Fluorinated bis(phenoxyketimine)titanium complexes for the living, isoselective polymerization of propylene: Block copolymers from ethylene and propylene

INOR 275

Joseph B. Edson, jbe8@cornell.edu and Geoffrey W. Coates, gc39@cornell.edu. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, NY 14853

A series of bis(phenoxyketimine)titanium dichloride complexes were synthesized and screened for propylene polymerization activity when activated with methaluminoxane (MAO). Polymerizations of propylene by these catalysts in a living fashion furnished isotactic polypropylenes with narrow polydispersities. These catalyst systems were used for the synthesis of a number of unique block copolymers consisting of isotactic polypropylene and poly(ethylene-co-propylene) segments.  

 

Organometallic Catalysts
7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- Exhibit Hall - B2, Poster

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007