Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a method for synthesizing methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane by using polyalcohol, which aims to solve the problems in the prior art.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
A method for synthesizing methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane by using polyalcohol, which comprises the following steps:
Step one, a polyol compound reacts with trimethylaluminum in a solvent at a certain temperature to prepare a methylaluminoxane precursor;
Pyrolyzing the methylaluminoxane precursor obtained in the step one at a certain temperature to obtain methylaluminoxane;
And step three, mixing the methylaluminoxane obtained in the step two with long-chain alkyl aluminum, heating, and diluting to a certain concentration by using a solvent to obtain the modified methylaluminoxane.
Further, in the first step, the molar ratio of the trimethylaluminum to the polyol is 3:1-5:1.
Further, in the first step, the temperature of the reaction of the polyol and the trimethylaluminum is 0-80 ℃.
Further, in the second step, the pyrolysis temperature of the methylaluminoxane precursor is 80-200 ℃.
Further, in the third step, the temperature of the reaction of the methylaluminoxane and the long-chain alkyl aluminum is 60-180 ℃.
Further, the molar ratio of the trimethylaluminum to the long-chain alkyl aluminum is 10:1-1:1.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
The invention adopts polyalcohol as oxygen source reagent to synthesize methyl aluminoxane and modified methyl aluminoxane. By adopting the polyol mode, the reaction is easy to quantify, the reaction condition is mild, and high-pressure operation is not needed. The method has higher economic advantage, can effectively avoid the defect that the prior reaction cannot be produced in a large scale, and is more beneficial to realizing the industrial large-scale production requirement.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following examples in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Specific implementations of the invention are described in detail below in connection with specific embodiments.
The method for synthesizing methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane by using polyalcohol provided by one embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:
Step one, a polyol compound reacts with trimethylaluminum in a solvent at a certain temperature to prepare a methylaluminoxane precursor;
Pyrolyzing the methylaluminoxane precursor obtained in the step one at a certain temperature to obtain methylaluminoxane;
And step three, mixing the methylaluminoxane obtained in the step two with long-chain alkyl aluminum, heating, and diluting to a certain concentration by using a solvent to obtain the modified methylaluminoxane.
In the embodiment of the invention, the methylaluminoxane can be prepared, and the modified methylaluminoxane can also be further prepared. The resulting methylaluminoxane or modified methylaluminoxane can be used as a cocatalyst for limiting the copolymerization of ethylene and alpha-olefin catalyzed by the geometric catalyst to test the activity of the catalyst.
The polymerization evaluation used a2 liter polymerization reactor with 5. Mu. Mol of [ tetramethyl cyclopentadienyl-dimethyl silicon bridge-t-butylamino ] zirconium as the main catalyst, 2ml of the prepared MMAO solution (modified methylaluminoxane solution), 250 ml of octene, 1000 ml of hexane, a polymerization pressure of 3MPa, a polymerization temperature of 140℃and a polymerization time of 15 minutes.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the first step, the polyol compound means an organic compound having a plurality of hydroxyl groups, such as ethylene glycol, glycerol, pentaerythritol, etc., preferably glycerol.
In the first step, the organic solvent may be a single organic solvent or a mixture of a plurality of organic solvents, and the organic solvent may be alkanes, aromatics, and heptane and Isopar E are preferred. The medium may comprise one or more alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons. Heptane and toluene are preferred organic solvents in the examples of the present invention.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the first step, the molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to polyol is 3:1-5:1. More preferred conditions are 3:1.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the first step, the temperature at which the polyhydric alcohol is reacted with trimethylaluminum is 0 to 80 ℃. More preferred conditions are 20-40 ℃.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the second step, the pyrolysis temperature of the methylaluminoxane precursor is 80 to 200 ℃. More preferred conditions are 100-150 ℃.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the third step, the reaction temperature of the methylaluminoxane and the long chain alkyl aluminum is 60 to 180 ℃. More preferred conditions are 80-100 ℃.
As a preferred embodiment of the invention, the molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to long-chain alkylaluminum is 10:1-1:1. More preferred conditions are 5:1 to 3:1.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the third step, the long chain alkyl aluminum may be some common alkyl aluminum reagents with a chain carbon number of 4 or more, including but not limited to triisobutyl aluminum, tributyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, triisooctyl aluminum, di-n-octyl aluminum chloride, di-n-octyl aluminum bromide, etc. In practical operation, a single variety of long-chain alkyl aluminum reagent can be selected, and a mixture of several long-chain alkyl aluminum reagents can be selected. Triisobutylaluminum and tri-n-octylaluminum are preferred.
