JPH0832736B2 - Catalyst for olefin polymerization - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention is a high-performance catalyst which acts highly active when subjected to the polymerization of olefins, and which can obtain a stereoregular polymer in a high yield. More specifically, a composition obtained by bringing a titanium halide and a phthalic acid diester into contact with a suspension formed of dialkoxy magnesium, an aromatic hydrocarbon that is liquid at room temperature, and an anionic surfactant. To a solid catalyst component obtained by contacting titanium halide with the general formula SiR _m (OR ′) _4-m (wherein R is hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and R ′ is an alkyl group or an aryl group). And m is 0 ≦ m ≦ 4.) The present invention relates to a catalyst for olefin polymerization which comprises a silicon compound and an organoaluminum compound.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a combination of a solid titanium halide and an organoaluminum compound is well known and widely used as a catalyst for olefin polymerization, but the catalyst component and the polymer yield per titanium in the catalyst component (hereinafter referred to as the catalyst) The so-called deashing process for removing the catalyst residue was unavoidable because the polymerization activity per titanium in the catalyst component and the catalyst component was low). This demineralization process requires a large amount of alcohol or chelating agent, and therefore requires a recovery device or a regenerating device. There are many resources, energy and other incidental problems, and those skilled in the art can solve the problem immediately. It was an important task to be desired. Numerous studies have been made and proposed to increase the polymerization activity of the catalyst component, particularly titanium in the catalyst component, in order to eliminate this complicated deashing step.

In particular, as a recent tendency, a transition metal compound such as titanium halide, which is an active ingredient, is supported on a carrier substance such as magnesium chloride, and when subjected to the polymerization of olefins, the polymerization activity per titanium in the catalyst component is dramatically increased. There are many proposals to raise the price.

For example, in JP-A-50-126590, a carrier material, magnesium chloride, is contacted with an aromatic monocaponate by mechanical means, and the obtained solid composition is mixed with titanium tetrahalide in a liquid phase. A method of contacting to obtain a catalyst component is disclosed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the chlorine contained in magnesium chloride is
Similar to the halogen element in titanium halide, it not only causes deterioration of the produced polymer, yellowing, etc., but also causes corrosion of equipment used in the processes such as granulation and molding. Although it is required to have a negligible high activity, a catalyst using a catalyst component using magnesium chloride as a carrier substance disclosed in the above publications, etc., which has sufficient performance up to the present, Not obtained.

Further, when using a catalyst having the above-mentioned magnesium chloride as a carrier, or a highly active supported catalyst which has been recently proposed variously, the polymerization activity per unit time is high at the initial stage of the polymerization, but the decrease with the passage of the polymerization time is large. However, in addition to the problems in the process operation, it was almost impossible to use it in practice when it is necessary to prolong the polymerization time such as block copolymerization.

In addition, these catalysts are generally required to coexist with an aromatic monocarboxylic acid ester at the time of polymerization, but the amount of the aromatic monocarboxylic acid ester used at this time is larger than that of the ester in the catalyst. Therefore, there is a drawback in that a peculiar ester odor is imparted to the produced polymer.

Further, in the industrial production of polyolefin, the bulk specific gravity of the produced polymer is also an important problem, but at present it cannot be said that the catalyst system as described above shows a sufficient value.

The present inventors have achieved the present invention as a result of earnest research in order to solve the problems left over in the prior art and to further improve the quality of the polymer produced.

[Means for solving problems]

That is, a feature of the present invention is that a suspension formed by (I) (a) dialkoxymagnesium, (b) an aromatic hydrocarbon that is liquid at room temperature, and (c) an anionic surfactant. And (d) the general formula TiX ₄ (where X is
Is a halogen element. ) And a titanium halide represented by the formula (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “titanium halide”) and (e) a phthalic acid diester, and the resulting composition is further contacted with the titanium halide (d). (II) General formula SiR _m (OR ′) _4-m (wherein R is hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R ′ is an alkyl group or an aryl group, and m is 0). A silicon compound represented by ≦ m ≦ 4 (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as a silicon compound) and (III) the general formula RnAlX ₃ -n (wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X is An organoaluminum compound represented by any one of hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, and n is 0 <n ≦ 3 (hereinafter, simply “organoaluminum compound”)
There is a thing. The present invention provides a catalyst for olefin polymerization, which comprises

The dialkoxy magnesium used in the present invention includes diethoxy magnesium, dibutoxy magnesium, diphenoxy magnesium, dipropoxy magnesium, di-sec-butoxy magnesium and di-ter.
Examples thereof include t-butoxy magnesium and diisopropoxy magnesium.

