as a starting material, and an organoaluminum compound, an organic carboxylic acid ester and M-
A method in which a compound having an OR group is used in combination for the polymerization of olefins is disclosed, and JP-A-57-63 has been disclosed.
In JP 310, various catalysts as electron donors, magnesium chloride in active form and titanium compound are combined to prepare a catalyst component, and further Si—O bond or Si—N bond is prepared.
A method of polymerizing propylene using a compound having a bond and an organoaluminum compound is disclosed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the prior art, the chlorine contained in magnesium chloride, which occupies the main stream as a carrier material, is the same as the halogen element in titanium halide, with respect to the produced polymer,
Since it has the drawback of having an adverse effect, on the other hand, it is required that the activity of chlorine be substantially negligible, or measures such as keeping the concentration of magnesium chloride itself low are taken. There is.

Further, when a catalyst component having the above magnesium chloride as a carrier is used in combination with an organoaluminum compound to polymerize olefins, particularly when stereoregular polymerization of propylene, 1-butene, etc. is carried out industrially, when carrying out the polymerization reaction. It is essential to use an organic monocarboxylic acid ester as an electron donor. However, in this case, it is necessary to use an extremely large amount of organic monocarboxylic acid ester, and as a result, there has been a problem that a peculiar ester odor is imparted to the produced polymer.

Furthermore, in so-called highly active supported catalysts such as catalysts using a catalyst component having magnesium chloride as a carrier, the activity at the initial stage of polymerization is high, but deactivation with time is large and it becomes a problem in process operation, and block copolymerization It was virtually impossible to use it if the polymerization time was longer.

JP-A-54-94590 has been proposed to improve this point.However, as is clear from the description of the publication, in this case, an organic carboxylic acid ester is used both during catalyst preparation and during polymerization. Is needed. Generally, the organic carboxylic acid ester contained in the catalyst is treated in an amount such that the odor problem of the polymer produced can be ignored by treatment with a titanium halide or washing with an organic solvent. However, the organic carboxylic acid ester used during the polymerization is extremely large amount as compared with the amount contained in the catalyst as described above, and when the polymerization is carried out in a liquid or gaseous monomer, almost all of it is At present, it is contained in the produced polymer, so that it can be said that the problem of the odor of the produced polymer cannot be solved as long as the organic carboxylic acid ester is used during the polymerization. Further, as can be seen from the examples, the method disclosed in the above publication requires extremely complicated operations and the obtained catalyst is practically sufficient in terms of performance and sustainability of activity. That is not the case.

The present inventors have conducted intensive studies to solve various problems in the conventional art, and succeeded in providing a novel olefin polymerization catalyst.

[Disclosure of Invention]

In the present invention, the substance (a) obtained by reacting (A) metallic magnesium powder with 2 times or more moles of an alkyl monohalide in the presence of iodine in the absence of a solvent is combined with a diester of phthalic acid and a tetraester. Substance (b) obtained by reacting with titanium chloride
Aromatic hydrocarbons and / or aromatic halogenated hydrocarbons (c) which are liquid at room temperature
Solid catalyst component obtained by further contacting with titanium tetrachloride in the presence of: (B) general formula (Wherein R ¹ , R ² , R ³ and R ⁴ are hydrogen or an alkyl group which may have a substituent, and at least one of R ¹ and R ² is an alkyl group, and , At least one of R ³ and R ⁴ is an alkyl group), and a catalyst for olefin polymerization, which comprises a di- or tetra-substituted piperidine derivative and (C) an organoaluminum compound. Is.

In order to obtain a substance obtained by the reaction of the above-mentioned (a) metallic magnesium powder with an alkyl monohalide in the present invention (hereinafter simply referred to as (a) substance), a commercially available metallic magnesium powder and an alkyl monohalide are used. And are reacted in the absence of an organic solvent and in the presence of iodine. At this time, the alkyl monohalide needs to be used in an amount of 2 mol or more per 1 mol of the metal magnesium powder.
Further, the reaction temperature and the reaction time are arbitrary as long as the above reaction proceeds sufficiently and are not particularly limited, but usually 20 ° C. or higher for 10 minutes or longer, preferably 40 ° C. or higher for 30 minutes or longer. . This reaction is a Grineer type reaction, and the absorption of an alkyl group is observed when the IR spectrum of the substance (a) obtained by the reaction is measured.

The alkyl monohalide used in the production of the substance (a) is preferably an aliphatic hydrocarbon chloride that is liquid at room temperature, and examples thereof include n-propyl chloride, isopropyl chloride, n-butyl chloride, and the like. Examples thereof include isobutyl chloride, pentyl chloride, hexyl chloride and octyl chloride.

