PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF (CO) POLYMERS OF CONJUGATED DIENES IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYTIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A BIS-IMINE COMPLEX OF COBALT
申请人:VERSALIS S.P.A.
公开号:US20150329651A1
公开(公告)日:2015-11-19
Process for the preparation of (co) polymers of conjugated dienes which comprises polymerizing at least one conjugated diene in the presence of a catalytic system comprising at least one bisimine complex of cobalt having general formula (I) wherein: —n is 0 or 1; —Y represents a group —CR′R″— wherein R′ and R″, equal to or different from each other, represent a hydrogen atom; or a linear or branched C
1
-C
20
, preferably C
1
-C
15
, alkyl group; or a divalent aromatic group optionally substituted; —R
1
and R
2
, equal to or different from each other, represent a hydrogen atom; or they are selected from a linear or branched Ci-C2o/preferably C
1
-C
15
, alkyl group optionally halogenated, cycloalkyl groups optionally substituted; or R
1
and R
2
can be optionally bound to each other to form, together with the other atoms to which they are bound, a cycle containing from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic, optionally substituted with linear or branched C
1
-C
20
, preferably C
1
-C
15
, alkyl groups, said cycle optionally containing heteroatoms such as, for example, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorous, selenium; R
3
and R
4
, equal to or different from each other, represent a hydrogen atom; or they are selected from a linear or branched Ci-C20, preferably C
1
-C
15
, alkyl groups optionally halogenated, cycloalkyl groups optionally substituted, aryl groups optionally substituted; or R2 and R4 can be optionally bound to each other to form, together with the other atoms to which they are bound, a cycle containing from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic, optionally substituted with linear or branched Ci-C2o, preferably C1-C15 alkyl groups, said cycle optionally containing other heteroatoms such as, for example, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorous, selenium; or R
1
and R
3
can be optionally bound to each other to form, together with the other atoms to which they are bound, a cycle containing from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic, optionally substituted with linear or branched C
1
-C
20
, preferably C
1
-C
15
, alkyl groups, said cycle optionally containing other heteroatoms such as, for example, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorous, selenium; X
1
and X
2
, equal to or different from each other, represent a halogen atom such as, for example, chlorine, bromine, iodine; or they are selected from linear or branched C
1
-C
20
preferably C
1
-C
15
, alkyl groups, —OCOR
5
groups or —OR
3
groups wherein R
5
is selected from linear or branched C
1
-C
20
, preferably C
1
-C
15
, alkyl groups.