Detailed Description
The following describes specific embodiments of the present invention in detail. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating and illustrating the invention, are not intended to limit the invention.
The invention provides a catalyst system for ethylene/polar monomer copolymerization, which consists of the following components:
a component a, a main catalyst, which is at least one selected from compounds shown in a formula (I),
In formula (I), R 1、R2、R3 are identical or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C20 hydrocarbon radical, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C20 alkoxy radical or a substituted or unsubstituted C 6-C20 aryloxy radical, these radicals being linear, Branched or cyclic and optionally further substituted by halogen atoms, C 1-C10 alkyl groups, C 1-C10 alkoxy groups, C 6-C10 aryl groups or C 6-C10 aryloxy groups, L being a ligand, preferably in formula (I), R 1、R2、R3 are identical or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom, Substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C10 hydrocarbon radical, substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C10 alkoxy radical or substituted or unsubstituted C 6-C10 aryloxy radical, which are linear, branched or cyclic and are optionally substituted by halogen atoms, C 1-C6 alkyl radicals, C 1-C6 alkoxy radical, C 6-C8 aryl or C 6-C8 aryloxy is further substituted, L is Me 2 SO, more preferably R 1、R2、R3 are the same or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom, Substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C6 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C6 alkoxy or substituted or unsubstituted C 6-C8 aryloxy which are linear, branched or cyclic and are optionally substituted by halogen atoms, C 1-C6 alkyl, Further substituted with C 1-C6 alkoxy, C 6-C8 aryl or C 6-C8 aryloxy;
A component b selected from at least one of a compound represented by formula (II) and a compound represented by formula (III):
In the formula (II), R 4 is selected from a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C20 alkoxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted C 6-C20 aryloxy group, and the groups are linear, Branched or cyclic and optionally further substituted by halogen atoms, C 1-C10 alkyl groups, C 1-C10 alkoxy groups, C 1-C6 carbonyl groups, C 6-C10 aryl groups or C 6-C10 aryloxy groups, preferably in formula (II), R 4 is selected from hydrogen atoms, Substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C10 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 8-C16 conjugated cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C10 alkoxy or substituted or unsubstituted C 6-C10 aryloxy, which groups are linear, Branched or cyclic and optionally further substituted with a halogen atom, a C 1-C6 alkyl group, a C 1-C6 alkoxy group, a C 1-C3 carbonyl group, a C 6-C8 aryl group, or a C 6-C8 aryloxy group;
In formula (III), R 5 is selected from a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C20 hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C20 alkoxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted C 6-C20 aryloxy group, which groups are linear, Branched or cyclic and optionally further substituted by halogen atoms, C 1-C10 alkyl groups, C 1-C10 alkoxy groups, C 1-C6 carbonyl groups, C 6-C10 aryl groups or C 6-C10 aryloxy groups, preferably in formula (III), R 5 is selected from hydrogen atoms, Substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C10 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 8-C16 conjugated cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 1-C10 alkoxy or substituted or unsubstituted C 6-C10 aryloxy, which groups are linear, Branched or cyclic and optionally further substituted with a halogen atom, a C 1-C6 alkyl group, a C 1-C6 alkoxy group, a C 1-C3 carbonyl group, a C 6-C8 aryl group, or a C 6-C8 aryloxy group.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the component a is at least one of palladium 2- (bis (2-methoxyphenyl) phosphino) benzenesulfonate, palladium 2- (bis (2-phenoxyphenyl) phosphino) benzenesulfonate, and palladium 2- (bis (2-methoxyphenyl) phosphino) -4-methylbenzenesulfonate.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the component b is at least one of 2, 6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 2, 6-di-tert-butylphenol, 2,4, 6-tri-tert-butylphenol and 2, 6-di-tert-butyl- α - (3, 5-di-tert-butyl-4-oxo-2, 5-cyclohexadienylidene) -p-tolyloxy radical.
According to the present invention, the molar ratio of the component a to the component b calculated on the Pd atom is preferably 1:1 to 1:200, preferably 1:3 to 1:100, more preferably 1:4 to 1:50, and even more preferably 1:5 to 1:30.
