Table 1 Ethylene polymerization studies with the Ni catalystsa.

From: A general strategy for heterogenizing olefin polymerization catalysts and the synthesis of polyolefins and composites

Ent

Cat.

Ni /µmol

P /atm

T /°C

Yield /gb

Act. b (106)

\({{{{T}}}_{{{{{{\rm{m}}}}}}}}^{{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}}\) /°C

Mnd (104)

Mw/Mnd

1

Ni

0.5

8

80

0.52

6.2

135.9

19.4

2.4

2

Ni-OH

0.5

8

80

0.68

8.2

136.2

29.2

2.3

3

Ni-ONa

0.5

8

80

1.01

12.1

137.3

58.4

2.3

4

Ni-OK

0.5

8

80

1.35

16.2

138.0

72.4

2.9

5

Ni-SiO2

0.5

8

80

trace

    

6

Ni-ONa-SiO2

0.1

8

80

0.51

30.6

138.5

94.4

2.1

7

Ni-ONa-TiO2

0.1

8

80

0.63

37.8

138.1

113.4

2.2

8

Ni-ONa-Al2O3

0.1

8

80

0.78

46.8

139.0

143.9

2.7

9

Ni-ONa-ZnO

0.1

8

80

0.80

48.0

138.9

155.0

2.5

10

Ni-ONa-MgO

0.1

8

80

0.88

52.8

139.7

241.0

2.3

11

Ni-ONa-MgO

0.1

30

80

1.61

96.6

139.2

256.9

2.5

12

Ni-ONa-MgO

0.1

30

30

0.35

21.0

139.9

359.5

2.4

13

Ni-F-ONa-MgO

0.1

8

80

1.03

61.8

138.5

264.0

3.0

14

Ni-F-ONa-MgO

0.1

30

80

1.82

109.2

138.2

326.5

2.7

15

Ni-F-ONa-MgO

0.1

30

30

0.32

19.2

138.9

449.2

2.0

  1. aConditions: The same metal loading (20 µmol/g) was used for all solid supports (10 µmol/g loading for Ni-SiO2); 5 mL n-heptane; time = 10 min.
  2. bPolymer yield and activity values are average of at least two runs. Activity = 106 g mol−1 h−1.
  3. cMelting temperature determined by DSC.
  4. dMn: 104 g mol−1, Mn and Mw/Mn determined by GPC in trichlorobenzene at 150 °C.