3-butadiene was conducted with Ni(naph)2/A1R3/BF3·OEt2 catalyst system in the presence of N
N-dimethyl ethanolamine (DMEA) and octanol (OctOH) in hexane at 50℃.The effects of molar ratios of DMEA/Ni
B/Ni and Al/Ni on monomer conversion
intrinsic viscosity ([η])
molecular weight
molecular weight distribution and microstructure of polybutadiene (PB) were investigated.The kinetic study was also conducted for this polymerization at different temperatures ranging from 20℃ to 50℃.The results showed that DMEA and OctOH played very important roles in modifying molecular weight
molecular weight distribution and microstructure.By comparison
the molecular weight of polybutadiene products could be greatly increased
molecular weight distribution narrowed and cis1
4 content of Bd units in polymer chain increased to 97.8% and 1
2-content decreased to 1.3% by introducing adequate amounts of DMEA and OctOH
leading to more crystalline and less gel content.Furthermore
the intrinsic viscosity ([η]) of polymer products could also be modulated by changing the molar ratios of B/Ni and Al/Ni in the range of 2.0 ~ 4.0 dL/g.The polymerization was in first order with respect to monomer concentration at different polymerization temperatures.The apparent activation energy for propagation was determined to be 43.7 kJ·mol-1.