In the present invention, the substance (b) obtained by reacting the diester of phthalic acid with titanium tetrachloride (hereinafter simply referred to as the substance (b)) may be a diester of phthalic acid and titanium tetrachloride, if necessary. After reacting in a different solvent,
Further, if necessary, it can be obtained by washing with a suitable organic solvent and then drying. Examples of the phthalic acid diester used in the production of the substance (b) include dimethyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, diisopropyl phthalate,
Examples thereof include dipropyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate, diamyl phthalate, diisoamyl phthalate, ethyl butyl phthalate, ethyl isobutyl phthalate, and ethyl propyl phthalate.

In the present invention, the aromatic hydrocarbon and / or the aromatic halogenated hydrocarbon (hereinafter referred to simply as the substance (c)) which is liquid at room temperature (c) includes, for example, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene and xylene. Examples thereof include aromatic halogenated hydrocarbons such as chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene and bromobenzene.

Specific examples of the di- or tetra-substituted piperidine derivative (B) in the present invention include: Among them, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine is preferable.

Examples of the organoaluminum compound (C) in the present invention include trialkylaluminums, dialkylaluminum halides, alkylaluminum dihalides, and mixtures thereof. Among them, trialkylaluminums are preferable, and triethylaluminums are more preferable. And triisobutylaluminum are particularly preferred.

As the substance (b) in the present invention, a substance obtained by reacting a diester of phthalic acid with titanium tetrachloride in an equimolar amount in the presence or absence of a suitable solvent is usually used, but the method is not necessarily restricted. You don't have to.

When the solid catalyst component (A) in the present invention is obtained, the use ratio of each raw material constituting the solid catalyst component is arbitrary and is not particularly limited as long as it does not adversely affect the performance of the solid catalyst component to be produced. Usually, the amount of the (b) substance is in the range of 0.01 to 2 g per 1 g of the (a) substance, and 0.1 g or more of titanium tetrachloride to be contacted with the product obtained by co-milling It is preferably in the range of 1 g or more. The amount of the (c) substance coexisted during this contact is
0.01 to 100 ml, preferably 0.1 to 1 per 1 ml of titanium tetrachloride
The range is 0 ml.

The co-milling of the above-mentioned substances (a) and (b) is usually 10
It is carried out for not less than 1 minute and preferably not less than 30 minutes.

When the product obtained by the above co-milling is contacted with titanium tetrachloride in the presence of substance (c), it is usually -10 ° C.
To the boiling point of titanium tetrachloride for 10 minutes to 10 minutes
It is preferable to perform the treatment for about 0 hours. After this contact, titanium tetrachloride can be repeatedly contacted with the obtained product. In the contact at that time, the substance (d) may or may not coexist. The product thus obtained may optionally be washed with an organic solvent such as n-heptane.

All of these aspects are included in one aspect in the practice of the present invention.

The series of operations for preparing the solid contact component (A) in the present invention is preferably carried out in the absence of oxygen and water.

The solid catalyst component (A) prepared as described above is combined with the piperidine derivative (B) and the organoaluminum compound (C) to form the catalyst for olefin polymerization according to the present invention. .

The organoaluminum compound (C) used is used in an amount of 1 to 1000 mol per g atom of titanium in the solid catalyst component, and the piperidine derivative has a molar ratio to the organoaluminum compound of 1 or less, preferably 0.005 to 1.0. Used in a range.

The polymerization reaction using the catalyst for polymerization according to the present invention can be carried out in the presence or absence of an organic solvent, and the olefin monomer used can be used in either gas or liquid state. it can. Polymerization temperature is 20
0 ℃ or less, preferably 100 ℃ or less, the polymerization pressure is 100kg /
cm ² · G or less, preferably 50 kg / cm ² · G or less.

The olefins that are homopolymerized or copolymerized using the olefin polymer for polymerization according to the present invention are ethylene, propylene, 1-butene and the like.

〔The invention's effect〕

The catalyst for olefin polymerization according to the present invention, when used for the polymerization of olefins, exhibits an unexpectedly high activity, so that the amount of catalyst residue present in the produced polymer is extremely high. The effect of chlorine can be reduced to such an extent that the product can be kept at a low level and that the residual chlorine is extremely small, so that no deashing step is required for the product.

Since chlorine remaining in the produced polymer causes corrosion of equipment used in steps such as granulation and molding, it also causes deterioration of the produced polymer itself, yellowing, etc. Obtaining is of great benefit to the art.

Further, according to the catalyst of the present invention, by not adding the organic carboxylic acid ester at the time of polymerization, it is possible to solve a big problem that an ester odor adheres to the produced polymer.

