A robust immobilization strategy in the nano-dispersed Ziegler-Natta catalyst: non-covalent O-Ti coordination

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Sep 17;56(74):10843-10846. doi: 10.1039/d0cc04502k.

Abstract

An immobilization strategy of catalytic TiCl4 on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs) is developed, which features both robustness and equivalence of active sites in ethylene polymerization thanks to the non-covalent O-Ti coordination. The symmetric structure of POSS homogenizes the coordination of the TiCl4 molecules, enabling considerable activity in the synthesis of narrowly distributed polyethylene.