Ube Industries, Inc.

Grand Polymer Co., Ltd.

Shigeru Ikai

Haruo Ueno

Takefumi Yano

Tokuji Inoue

Yoshiyuki Kai

Michimasa Shimizu

Yasuhisa Sakakibara

Michinori Suzuki

Nobuhiro Tsujimoto

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Sakae Yuasa

Koji Imaoka

Toshifumi Fukunaga

Masanori Tamura

Kei Tsukahara

Jun Yamashita

Hiroshi Satoh

Process for polymerization of alpha-olefin and alpha-olefin polymer

A catalyst obtained by contacting (A) a compound of a transition metal of the group V of the Periodic Table represented by formula (I):

Catalyst for producing conjugated diene polymer

A di(polycyclic amino)dialkoxysilane which is of value as an auxiliary catalyst component for polymerizing an .alpha.-olefin to produce an .alpha.-olefin polymer having a high stereoregularity and a broad molecular weight distribution is prepared by reacting a secondary polycyclic-amine compound with an organomagnesium compound in an ether solvent, to produce a polycyclic-amido magnesium compound, and reacting the polycyclic-amido magnesium compound with a tetraalkoxysilane in a solvent mixture of an ether solvent and an inert hydrocarbon solvent.

Process for preparing di (polycyclic amino) dialkoxysilane

Poly-.alpha.-olefin, for example, polypropylene, is produced by subjecting a feed containing an .alpha.-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms, to a preliminary polymerization at 40.degree. C. or less in the presence of a catalyst which comprises (A) a solid catalytic ingredient prepared (a) by reacting a Grignard compound of the formula, R.sup.3 MgX wherein R.sup.3 =C.sub.1-8 alkyl and X=halogen, with a reaction product of an aluminium halide with an organic silicon compound of the formula, R.sub.n.sup.1 Si(OR.sup.2).sub.4-n, wherein R.sup.1 =C.sub.1-8 alkyl or phenyl, R.sup.2 =C.sub.1-8 alkyl, n=0, or 1 to 3, (b) bringing the resultant solid carrier into a first contact with titanium tetrahalide, (c) treating the resultant titanium-containing solid product with an organic acid ester, and, finally, (d) bringing the treated solid product into a second contact with titanium tetrahalide; (B) another catalytic ingredient consisting of a trialkyl aluminium of the formula, AlR.sub.3.sup.4 wherein R.sup.4 =C.sub.2-6 alkyl; and a further catalytic ingredient consisting of an organic acid ester, and then, by subjecting a polymerization mixture containing the above-mentioned catalyst, the preliminary polymer and free .alpha.-olefin to a final polymerization at a temperature above 40.degree. C.

Method for polymerizing .alpha.-olefin

Poly.alpha.-olefin, for example, polypropylene, is produced with an excellent yield by bringing, in the presence of an organic acid ester, a feed, containing at least one .alpha.-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms, for example, propylene, into contact with a catalyst which comprises (A) a solid catalytic ingredient prepared (a) by reacting a Grignard compound of the formula, R.sup.3 MgX wherein R.sup.3 =C.sub.1-8 alkyl and X=halogen, with a reaction product of an aluminium halide with an organic silicon compound of the formula, R.sub.n.sup.1 Si(OR.sup.2).sub.4-n, wherein R.sup.1 =C.sub.1-8 alkyl or phenyl, R.sup.2 =C.sub.1-8 alkyl, n=1, 2 or 3, (b) bringing the resultant reaction product into a first contact with titanium tetrahalide, (c) treating the resultant titanium-containing solid product with an organic acid ester, and, finally, (d) bringing the treated solid product into a second contact with titanium tetrahalide, and; (B) another catalytic ingredient consisting of a trialkyl aluminium of the formula, AlR.sub.3.sup.4 wherein R.sup.4 =C.sub.2-6 alkyl.

An .alpha.-olefin polymer having an excellent H.I. is produced with a high yield by bringing, in the presence of an organic acid ester, a feed containing at least one .alpha.-olefin, having 3 or more carbon atoms, into contact with a catalyst composed of:

Poly-.alpha.-olefin having an excellent H. I. is produced with an excellent yield by bringing, in the presence of an organic acid ester, a feed, containing at least one .alpha.-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms, into contact with a catalyst which comprises (A) a solid catalytic ingredient prepared (a) by reacting a Grignard compound with an aluminium halide-tetraalkoxysilane reaction product, (b) bringing the resultant reaction product into a first contact with titanium tetrahalide, (c) treating the resultant titanium-containing solid product with an organic acid ester, and, finally, (d) bringing the treated solid product into a second contact with titanium tetrahalide, and; (B) another catalytic ingredient consisting of a trialkyl aluminium.

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