Supported permethylindenyl titanium catalysts for the synthesis of disentangled ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (disUHMWPE)

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Sep 7;57(69):8600-8603. doi: 10.1039/d1cc03418a. Epub 2021 Aug 9.

Abstract

Novel permethylindenyl-phenoxide (PHENI*) ansa-metallocene titanium complexes have been synthesised and immobilised on inorganic solid supports to afford highly effective catalysts for slurry-phase ethylene polymerisation. When supported on solid polymethylaluminoxane these complexes were both extremely active (up to 3.7 × 106 gPE molTi-1 h-1 bar-1) and produced substantially disentangled polyethylene with a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 3.4 MDa (disUHMWPE).