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Titanium-Magnesium Ziegler-Natta Catalysts: New Insight on the Active Sites Precursor Full article

Journal Molecular Catalysis
ISSN: 2468-8231
Output data Year: 2017, Volume: 432, Pages: 155-159 Pages count : 5 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2017.02.007
Tags Active sites, MgCl2 surface, Polypropylene, Precursor, Ziegler-Natta catalysts
Authors Potapov A.G. 1,2
Affiliations
1 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Akademika Lavrentieva 5, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
2 Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova Street 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

Abstract: Titanium-magnesium Ziegler-Natta catalysts are the basis of the modern processes for polypropylene production. These catalysts have been the object of numerous studies for many decades. Nevertheless, the structure of the catalysts remains a significant research focus. One of the major questions to be answered is the nature of the active sites precursor the titanium compound, its form and structure on the surface of the catalysts. In the present study, the experimental data show that the precursor of the catalyst active site is TiCl4, which is weakly bound to the surface of the catalyst. This TiCl4 is able to migrate outside the catalyst particles and to adsorb on activated MgCl2, giving rise to new precursors of the active sites. The quantity of TiCl4, which is able to migrate easily, amounts to about half the total amount of titanium compounds in the catalysts. At the same time, the rest of titanium is tightly bound to the catalyst surface and does not produce the active sites.
Cite: Potapov A.G.
Titanium-Magnesium Ziegler-Natta Catalysts: New Insight on the Active Sites Precursor
Molecular Catalysis. 2017. V.432. P.155-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2017.02.007 WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex ANCAN
Dates:
Submitted: Oct 25, 2016
Accepted: Feb 3, 2017
Published online: Mar 31, 2017
Published print: May 1, 2017
Identifiers:
≡ Web of science: WOS:000400559700018
≡ Scopus: 2-s2.0-85029650373
≡ Elibrary: 31062792
≡ OpenAlex: W2600679053
≡ Chemical Abstracts: 2017:1491139
≡ Chemical Abstracts (print): 167:406892
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