Example 1 methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane were prepared and used as co-catalyst for copolymerization comprising the steps of:
(1) Into a 100 ml flask was charged trimethylaluminum (14.4 g, 0.2 mol), 100 ml heptane. Glycerol (6.13 g, 0.066 mol) was slowly added at 20℃and the resulting solution was stirred at 20℃for 20 hours to produce a methylaluminoxane precursor in a molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to glycerol of 3:1. Nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum shows that aluminum alkoxide complex is generated.
(2) The methylaluminoxane precursor prepared in (1) was heated to 120 ℃ and stirred overnight, releasing the generated gas, and nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum showed that the aluminum alkoxide compound had been converted to MAO. Obtaining the methylaluminoxane heptane solution. Since there is no loss of alkyl aluminum in this process, the yield of methylaluminoxane can be considered to be 100%. Heptane was added to the solution to an aluminum concentration of about 7%. The solution obtained in this step can be used for the copolymerization of ethylene and octene.
(3) To the methylaluminoxane solution prepared in (2) was added a certain amount of tri-n-octylaluminum (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to tri-n-octylaluminum is 5:1), and the resulting mixture was heated and stirred at 90℃for 5 hours to obtain a transparent modified methylaluminum solution. The MMAO obtained was used for copolymerization of ethylene and octene, and the activity was 2.5X10- 7 g polymer/mol catalyst/hr.
Example 2 preparation of methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane as cocatalyst for copolymerization comprising the steps of:
(1) Into a 100 ml flask was charged trimethylaluminum (14.4 g, 0.2 mol), 100 ml heptane. Glycerol (6.13 g, 0.066 mol) was slowly added at 40 ℃ (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to glycerol 3:1). The resulting solution was stirred at 50 ℃ for 12 hours to produce a methylaluminoxane precursor. Nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum shows that aluminum alkoxide complex is generated.
(2) The methylaluminoxane precursor prepared in (1) was heated to 120 ℃ and stirred overnight, releasing the generated gas, and nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum showed that the aluminum alkoxide compound had been converted to MAO. Obtaining the methylaluminoxane heptane solution. Since there is no loss of alkyl aluminum in this process, the yield of methylaluminoxane can be considered to be 100%. Heptane was added to the solution to an aluminum concentration of about 7%. The solution obtained in this step can be used for the copolymerization of ethylene and octene.
(3) To the methylaluminoxane solution prepared in (2) was added a certain amount of tri-n-octylaluminum (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to tri-n-octylaluminum is 5:1), and the resulting mixture was heated and stirred at 100℃for 5 hours to obtain a transparent modified methylaluminum solution. The MMAO obtained was used for copolymerization of ethylene and octene, and the activity was 2.4X10- 9 g polymer/mol catalyst/hr.
Example 3 preparation of methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane as cocatalyst for copolymerization comprising the steps of:
(1) Into a 100 ml flask was charged trimethylaluminum (14.4 g, 0.2 mol), 100 ml heptane. Ethylene glycol (6.2 g, 0.1 mol) (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to ethylene glycol 2:1) was slowly added at 20℃and the resulting solution was stirred at 60℃for 12 hours to prepare a methylaluminoxane precursor. Nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum shows that aluminum alkoxide complex is generated.
(2) The methylaluminoxane precursor prepared in (1) was heated to 150 ℃ and stirred overnight, releasing the generated gas, and nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum showed that the aluminum alkoxide compound had been converted to MAO. Obtaining the methylaluminoxane toluene solution. Since there is no loss of alkyl aluminum in this process, the yield of methylaluminoxane can be considered to be 100%. Toluene was added to give an aluminum concentration of about 7% in the solution. The solution obtained in this step can be used for the copolymerization of ethylene and octene.
(3) To the methylaluminoxane solution prepared in (2) was added 3.5 g of triisobutylaluminum (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to triisobutylaluminum is 3:1), and the resulting mixture was heated and stirred at 100℃for 6 hours to obtain a transparent modified methylaluminum solution. The MMAO obtained was used for copolymerization of ethylene and octene, and the activity was 1.9X10- 8 g polymer/mol catalyst/hr.
Example 4 preparation of methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane as cocatalyst for copolymerization comprising the steps of:
(1) Into a 100 ml flask was charged trimethylaluminum (14.4 g, 0.2 mol), 100 ml heptane. The solution obtained by slowly adding (6.13 g, 0.066 mol) at 20℃and the molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to polyaluminum glycerol acetate was 3:1 was stirred at 30℃for 12 hours to prepare a methylaluminoxane precursor. Nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum shows that aluminum alkoxide complex is generated.
(2) The methylaluminoxane precursor prepared in (1) was heated to 140 ℃ and stirred overnight, releasing the generated gas, and nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum showed that the aluminum alkoxide compound had been converted to MAO. Obtaining the methylaluminoxane heptane solution. Since there is no loss of alkyl aluminum in this process, the yield of methylaluminoxane can be considered to be 100%. Heptane was added to the solution to an aluminum concentration of about 7%. The solution obtained in this step can be used for the copolymerization of ethylene and octene.
