Lewis acid complexes: synthesis and application in polymerization processes

Abstract

The published works by the present authors on the synthesis of organoaluminium compounds and complexes there of are summarized. The study of the reactivity of these latter in stereospecific and alternating polymerization made it possible to produce effective catalysts for synthe-sizing superhigh molecular weight polyolefins, alternating copolymers. The detailed investigation of the properties of the organoaluminium complexes with ethers allowed working out new catalytic systems capable of initiating styrene living cationic polymerization. The revealed regularities of living polymerization of styrene allows to realize for the first time the controlled polymerization of industrial C9-fraction, with the obtained results being used for developing technology for production of aromatic hydrocarbon resins from C9-fraction. An industrial process was developed and employed to produce oligopiperylene and aromatic hydrocarbon resins, which are used as film-forming components in paint and varnish composition