BORATE-ACTIVATED METALLOCENE CATALYSTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210108006A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16499509

    申请日:2018-03-28

    申请人: BOREALIS AG

    摘要: Catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising (i) at least one metallocene complex of formula (I), (I) wherein Mt1 is Hf, X is a sigma-donor ligand, R1, R2, R3 are the same or different from each other and can be hydrogen or a saturated linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, whereby the alkyl group can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, or R1 and R2 or R2 and R3 can form a ring having 4 to 6 C-atoms and 1 to 3 double bonds, R4 and R5 are the same or different from each other and can be saturated linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, C5-C10 aryl, C6-C20 alkylaryl or C6-C20 arylalkyl groups, which can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, n can be 1 to 5, Ar is a C6-C20-aryl or -heteroarylgroup, which can be unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 5 linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl group(s), and (ii) a boron containing cocatalyst.

    ALUMINOXANE-ACTIVATED METALLOCENE CATALYSTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210095057A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US16499514

    申请日:2018-03-28

    申请人: BOREALIS AG

    摘要: Catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising (i) at least one metallocene complex of formula (I) wherein Mt1 is Hf, X is a sigma-donor ligand, R1, R2, R3 are the same or different from each other and can be hydrogen or a saturated linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, whereby the alkyl group can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, or R1 and R2 or R2 and R3 can form a ring having 4 to 6 C-atoms and 1 to 3 double bonds, R4 and R5 are the same or different from each other and can be saturated linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, C5-C10 aryl, C6-C20 alkylaryl or C6-C20 arylalkyl groups, which can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, n can be 1 to 5, Ar is a C6-C20-aryl or -heteroaryl group, which can be unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 5 linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl group(s), and (ii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst and (iii) optionally an aluminium alkyl compound AI(R7)3, with R7 being a linear or branched C2-C8-alkyl group.

    HETEROPHASIC POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230002605A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17763278

    申请日:2020-09-25

    申请人: BOREALIS AG

    IPC分类号: C08L23/14 C08F210/06

    摘要: A heterophasic polypropylene copolymer having an MFR2 of 0.05 to 20 g/10 min (ISO 1133 at 230° C. with a loading of 2.16 kg) and a melting point (Tm) of 156 to 164° C. (measured by DSC according to ISO 11357) wherein the heterophasic polypropylene copolymer comprises at least the following components: (A) 55.0 to 95.0 wt % of a crystalline fraction (CF) having a comonomer content of 0 to 3.0 wt %; and (B) 5.0 to 45.0 wt % of a soluble fraction (SF) having a comonomer content of 12 to 45 wt %; wherein the intrinsic viscosity (IV) (in decalin at 135° C.) of the soluble fraction (SF) is 2.5 to 11 dl/g, and wherein the amount of crystalline fraction (CF) and the amount of soluble fraction (SF) are determined in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene at 40° C.

    CATALYST SYSTEM
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220185923A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17603090

    申请日:2020-04-09

    申请人: BOREALIS AG

    IPC分类号: C08F210/16 C07F17/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for producing ethylene copolymers in a high temperature solution process, the catalyst system comprising (i) a metallocene complex of a group 4 transition metal comprising at least one ligand selected from optionally substituted cyclopentadienyl (Cp), indenyl (Ind) and fluorenyl (Flu) ligands and (ii) a solid alkyl aluminium oxide cocatalyst The invention relates also to the preparation of the catalyst system, use thereof in the high temperature solution process and to a process comprising polymerizing ethylene and a C4-10 alpha-olefin comonomer in a high temperature solution process in the presence of the catalyst system.

    PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HETEROPHASIC PROPYLENE RESIN

    公开(公告)号:US20240174774A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18283952

    申请日:2022-03-24

    申请人: BOREALIS AG

    IPC分类号: C08F10/06 C08F4/02 C08F4/6592

    摘要: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a heterophasic polypropylene resin in a multistage polymerisation process in the presence of a metallocene catalyst, said process comprising: (I) in a first polymerisation step, polymerising propylene and optionally at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer; and subsequently (II) in a second polymerisation step, polymerising propylene, ethylene and optionally at least one C3-10 alpha olefin comonomer, in the presence of the metallocene catalyst and polymer from step (I); wherein step (II) takes place in at least one gas phase reactor operating at a pressure of at least 26 bar. The present invention further relates to a heterophasic polypropylene resin comprising a polypropylene matrix phase (A) and an ethylene-propylene copolymer phase (B) dispersed within said polypropylene matrix phase, wherein the ethylene-propylene copolymer phase (B) is an amorphous ethylene-propylene copolymer with an intrinsic viscosity (iV) measured in decalin at 135° C. of at least 3.5 dl/g and an ethylene content of at least 15 wt % of the total weight to the ethylene-propylene copolymer, comprising at least 4 long chain branches (LCB) per copolymer chain.

    CATALYSTS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220356274A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17763283

    申请日:2020-09-25

    申请人: BOREALIS AG

    摘要: A metallocene complex of formula (I): each X is a sigma-ligand; in the group R2Si— at least one R is methyl or ethyl, and the other R is selected from methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl or isobutyl, pentyl, hexyl, cyclohexyl and phenyl; each R1 independently is the same or can be different and are a CH2—R7 group, with R7 being H or linear or branched C1-6-alkyl group, C3-8 cycloalkyl group, or C6-10 aryl group; each R2 is independently a —CH═, —CY═, —CH2—, —CHY— or —CY2— group, wherein Y is a C1-6 hydrocarbyl group and where n is 2-6; each R3 and R4 are independently the same or can be different and are hydrogen, a linear or branched C1-6-alkyl group, a C7-20 arylalkyl, C7-20 alkylaryl group, C6-20 aryl group, or an —OY group, wherein Y is a is a C1-6 hydrocarbyl group; R5 is a linear or branched C1-6-alkyl group, C7-20 arylalkyl, C7-20 alkylaryl group or C6-20-aryl group; and R6 is a C(R8)3 group, with R8 being a linear or branched C1-6 alkyl group; (A) wherein at least one R3 per phenyl group and at least one R4 is not hydrogen, and wherein at least one R3 per phenyl group and at least one R4 is hydrogen; or (B) wherein one R3 is an —OY group, wherein Y is a is a C1-6 hydrocarbyl group, in 4 position of each phenyl group and the two other R3 groups are tert-butyl groups; and/or (C) wherein one R4 is an —OY group, wherein Y is a is a C1-6 hydrocarbyl group, in 4-position of the phenyl ring and the two other R4 groups are tert-butyl groups.