(3) To the methylaluminoxane solution prepared in (2) was added a certain amount of tri-n-octylaluminum (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to tri-n-octylaluminum: 5:1), and the resulting mixture was heated and stirred at 100℃for 5 hours to obtain a transparent modified methylaluminum solution. The MMAO obtained was used for copolymerization of ethylene and octene, and the activity was 2.3X10- 9 g polymer/mol catalyst/hr.
Example 5 preparation of methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane as cocatalyst for copolymerization comprising the steps of:
(1) Into a 100 ml flask was charged trimethylaluminum (14.4 g, 0.2 mol), 100 ml heptane. Pentaerythritol (6.8 g, 0.05 mol) was slowly added at 20℃and the resulting solution was stirred at 20℃for 12 hours to give a methylaluminoxane precursor. Nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum shows that aluminum alkoxide complex is generated.
(2) The methylaluminoxane precursor prepared in (1) was heated to 140 ℃ and stirred overnight, releasing the generated gas, and nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum showed that the aluminum alkoxide compound had been converted to MAO. Obtaining the methylaluminoxane toluene solution. Since there is no loss of alkyl aluminum in this process, the yield of methylaluminoxane can be considered to be 100%. Toluene was added to give an aluminum concentration of about 7% in the solution. The solution obtained in this step can be used for the copolymerization of ethylene and octene.
(3) To the methylaluminoxane solution prepared in (2) was added a certain amount of tri-n-octylaluminum (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to tri-n-octylaluminum: 5:1), and the resulting mixture was heated and stirred at 100℃for 5 hours to obtain a transparent modified methylaluminum solution. The MMAO obtained was used for copolymerization of ethylene and octene, and the activity was 1.7X10- 9 g polymer/mol catalyst/hr.
Example 6 preparation of methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane as cocatalyst for copolymerization comprising the steps of:
(1) Into a 100 ml flask was charged 14.4 g of trimethylaluminum, 100 ml of heptane. 14.4 g of glycerol was slowly added at 20℃and the resulting solution (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to glycerol 10:1) was stirred at 20℃for 12 hours to produce a methylaluminoxane precursor. Nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum shows that aluminum alkoxide complex is generated.
(2) The methylaluminoxane precursor prepared in (1) was heated to 140 ℃ and stirred overnight, releasing the generated gas, and nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum showed that the aluminum alkoxide compound had been converted to MAO. Obtaining the methylaluminoxane heptane solution. Since there is no loss of alkyl aluminum in this process, the yield of methylaluminoxane can be considered to be 100%. Heptane was added to the solution to an aluminum concentration of about 7%. The solution obtained in this step can be used for the copolymerization of ethylene and octene.
(3) To the methylaluminoxane solution prepared in (2) was added a certain amount of tri-n-octylaluminum (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to tri-n-octylaluminum: 5:1), and the resulting mixture was heated and stirred at 100℃for 5 hours to obtain a transparent modified methylaluminum solution. The MMAO obtained was used for copolymerization of ethylene and octene, and the activity was 2.1X10- 9 g polymer/mol catalyst/hr.
Example 7 preparation of methylaluminoxane and modified methylaluminoxane as cocatalyst for copolymerization comprising the steps of:
(1) Into a 100ml flask was charged 14.4 g of trimethylaluminum, 100ml of Isopar E solution. 14.4 g of glycerol was slowly added at 20℃and the resulting solution (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to glycerol 10:1) was stirred at 20℃for 12 hours to produce a methylaluminoxane precursor. Nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum shows that aluminum alkoxide complex is generated.
(2) The methylaluminoxane precursor prepared in (1) was heated to 150 ℃ and stirred overnight, releasing the generated gas, and nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum showed that the aluminum alkoxide compound had been converted to MAO. Obtaining methylaluminoxane Isopar E solution. Since there is no loss of alkyl aluminum in this process, the yield of methylaluminoxane can be considered to be 100%. Heptane was added to the solution to an aluminum concentration of about 7%. The solution obtained in this step can be used for the copolymerization of ethylene and octene.
(3) To the methylaluminoxane Isopar E solution prepared in (2) was added a certain amount of tri-n-octylaluminum (molar ratio of trimethylaluminum to tri-n-octylaluminum: 5:1), and the resulting mixture was heated and stirred at 100℃for 5 hours to obtain a transparent modified methylaluminum solution. The MMAO obtained was used for copolymerization of ethylene and octene, and the activity was 1.9X10- 9 g polymer/mol catalyst/hr.
The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that modifications and improvements can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and these should also be considered as the scope of the present invention, which does not affect the effect of the implementation of the present invention and the utility of the patent.