Furthermore, conventionally, there was a common drawback in so-called highly active supported catalysts, in which the activity per unit time of the catalyst was significantly reduced with the progress of polymerization, but in the catalyst according to the present invention, Since the decrease in activity with the passage of time is extremely small compared to conventionally known catalysts, it is also useful when prolonging the polymerization time such as copolymerization, and when a higher polymerization pressure is adopted. Because of the large increase in the activity in, it can be widely used in bulk polymerization and gas phase polymerization, which have recently received attention.

Moreover, according to the catalyst of the present invention, a polymer having a high degree of stereoregularity can be obtained.

In addition, in the industrial production of olefin polymers, coexistence of hydrogen at the time of polymerization is generally considered from the viewpoint of MI control and the like, but conventional magnesium chloride is used as a carrier and organic carboxylic acid ester is used. The catalyst had a drawback that its activity and stereoregularity were significantly reduced in the presence of hydrogen. However, when olefin is polymerized in the coexistence of hydrogen using the catalyst according to the present invention, the activity and stereoregularity do not decrease even when the MI of the produced polymer is extremely high. Such an effect has been strongly desired by those skilled in the art. Further, in the industrial production of polyolefin, the bulk specific gravity of the produced polymer becomes a very big problem in terms of the ability of the polymerization apparatus, the ability of the post-treatment step, etc., but the catalyst according to the present invention also , Has extremely excellent characteristics.

[Examples and comparative examples]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples.

Example 1 (1) Preparation of substance (a) A round-bottomed flask having a capacity of 2.0 and equipped with a stirrer was used, which was sufficiently replaced with nitrogen gas, and then 30 g of magnesium metal powder, 1.0 g of iodine and n-butyl chloride were used. 1.2 was charged and reacted for 5 hours at the boiling point of n-butyl chloride. After completion of the reaction, the supernatant was removed, the product was washed with 500 ml of n-butyl chloride three times, and then dried under reduced pressure to obtain a powdery substance.

(2) Preparation of substance (b) A round-bottomed flask having a capacity of 500 ml equipped with a stirrer was thoroughly replaced with nitrogen gas, and then 200 ml of n-heptane and TiCl ₄₀ .
5 mol is taken, and 0.5 mol of dibutyl phthalate is added dropwise thereto with stirring for 30 minutes. Thereafter, the temperature was raised to 100 ° C. and the reaction was carried out for 1 hour. After the reaction was completed, the supernatant was removed and the product
It was washed with 0 ml of n-heptane three times and dried under reduced pressure to obtain a powdery substance.

(3) Preparation of solid catalyst component 20 g of the powdery substance obtained in (1) above, 7.5 ml of dibutyl phthalate and 4.0 ml of TiCl ₄ were added under a nitrogen gas atmosphere at 25 m.
Volume of 1.0 filled with mΦ stainless steel balls 4/5 of the total solution
The vibration frequency is 1430 v.pm and the amplitude is 3.
The co-milling process was performed for 17 hours at 5 mm.

Using a round-bottomed flask having a capacity of 300 ml equipped with a stirrer, after sufficiently replacing with nitrogen gas, 5 g of the solid composition obtained by the co-milling treatment was taken, and TiCl ₄ 50 ml was added thereto.
And 50 ml of toluene were added, and the temperature was raised to 115 ° C. to react for 2 hours. After the reaction was completed, the supernatant was removed and 100 ml of the product was added.
After washing with 50 ml of toluene, 50 ml of TiCl ₄ and 50 ml of toluene were newly added and reacted at 115 ° C. for 2 hours. After completion of the reaction, the product was washed 10 times with 200 ml of n-heptane to obtain a solid catalyst component.

At this time, the titanium content in the solid catalyst component was measured and found to be 2.08% by weight.

(4) Polymerization of propylene Using an autoclave equipped with a stirrer and having an inner volume of 2.0, the autoclave was completely replaced with nitrogen gas, and then 190 mg of triethylaluminum, 23 mg of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine and the solid catalyst component of 3.0 Charged mg. Then hydrogen gas
1.8 and liquefied propylene 1.4 were charged and the polymerization reaction was carried out at 70 ° C. for 1 hour. After completion of the polymerization reaction, the generated polymer
It is dried under reduced pressure at 80 ° C., and the amount obtained is designated as (A).
Also, this was extracted with boiling n-heptane for 6 hours to obtain n-
A polymer insoluble in heptane was obtained, and the amount of this polymer was (B).
And

The polymerization activity (C) per the solid catalyst component used is represented by the following formula.

The yield (D) of all crystalline polymer is represented by the following formula.

Further, the amount of residual chlorine in the produced polymer is represented by (E), the MI of the produced polymer is represented by (F), and the bulk specific gravity is represented by (G). The obtained results are shown in Table 1.

