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The polymerization and copolymerization of vinylcyclohexane with α-olefins in the presence of several heterogeneous and homogeneous catalytic systems were studied. It was shown that, with respect to activity in the polymerization of vinylcyclohexane, the tested catalysts can be arranged in the following order: α-TiCl3 < titanium-magnesium catalyst < metallocene catalyst. Poly(vinylcyclohexane) prepared with heterogeneous catalytic systems is a solid semicrystalline polymer. The properties of polymers synthesized with homogeneous systems differ substantially depending on the type of the metallocene used. In the presence of metallocenes with a C 2 symmetry, crystalline powderlike products arise, while in the case of metallocenes with C 1 and C s symmetries, polymerization yields amorphous viscous products. Molecular-mass distributions of poly(vinylcyclohexane) samples prepared using both heterogeneous titanium-magnesium catalysts and homogeneous metallocene complexes show a bimodal pattern, indicating the heterogeneity of active centers of these catalysts. Upon introduction of a comonomer (ethylene, propylene, and 1-hexene) into the reaction mixture, the activity of all studied catalytic systems increases. When Me2C(3-Me-Cp)(Flu)ZrCl2 and rac-Me2SiInd2ZrCl2 are used as catalysts, the degree of crystallinity of the copolymers grows owing to the presence of ethylene or propylene units in poly(vinylcyclohexane) chains.
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Original Russian Text © L.A. Rishina, N.M. Galashina, P.M. Nedorezova, A.N. Klyamkina, A.M. Aladyshev, V.I. Tsvetkova, V.I. Kleiner, 2006, published in Vysokomolekulyarnye Soedineniya, Ser. A, 2006, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 25–33.
This work was supported by the Bayer AG, Leverkusen, contract no. 15.09.1999.
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Rishina, L.A., Galashina, N.M., Nedorezova, P.M. et al. Homo-and copolymerization of vinylcyclohexane with α-olefins in the presence of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalytic systems. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 48, 18–25 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X06010032
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