The catalyst system is only formed by the component a and the component b, does not need conventional cocatalysts (such as alkyl aluminum, alkyl aluminoxane, organoboron compound and the like) in the field of olefin polymerization, is suitable for ethylene/polar monomer copolymerization, can improve the reactivity and the content of the comonomer, and can also obviously improve the insertion rate of the comonomer.
In the present invention, the concept of "polar monomer" is well known to those skilled in the art and refers to an olefin-based monomer containing one or more polar groups, and according to one embodiment of the present invention, the polar monomer is an acrylic monomer.
The invention provides a preparation method of an ethylene/acrylic acid (ester) copolymer, which comprises the following steps of carrying out polymerization reaction on ethylene and acrylic acid (ester) monomers in an inert solvent in the presence of a catalyst system to obtain the ethylene/acrylic acid (ester) copolymer;
The catalyst system is the catalyst system;
the acrylic acid (ester) monomer is at least one of the compounds shown in the formula (A),
In the formula (A), R a is a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched C 1-C4 alkyl group, and R b is a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched C 1-C10 alkyl group.
The method is applicable to acrylic acid (ester) monomers, the general formula of which is shown in a formula (A), preferably R a is hydrogen atom or methyl, R b is hydrogen atom, linear or branched C 1-C8 alkyl, and the C 1-C8 alkyl comprises but is not limited to methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl and 2-ethylhexyl.
Particularly preferably, the acrylic monomer is at least one of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, t-butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, n-propyl methacrylate, n-butyl methacrylate, t-butyl methacrylate and 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate.
The inert solvent used in the preparation method of the present invention may be various inert solvents commonly used in the field of olefin polymerization, including aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents and/or aromatic hydrocarbon solvents, preferably the inert solvent is a linear, branched or cyclic C 6-C12 alkane and/or C 6-C10 monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, wherein the C 6-C12 alkane is preferably at least one of n-hexane, isohexane, n-heptane, isoheptane, n-octane, isooctane and cyclohexane, the C 6-C10 monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is preferably toluene and/or xylene, more preferably the inert solvent is at least one of n-hexane, isohexane, cyclohexane and toluene, and most preferably toluene.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the acrylic monomer is premixed with the component b of the catalyst system to obtain a premix, and then mixed with other components of the polymerization system, so that the reactivity can be further improved. Specifically, the time for the preliminary mixing is preferably 1 to 30 minutes, more preferably 2 to 15 minutes, and still more preferably 3 to 10 minutes.
The method of the present invention can improve the insertion rate of the comonomer into the main chain, and thus, the copolymer can have a high comonomer content without excessively high comonomer addition, and specifically, the concentration of the acrylic monomer in the polymerization reaction system can be 5mol/L or less, preferably 2mol/L or less, and more preferably 1mol/L or less.
According to the present invention, preferably, the molar ratio of the acrylic monomer to the component b in the catalyst system is 50:1 to 800:1, preferably 100:1 to 350:1, more preferably 150:1 to 300:1.
The polymerization according to the invention may be carried out continuously or semi-continuously or batchwise.
The polymerization can adopt milder process conditions, specifically, the temperature of the polymerization reaction can be 20-150 ℃, preferably 40-120 ℃, more preferably 60-100 ℃, and the pressure of the polymerization reaction can be below 10MPa, preferably 0.01-5 MPa, more preferably 0.1-2 MPa.
For ethylene/acrylic acid (ester) copolymers, high pressure free radical reactions are generally required to achieve higher comonomer content, and the present invention employs coordination polymerization as described above to achieve high comonomer content ethylene/acrylic acid (ester) copolymers at lower pressures.
The preparation process of the present invention further comprises separating the resulting copolymer from the solvent and unreacted monomers, and various separation methods commonly used in the field of olefin polymerization, such as evaporation, may be employed. The preparation method further comprises drying the copolymer after separating and removing the solvent and unreacted monomers.
The invention also provides the ethylene/acrylic acid (ester) copolymer prepared by the preparation method.