Example 2 An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the polymerization time was 30 minutes. The obtained results are as shown in Table 1.

Example 3 An experiment was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the polymerization reaction was carried out by the following method.

700 ml of n-heptane was charged into an autoclave with a stirrer having an internal volume of 20 which was completely replaced with nitrogen gas, and 300 mg of triethylaluminum 300 mg, 2, while maintaining a nitrogen gas atmosphere.
35 mg of 2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, then Example 1
10.0 mg of the solid catalyst component prepared by the method of was charged. Then, 150 ml of hydrogen gas was charged, the temperature was raised to 70 ° C., and while introducing propylene gas, the polymerization reaction was carried out for 1 hour while maintaining the pressure of 6 kg / cm ² · G. After the completion of the polymerization reaction, the obtained solid polymer was separated, heated to 80 ° C. and dried under reduced pressure. On the other hand, the amount of the polymer dissolved in the polymerization solvent by condensing the liquid is (H), and the amount of the solid polymer is (I). Further, the obtained solid polymer was extracted with boiling n-heptane for 6 hours,
A polymer insoluble in n-heptane is obtained, and this amount is designated as (J).

The polymerization activity (K) per solid catalyst component is represented by the following formula.

Further, the yield (L) of the crystalline polymer is represented by the following formula, The yield (M) of the all-crystalline polymer is determined by the following formula.

Furthermore, residual chlorine in the produced polymer (N)
MI is represented by (O) and bulk specific gravity is represented by (P). The obtained results are as shown in Table 2.

Example 4 An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 3 except that the polymerization time was 2 hours. The obtained results are as shown in Table 2.

Example 5 An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the same amount of dipropyl phthalate was used instead of dibutyl phthalate. The titanium content in the solid catalyst component at this time is 2.
It was 03% polymerization. An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1 during the polymerization. The results obtained are as shown in Table 1.

Line preparation of the solid catalyst component in the same manner except for using dipropyl phthalate 5.0ml and TiCl ₄ 2.0 ml instead of Example 6 dibutyl phthalate 7.5ml and TiCl ₄ 4.0 ml Example 1 Natsuta. The titanium content in the solid catalyst component at this time was 1.
It was 81% by weight. An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1 during the polymerization. The results obtained are as shown in Table 1.

Comparative Example 1. Commercially available MgCl ₂ 20 g and dibutyl phthalate 5.0 ml were used in Example 1.
Grind under the same conditions as. Then, 5 g of the pulverized composition was charged into a glass container having an internal volume of 500 ml under a nitrogen gas atmosphere, 200 ml of TiCl ₄ was added, and a stirring reaction was carried out at 120 ° C. for 2 hours. After completion of the reaction, the supernatant was removed, 200 ml of TiCl ₄ was newly added, and the reaction was carried out at 120 ° C for 2 hours.

After completion of the reaction, it was cooled to 40 ° C. and washed 10 times with 200 ml of n-heptane to obtain a solid catalyst component. At this time, the titanium content in the solid catalyst component was measured and found to be 1.64% by weight.

An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1 except that 6.0 mg of the above solid catalyst component was used for the polymerization. The results obtained are as shown in Table 1.

Comparative Example 2. An experiment was conducted in the same manner as Comparative Example 1 except that the polymerization time was 30 minutes. The results obtained are as shown in Table 1.

Comparative Example 3. An experiment was performed in the same manner as in Comparative Example 1 except that the polymerization reaction was performed in the same manner as in Example 3. The result obtained is the second
As shown in the table.

As is clear from comparison between Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2, the catalyst according to the present invention has an extremely small decrease in activity with the passage of polymerization time.

As is clear from comparison between Examples 1 and 3 and Comparative Examples 1 and 3, the catalyst according to the present invention shows a large increase in activity when a higher polymerization pressure is adopted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A substance (a) obtained by reacting (A) a magnesium metal powder with a 2-fold or more molar amount of an alkyl monohalide in the presence of iodine in the absence of a solvent, a diester of phthalic acid, and a tetraester. The product obtained by co-milling the substance (b) obtained by reacting with titanium chloride is further treated in the presence of an aromatic hydrocarbon and / or an aromatic halogenated hydrocarbon (c) which is liquid at room temperature, Solid catalyst component obtained by contact with titanium tetrachloride; (B) General formula (In the formula, R ¹ , R ² , R ³ , and R ⁴ are hydrogen or an alkyl group which may have a substituent, and at least one of R ¹ and R ² is an alkyl group, and , At least one of R ³ and R ⁴ is an alkyl group) and a (C) organoaluminum compound and a disubstituted or tetrasubstituted piperidine derivative.