The present invention is a process for copolymerising ethylene with at least one alpha-olefin having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms in the presence of an olefin polymerisation catalyst comprising a solid catalyst component and an activator, for producing a copolymer of ethylene and the at least one alpha-olefin comonomer having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms. The solid catalyst component comprises magnesium, titanium, halogen and an internal donor. The internal donor is selected from bi-(oxygen containing ring) compounds of formula (I)
wherein X is C or Si; R1 can be the same or different and can be hydrogen, a linear or branched C1 to C8-alkyl group, or a C3-C8-alkylene group; and R2 to R5 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, a linear or branched C1 to C8-alkyl, or a C3-C8-alkylene group; and whereby two or more of R1 to R5 can form a ring; n is the same for both oxygen-containing rings and can be 0, 1 or 2; whereby the two oxygen-containing rings can be individually saturated or unsaturated, or an isomer mixture therefrom. The process comprises the steps of: (a) producing a solution comprising a magnesium compound, a titanium compound and the internal donor; (b) combining the solution of step (a) with an alkane or cycloalkane having from 5 to 20 carbon atoms; (c) maintaining the mixture (b) at a temperature of from -20 °C to +50 °C; (d) heating the mixture (b) to a temperature of from 70 to 110 °C to produce a solid component; (e) washing the solid component in at least one washing step to produce the solid catalyst component; (f) polymerising ethylene and the alpha-olefin comonomer having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms in the polymerisation reactor in the presence of the polymerisation catalyst; and (g) recovering the copolymer of ethylene and the alpha-olefin, wherein the copolymer has a comonomer distribution characterised by a Slope Value (SV) of at least 0.8 wherein the Slope Value (SV) is defined as SV=slope+2+branch point length1.25.3 wherein slope is obtained from GPC - IR measurements as defined in the application and the branch point length is CN-2 wherein CN is the number of carbon atoms in the comonomer molecule.
本发明是一种在由固体催化剂组分和活化剂组成的烯烃聚合催化剂存在下,使
乙烯与至少一种具有 4 至 10 个碳原子的α-烯烃共聚的工艺,用于生产
乙烯与至少一种具有 4 至 10 个碳原子的α-烯烃共聚物。固体催化剂组分包括
镁、
钛、卤素和内部供体。内部供体选自式 (I) 的双(含氧环)化合物
其中 X 是 C 或 Si;R1 可以相同或不同,可以是氢、直链或支链 C1 至 C8 烷基或 C3-C8 烯基;R2 至 R5 可以相同或不同,可以是氢、直链或支链 C1 至 C8 烷基或 C3-C8 烯基;其中两个或两个以上的 R1 至 R5 可以形成一个环;n 对两个含氧环来说是相同的,可以是 0、1 或 2;其中两个含氧环可以是单独的饱和环或不饱和环,或其异构体混合物。该工艺包括以下步骤(a) 生成包含
镁化合物、
钛化合物和内部供体的溶液; (b) 将步骤(a)的溶液与具有 5 至 20 个碳原子的
烷烃或环
烷烃结合; (c) 将混合物(b)保持在-20 °C 至 +50 °C 的温度下; (d) 将混合物(b)加热至 70 至 110 °C 的温度,生成固体组分;(e) 在至少一个洗涤步骤中洗涤固体组分,生成固体催化剂组分; (f) 在聚合催化剂存在下,在聚合反应器中聚合
乙烯和具有 4 至 10 个碳原子的 α-烯烃共聚单体;以及 (g) 回收
乙烯和α-烯烃的共聚物,其中共聚物具有共聚单体分布,其特征为斜率值 (SV) 至少为 0.8 其中斜率值 (SV) 定义为 SV=slope+2+branch point length1.25.3 其中斜率根据本申请中定义的
GPC - IR 测量值获得,支点长度为 CN-2 其中 CN 为共聚单体分子中的碳原子数。