Isospecific Polymerization of Olefins

1. Front Matter

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2. Kinetics of Olefin Polymerization with Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalysts

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3. Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalysts: Chemistry and Kinetics of the Formation and Functioning of Active Centers

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4. Stereospecificity of Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalysts

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5. Inhonogeneity of Active Centers of Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalysts

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6. Mechanism of Isospecific Olefin Polymerization

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7. Back Matter

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The discoveries of organometallic catalysts for olefin polymerization by Karl Ziegler and that of stereoregular olefin polymers by Giulio Natta are probably the two most important achievements in the areas of catalysis and polymer chemistry in the second half of this century. They led to the development of a new branch of chemical industry, and to a large volume production of high-density and linear low-density polyethylene, isotactic polypropylene, ethylene-propylene rubbers, isotactic poly­ I-butene, and poly-4-methyl-l-pentene. These discoveries merited the Nobel prize, which was awarded to K. Ziegler and G. Natta in 1963. The initial works of Ziegler and Natta were followed by an "explosion" of scientific papers and patents covering all aspects of polymerization chemistry, catalyst synthesis, and polymerization kinetics as well as the structural, chemical, physical, and technological characteristics of stereo regular polyolefins, polydienes, and olefin copolymers. It is sufficient to say that in the twenty-five years after the first publications more than 15,000 papers and patents appeared on subjects related to the area. . The development brought about the establishment of several prominent groups of scientists occupied with the study of olefin polymerization. The most important of these were scientific schools in Italy, Germany, England, the United States, Japan, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Venezuela. In addition, many major chemical and petrochemical corporations throughout the world established labora­ tories devoted to the development of the technology of catalyst synthesis and olefin polymerization.

• Acetylen
• Olefin
• catalysis
• chemistry
• crystal
• nuclear magnetic resonance
• polymer
• polymer chemistry
• water

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  Y. V. Kissin

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