Examples of the aromatic hydrocarbon which is liquid at room temperature in the present invention include benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, propylbenzene and trimethylbenzene.

Examples of the phthalic acid diester used in the present invention include dimethyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, dipropyl phthalate, diisopropyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate, diamyl phthalate, diisoamyl phthalate, ethyl butyl phthalate, ethyl isobutyl phthalate, ethyl propyl. Examples include phthalate.

The anionic surfactant used in the present invention is appropriately selected from sulfonate, sulfate ester salt, phosphate ester salt and the like, and among them, the sulfonate surfactant is preferred.

The titanium halide used in the present invention is
TiCl ₄ , TiBr ₄ , TiI _{4 and the} like can be mentioned, but TiCl ₄ is particularly preferable.

Examples of the silicon compound used in the present invention include phenylalkoxysilane and alkylalkoxysilane. Further, as examples of phenylalkoxysilane, phenyltrimethoxysilane, phenyltriethoxysilane, phenyltripropoxysilane,
Examples thereof include phenyltriisopropoxysilane, diphenyldimethoxysilane, and diphenyldiethoxysilane. Examples of alkylalkoxysilanes include tetramethoxysilane, tetraethoxysilane, trimethoxyethylsilane, trimethoxymethylsilane, and trimethoxymethylsilane. Examples thereof include ethoxymethylsilane, ethyltriethoxysilane and ethyltriisopropoxysilane.

Examples of the organoaluminum compound used in the present invention include trialkylaluminums, dialkylaluminum halides, alkylaluminum dihalides, and mixtures thereof.

The proportion of each component used in the present invention is arbitrary as long as it does not adversely affect the performance of the resulting catalyst, and is not particularly limited, but usually dialkoxymagnesium 1 g
On the other hand, phthalic acid diesters are 0.01 to 2 g, preferably
0.1-1g, anionic surfactant in the range of 0.01-1g, or titanium halide 0.1g or more, preferably 1g
It is used in the above range. Further, the aromatic hydrocarbon that is liquid at room temperature is used in any proportion as long as it is a quantity that can form a suspension.

Suspension of dialkoxymagnesium in an aromatic hydrocarbon in the present invention is usually from room temperature to a boiling point of the aromatic hydrocarbon used for 100 hours or less, preferably 10
It is performed within the time range. At this time, it is necessary that the suspension becomes a uniform solution. Further, the contact between the suspension and the titanium halide and the contact between the composition obtained by the contact and the titanium halide are usually -20 ° C to the boiling point of the titanium halide used, preferably 50 ° C to
It is carried out at a temperature of 120 ° C. for 10 minutes to 10 hours.

The contacting means of each component in the present invention is not particularly limited as long as each component can be sufficiently contacted, but it is usually carried out by stirring using a container equipped with a stirrer.

In the present invention, the titanium halide can be diluted with the aromatic hydrocarbon and brought into contact with it, and after the contacting, it can be washed with an organic solvent such as n-heptane.

The organoaluminum compound used in the present invention is 1 to 10 in terms of mol per mol of titanium atom in the solid catalyst component.
00, the silicon compound is used in a molar ratio of 0.01 to 0.5 per mol of the organoaluminum compound.

The polymerization can be carried out in the presence or absence or in the absence of an organic solvent, and the olefin monomer can be used in either a gas or liquid state. The polymerization temperature is 200 ° C or less, preferably 100 ° C or less, and the polymerization pressure is 100 kg / cm ² · G or less, preferably 50 kg / cm
Is less than or equal to ² · G.

Olefins homopolymerized or copolymerized using the contact produced by the method of the present invention are ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, 4-methyl-1-pentene and the like.

〔The invention's effect〕

When olefins are polymerized using the olefin polymerization catalyst according to the present invention, the resulting polymer has extremely stereoregularity. Furthermore, since the catalyst shows an unexpectedly high value, the amount of catalyst residue present in the produced polymer can be suppressed to a very low level, and since the residual chlorine is extremely small, the product is subjected to a deashing process. The effect of chlorine can be reduced to such an extent that is not required at all.

Chlorine remaining in the produced polymer causes corrosion of equipment used in steps such as granulation and molding, and also causes deterioration of the produced polymer itself, yellowing, etc. What has been obtained brings great benefits to the art.

Further, according to the present invention, by not adding the organic carboxylic acid ester at the time of the polymerization, it is possible to solve the big problem that the ester odor adheres to the produced polymer.