The copolymer may contain 75 to 99mol% of structural units derived from ethylene and 1 to 25mol% of structural units derived from an acrylic monomer, and the proportion of acrylic acid (ester) inserted into the copolymer main chain may be 70mol% or more, preferably 80mol% or more, further preferably 85mol% or more, and still more preferably 90mol% or more.
According to the invention, the ratio of the insertion of acrylic acid (ester) into the copolymer backbone (comonomer insertion) refers to the ratio of the molar amount of structural units derived from acrylic acid (ester) on the polymer backbone to the total molar amount of structural units derived from acrylic acid (ester) in the copolymer.
The present invention will be further described with reference to examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to these examples.
The comonomer content in the product was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrometry at room temperature using deuterated chloroform as solvent, taking chemical shifts of 3.59ppm and 3.66ppm as MA units on the polymer chain, respectively, and calculating the MA content in the product and the proportion of MA inserted into the copolymer backbone by comparing peak areas.
The number average molecular weight was measured by a method of using a PL-GPC 220 type gel permeation chromatograph of Polymer Laboratory company by high temperature GPC, dissolving the sample in 1,2, 4-trichlorobenzene, and the concentration was 1.0mg/ml. The test temperature was 150℃and the solution flow rate was 1.0ml/min. A standard curve is established by taking the molecular weight of polystyrene as an internal reference, and the molecular weight of the sample is calculated according to the outflow time.
The ratio of the acrylic acid (ester) inserted into the main chain of the copolymer is determined and calculated by nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum determination at room temperature by taking deuterated chloroform as a solvent, taking chemical shift of 3.59ppm and 1.25ppm as signals of MA units and polyethylene units on a polymer chain respectively, and calculating the ratio of the acrylic acid (ester) inserted into the main chain of the copolymer by comparing peak areas.
The catalyst PSPd-1 is prepared by the following method:
Preparation of An 2 P (OMe)
A solution of An 2PNEt2 (103 g,325 mmol) in methanol (200 mL) was heated to 65deg.C and stirred for 4 hours, cooled to room temperature, and the solution concentrated in vacuo to give An 2 P (OMe) (88.5 g, yield) as a white solid 99%).1H NMR(CD2Cl2):δ=3.68(d,3H,POCH3),3.82(s,6H,2OCH3),6.9-7.4(m,8H,arom);31PNMR(CD2Cl2):δ=101.7ppm.
Preparation of phosphine sulfonic acid ligand 1a
To a solution of 60mL benzenesulfonic acid (5.2 g,32.9 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise lithium hexyl (25 mL,62mmol,2.5M hexane solution) at 0 ℃. After warming to room temperature and stirring for 20 hours, a solution of 20mL of bis [2- ((oxo) diphenylphosphino) phenyl ] ether (9.1 g,32.9 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise and stirring was continued for 16 hours. Ammonium chloride (3.4 g,62 mmol) was then added thereto, concentrated under reduced pressure and 100mL of water was added to the crude product. The mixture was washed twice with 80mL of methyl tert-butyl ether and acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid to ph=2. The aqueous phase was extracted twice with 120mL of dichloromethane, the organic phases were combined and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and the filtrate was cooled to-35 ℃ until white crystals precipitated. The solid was collected and dried to give the phosphine sulfonic ligand 1a (3.72 g, yield 28%).1H NMR(C2D2Cl4,400MHz,-25℃)δ=9.25(d,1JPH=607Hz,PH),6.7-8.2(m,12H,arom),3.79(s,6H,2OCH3).
Preparation of PdCl 2 (TMEDA)
50ML of palladium dichloride (1.76 g,10 mmol) in methanol was heated to reflux and dissolved, after cooling to 20℃2mL of tetramethyl ethylenediamine (TMEDA) was added to it, a yellow solid was precipitated, the yellow solid was collected, washed with diethyl ether and then dried under vacuum to give the product (2.5 g, 90% yield).
