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Truxillic and truxinic acid-based, bio-derived diesters as potent internal donor in Ziegler-Natta catalyst for propylene polymerization

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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 554, Issue -, Pages 80-87

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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2018.01.030

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Bio-derived diester; Internal donor; Ziegler-Natta catalyst; Propylene polymerization; Hydrogen response; Density functional calculation

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  1. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K14492] Funding Source: KAKEN

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In this study, novel alpha-truxillic and beta-truxinic acid-based, bio-derived diesters have been developed as internal donors for preparing Ziegler-Natta (ZN) catalysts. Impacts of these bio-derived diesters were investigated on the chemical composition, the morphology, the mode of adsorption, and the propylene polymerization performance of the catalysts in comparison to the most widely used fourth-generation catalyst containing dibutyl phthalate. The molecular structures of the diesters and the particle morphology of the catalysts were preserved in the catalyst preparation. The bio-derived diesters afforded ZN catalysts with a reasonable activity and stereo specificity in propylene polymerization along with similarly broad molecular weight distribution (MWD) as the phthalate-based catalyst. Another promising feature of the catalysts was an opposite hydrogen response in terms of expansion of MWD upon the addition of H-2.

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