Catalyst and process for the polymerization of olefins

Abstract

A novel catalyst and process for producing highly-crystalline polypropylene or pure block or terminal block types of copolymers of propylene and ethylene or propylene and another alpha-olefin in excellent yields which coproduce minor amounts of low-molecular-weight and, particularly, amorphous polymers. The catalyst comprises an aluminum alkyl compound, titanium trichloride, a sterically-hindered cyclic amine and an organotin sulfide. This novel catalyst and process are useful in polymerization techniques which use a polymerization medium or those in which the condensed monomer is polymerized from the liquid phase or those in which polymerization is accomplished from monomer substantially in the vapor phase.