Further, conventionally, there has been a common drawback in the so-called high activity supported catalyst, in which the activity per unit time of the catalyst is greatly reduced with the progress of polymerization, but in the catalyst according to the present invention, Since the decrease in activity with time is extremely small as compared with the conventionally known catalysts, it is extremely useful for prolonging the polymerization time such as copolymerization.

In addition, in industrial olefin polymer production, coexistence of hydrogen during polymerization is generally considered from the viewpoint of MI control and the like, but with conventional magnesium chloride as a carrier, organic monocarboxylic acid ester is used. The catalyst used had the drawback that its activity and stereoregularity were significantly reduced in the presence of hydrogen. However, when olefin is polymerized in the presence of hydrogen using the catalyst according to the present invention, the activity and stereoregularity do not decrease even when the MI of the produced polymer is extremely high. Such an effect has been strongly desired by those skilled in the art. In addition, in industrial production of polyolefin, the bulk specific gravity of the produced polymer becomes a very large problem in terms of the capacity of the polymerization apparatus, the capacity of the post-treatment step, and the like, but the catalyst according to the present invention also has this problem. And has extremely excellent characteristics.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described specifically with reference to Examples.

Example 1 [Preparation of catalyst component] A capacity of 50% which was sufficiently replaced with nitrogen gas and equipped with a stirrer.
A 0 ml round-bottomed flask was charged with 10 g of diethoxymagnesium, 1 g of a sulfonate surfactant (Chemist 3033 manufactured by Sanyo Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.) and 70 ml of toluene to make a suspension, and then TiCl was added to this suspension. ₄ Add 30 ml, raise the temperature to 90 ° C, add 3.6 ml of n-butyl phthalate, and add 115 ° C.
The temperature was raised to 2, and the reaction was carried out while stirring for 2 hours. End of reaction 90
It was washed twice with 100 ml of toluene at 0 ° C., 100 ml of TiCl ₄ was newly added, and the mixture was reacted at 115 ° C. for 2 hours with stirring. After completion of the reaction, it was washed 10 times with 200 ml of n-heptane at 40 ° C to obtain a catalyst component. At this time, the solid-liquid in the contact component was separated and the titanium content of the solid was measured to be 1.69 g% by weight.

〔polymerization〕

700 ml of n-heptane was charged into an autoclave with a stirrer having an internal volume of 2.0 l, which was completely replaced with nitrogen gas, and 301 mg of triethylaluminum was added while maintaining a nitrogen gas atmosphere.
64 mg of phenyltriethoxysilane and then 0.2 mg of the above catalyst component as titanium atoms were charged. Then hydrogen gas 150
While charging ml and raising the temperature to 70 ° C and introducing propylene gas
Polymerization was carried out for 4 hours while maintaining a pressure of 6 kg / cm ² · G. After completion of the polymerization, the obtained solid polymer was separated, heated to 80 ° C., and dried under reduced pressure. On the other hand, the amount of polymer dissolved in the polymerization solvent by concentrating the solution is (A), and the amount of solid state polymerization is (B).
The obtained solid copolymer is extracted with boiling n-heptane for 6 hours to obtain a polymer insoluble in n-heptane, and this amount is designated as (C).

The polymerization activity (D) per catalyst component is calculated by the formula Express with.

Further, the yield (E) of the crystalline polymer is expressed by the formula The yield (F) of all crystalline polymer is expressed by I asked more. The residual chlorine in the produced polymer is represented by (G), the MI of the produced polymer is represented by (H), and the bulk specific gravity is represented by (I). The obtained results are as shown in Table 1.

Example 2 An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the polymerization time was 6 hours. The results obtained are as shown in Table 1.

Example 3 Sulfonate surfactant (manufactured by Sanyo Kasei Co., Ltd.,
An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the amount of the chemistat 3033) was changed to 0.8 g. The titanium content in the solid content at this time was 1.98% by weight. An experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1 during the polymerization. The results obtained are as shown in Table 1.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing for helping understanding of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. (I) (a) dialkoxymagnesium,
(B) In a suspension formed of an aromatic hydrocarbon that is liquid at room temperature and (c) an anionic surfactant, (d) a general formula
A titanium halide represented by TiX ₄ (where X is a halogen element) and (e) phthalic acid diester are brought into contact with each other, and the resulting composition is further brought into contact with the titanium halide (d). (II) General formula SiRm (OR ') 4-m (wherein R is hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R'is an alkyl group or an aryl group, and m is 0≤m≤. And (III) a general formula RnAlX ₃ -n (wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, or iodine; n is 0 <n ≦ 3.) An olefin polymerization catalyst comprising an organoaluminum compound represented by the formula: