화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.19, No.5, 267-270, 1998
Synthesis of a telechelic polypropylene with a vanadium-based living polymerization catalyst
The V(acac)(3) (acac = acetylacetonato)/ALEt(2)Cl catalyst is known to promote the living polymerization of propylene at low temperature. In the present study, the catalyst was modified by contacting with a,omega-unconjugated diene compounds, and the resulting catalyst was applied to propylene polymerization. The polymer produced shows a bimodal molar mass distribution, where the molecular weight of the higher molecular weight portion is twice that of the lower molecular weight portion. By using the CO quenching technique, it was found that the polymer with the higher molecular weight has a telechelic structure.