PdMe 2 (TMEDA) preparation
PdCl 2 (TMEDA) (2.37 g,8 mmol) was dispersed in 30mL of diethyl ether and cooled to-30℃and a solution of methyllithium in diethyl ether (12 mL, 1.44M) was added dropwise thereto. During stirring, the temperature was gradually raised to 0 ℃ and maintained for 1 hour, and an off-white suspension was gradually formed. To this mixture was slowly added 10mL of cold water and stirred until the ether phase was clear and the aqueous phase was black. The organic phase was separated, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give colorless crystals PdMe 2 (TMEDA) (1.2 g, yield 60%).1H NMR(200MHz,CD3COCD3)303K,0.34(s,3H,PdMe),2.40(s,6H,NMe2),2.57(s,2H,CH2);183K,-0.36(s,PdMe),2.20(dd,J(H,H)=10Hz,CHH-CHH),2.33(s,NMeAfe),2.34(s,NMeAfe),2.96(dd,J(H,H)=10Hz,CHH-CHH).
1A-PdTMEDA preparation
Phosphine sulfonic ligand 1a (1 g,2.49 mmol) and PdMe 2 (TMEDA) (0.63 g,2.49 mmol) were dissolved in dioxane at room temperature, and the product precipitated out of solution rapidly with bubble generation. After the mixture was stirred for 60 minutes, it was filtered, and the solid phase was washed with diethyl ether and dried under reduced pressure to give 1a-PdTMEDA (1.4 g, yield) 98%)1H NMR(400MHz,DMSO-d6)δ=7.7-6.8(m,20H),6.35(m,4H),3.49(s,12H,OCH3),2.30(s,4H,NCH2),2.13(s,12H,NCH3),0.10(6H,Pd-CH3).
PSPd-1 preparation
1A-PdTMEDA (115 mg,0.20 mmol) was suspended in 50mL of dimethyl sulfoxide at room temperature and stirred, then concentrated in vacuo to remove the solvent. This procedure was repeated until the solid was completely dissolved in DMSO. Concentrating under reduced pressure, adding diethyl ether to the rest solid, and filtering to obtain solid (90.1 mg, yield 76%)1HNMR(600MHz,CD2Cl2,25℃):δ8.06(ddd,3JHH=8.0Hz,4JPH=4.9,4JHH=1.0,1H,6-H),7.55(vt,J=7.6,2H,10-H),7.48(vt,J=7.5,2H,12-H),7.45(br,1H,5-H),7.31(vt,J=7.6,1H,4-H),7.25(ddd,3JHH=11.3.
Other catalysts are prepared by changing the structure of the phosphine sulfonic ligand according to the preparation method.
Examples 1 to 4
This example is intended to illustrate the ethylene/acrylic acid (ester) copolymer of the present invention and its preparation method. The preparation was carried out in a 1.8L reactor equipped with mechanical stirring and a jacket, to which an ethylene line was connected, the reaction temperature being regulated by the temperature of the oil bath in the jacket.
The preparation method comprises the following steps:
(1) Methyl Acrylate (MA) was premixed with 2, 6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol (component b) in the amounts shown in Table 1 for 5 minutes to give a premix.
(2) 1000ML of toluene, 140. Mu. Mol of palladium 2- (bis (2-methoxyphenyl) phosphino) -4-methylbenzenesulfonate (calculated as Pd atoms) and the premix were added to the reactor. The temperature in the reactor was set at 80℃and ethylene was continuously fed into the reactor at a reactor pressure of 10bar. After half an hour the ethylene addition was stopped and the reaction was stopped by injecting acidified ethanol. After depressurization, the reaction solution was poured into a flask, the solvent and unreacted monomers were removed by evaporation, and placed in a vacuum oven and dried at 70 ℃ for 24 hours. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 1, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
TABLE 1
Examples 5 to 8
This example is intended to illustrate the ethylene/acrylic acid (ester) copolymer of the present invention and its preparation method. The preparation was carried out in a 1.8L reactor equipped with mechanical stirring and a jacket, to which an ethylene line was connected, the reaction temperature being regulated by the temperature of the oil bath in the jacket.
The preparation method comprises the following steps:
(1) n-Butyl Acrylate (BA) was premixed with 2, 6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol (component b) in the amounts shown in Table 2 for 5 minutes to give a premix.
