Catalytic ethylene-conjugated diene copolymerization could be a new route of preparing functionalized polyolefins and degradable polyolefins. In this work a MgCl
2
-supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst containing internal electron donor was used to catalyze copolymerization of ethylene and isoprene (Ip). Under 1.01×10
5
Pa ethylene pressure and 0−2 mol/L initial Ip concentration ([Ip]
0
)
the copolymerization product was composed of two fractions with remarkably different chain structures: one fraction with
<
2 mol% Ip content and high molecular weight
and the other fraction with
>
20 mol% Ip and low molecular weight. More than 75% of Ip units in both fractions had
trans
-1
4-configuration
showing high regio/stereo selectivity of the copolymerization. Copolymerization activity increased when [Ip]
0
was raised from 0 mol/L to 1 mol/L
and decreased with further increase of [Ip]
0
to 2 mol/L
meanwhile the fraction of high Ip content increased with [Ip]
0
. Copolymerization using TIBA as cocatalyst showed higher catalytic activity than using TEA
slightly lower Ip incorporation rate and narrower molecular weight distribution. Adding siloxane type external electron donor in the polymerization system strongly reduced the fraction of high Ip content
converting the bimodal composition distribution into monomodal one with the low Ip content copolymer as the major component.
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