Idemitsu Kosan Company, Limited

Akio Kimura

Satoshi Asahi

Kenji Seki

Sanae Tagami

Yasuhiro Takeshita

Shinichi Akimoto

Mamoru Ukita

A process for the production of polyethylene characterized in that the polymerization is carried out in the presence of an alcohol and in the presence of a polymerization catalyst prepared from (A) a solid catalyst component containing at least titanium, magnesium, and chlorine; (B) trialkylaluminum of the formula R.sup.1.sub.3 Al wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl or cycloalkyl group; and (C) a chlorine-containing aluminum compound of the formula R.sup.2.sub.n AlCl.sub.3-n wherein R.sup.2 is an alkyl or cycloalkyl group, and n is a real number of from 1 to 2.

Process for the production of polyethylene

Ethylene is polymerized in the presence of a catalyst comprising: (A) the reaction product of a magnesium compound and titanium halide and (B) an organic aluminum compound wherein Component A is prepared by reacting magnesium dialkoxide with a halogen-containing silicon compound and an alcohol to provide a solid material and then reacting the solid material with titanium halide in the presence of an alkoxy-containing silicon compound.

Process for polymerization of ethylene

Block copolymers are produced by (i) polymerizing ethylene or propylene, or copolymerizing the same with another .alpha.-olefin of 2 to 7 carbon atoms in the presence of a Ziegler-type catalyst, and (ii) copolymerizing the resulting polymer or copolymer with a radical-polymerizable vinyl compound (e.g., methyl methacrylate) in the presence of an organic sulfoxide.

Process for producing block copolymers

Block copolymers of (i) a polymer of ethylene or propylene, or copolymer of ethylene or propylene with another .alpha.-olefin and (ii) a polymer of an acrylic ester or a methacrylic ester are formed by polymerizing (i) in the presence of a titanium halide and an organic aluminum compound, and then adding in order (a), (b) and (c) to copolymerize a product so obtained with (a) an acrylic ester or a methacrylic ester, in the presence of (b) an organic phosphorus compound or tertiary amine and (c) a benzyl halide, a ring-alkylated benzyl halide, a benzyl halide in which a methylene hydrogen is replaced with an alkyl or aryl group, or an alkyl halide.

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