(2) 1000ML of toluene, 140. Mu. Mol of palladium 2- (bis (2-methoxyphenyl) phosphino) -4-methylbenzenesulfonate (calculated as Pd atoms) and the premix were added to the reactor. The temperature in the reactor was set at 80℃and ethylene was continuously fed into the reactor at a reactor pressure of 10bar. After half an hour the ethylene addition was stopped and the reaction was stopped by injecting acidified ethanol. After depressurization, the reaction solution was poured into a flask, the solvent and unreacted monomers were removed by evaporation, and placed in a vacuum oven and dried at 70 ℃ for 24 hours. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 2, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
TABLE 2
Examples 9 to 12
This example is intended to illustrate the effect of the addition of different components b on the polymerization of the ethylene/acrylic acid (ester) copolymer of the present invention and its preparation. The preparation was carried out in a 1.8L reactor equipped with mechanical stirring and a jacket, to which an ethylene line was connected, the reaction temperature being regulated by the temperature of the oil bath in the jacket.
The preparation method comprises the following steps:
(1) Methyl Acrylate (MA) was premixed with 2, 6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol (component b) in the amounts shown in Table 3 for 2.5 minutes to give a premix.
(2) 1000ML of toluene, 140. Mu. Mol of palladium 2- (bis (2-methoxyphenyl) phosphino) -4-methylbenzenesulfonate (calculated as Pd atoms) and the premix were added to the reactor. The temperature in the reactor was set at 80℃and ethylene was continuously fed into the reactor at a reactor pressure of 10bar. After half an hour the ethylene addition was stopped and the reaction was stopped by injecting acidified ethanol. After depressurization, the reaction solution was poured into a flask, the solvent and unreacted monomers were removed by evaporation, and placed in a vacuum oven and dried at 70 ℃ for 24 hours. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 3.
TABLE 3 Table 3
Example 16
Copolymers were prepared according to the method of example 1 except that the comonomer was an equimolar amount of acrylic acid. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Example 17
A copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of example 1, except that the comonomer was an equimolar amount of methyl methacrylate. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Example 18
A copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of example 1, except that the comonomer was an equimolar amount of 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Examples 19 to 21
Copolymers were prepared according to the procedure of examples 1-3 except that component b used was 2, 6-di-tert-butyl- α - (3, 5-di-tert-butyl-4-oxo-2, 5-cyclohexadienylidene) -p-tolyloxy radical. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Examples 22 to 23
Copolymers were prepared according to the method of examples 1-2 except that the comonomer was not premixed with component b, but the components were added directly to the reactor for mixing. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Examples 24 to 25
Copolymers were prepared according to examples 5-6 except that the comonomer was not pre-mixed with component b, but rather the components were added directly to the reactor for mixing. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Example 26
A copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of example 2, except that the polymerization temperature was 100℃and the pressure was 1.2MPa.
Example 27
A copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of example 2, except that the polymerization temperature was 60℃and the pressure was 0.8MPa.
Example 28
A copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of example 2, except that component a used was palladium 2- (bis (2-methoxyphenyl) phosphino) benzenesulfonate (PSPd-1). The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Example 29
A copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of example 2, except that component a used was palladium 2- (bis (2-phenoxyphenyl) phosphino) benzenesulfonate. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Example 30
A copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of example 2, except that component b was 2, 6-di-tert-butylphenol. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
Example 31
A copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of example 2, except that component b was 2,4, 6-tri-tert-butylphenol. The polymerization results and characterization data are shown in Table 4, with the activity of the unadditized component b as comparison data.
TABLE 4 Table 4
The foregoing description of embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, and is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the various embodiments described.
The endpoints and any values of the ranges disclosed herein are not limited to the precise range or value, and are understood to encompass values approaching those ranges or values. For numerical ranges, one or more new numerical ranges may be found between the endpoints of each range, between the endpoint of each range and the individual point value, and between the individual point value, in combination with each other, and are to be considered as specifically disclosed herein.