The 13C NMR microstructure of a polypropylene (PP) sample is a fundamental source of information on its properties, and also a 'fingerprint' of the catalytic species used to produce it. Likely due to a much greater technological importance, isotactic polymers (i-PP) have been more thoroughly investigated that syndiotactic ones (s-PP). In this paper, we report the first full assignment of regioirregular sequences in s-PP samples made with two well-known molecular catalysts, namely a Cs-symmetric (cyclopentadienyl)(fluorenyl) ansa-zirconocene and a fluxional bis(phenoxyimine)Ti species. The results shed more light on the mechanism of chain propagation at the two catalysts, and open the door to the investigation of more elusive cases like the formation of s-PP blocks in the presence of multi-sited heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta systems.

Assignment of regioirregular sequences in the13C NMR spectrum of syndiotactic polypropylene / Cipullo, Roberta; Vittoria, Antonio; Busico, Vincenzo. - In: POLYMERS. - ISSN 2073-4360. - 10:8(2018), p. 863. [10.3390/polym10080863]

Assignment of regioirregular sequences in the13C NMR spectrum of syndiotactic polypropylene

Cipullo, Roberta
;
Vittoria, Antonio;Busico, Vincenzo
2018

Abstract

The 13C NMR microstructure of a polypropylene (PP) sample is a fundamental source of information on its properties, and also a 'fingerprint' of the catalytic species used to produce it. Likely due to a much greater technological importance, isotactic polymers (i-PP) have been more thoroughly investigated that syndiotactic ones (s-PP). In this paper, we report the first full assignment of regioirregular sequences in s-PP samples made with two well-known molecular catalysts, namely a Cs-symmetric (cyclopentadienyl)(fluorenyl) ansa-zirconocene and a fluxional bis(phenoxyimine)Ti species. The results shed more light on the mechanism of chain propagation at the two catalysts, and open the door to the investigation of more elusive cases like the formation of s-PP blocks in the presence of multi-sited heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta systems.
2018
Assignment of regioirregular sequences in the13C NMR spectrum of syndiotactic polypropylene / Cipullo, Roberta; Vittoria, Antonio; Busico, Vincenzo. - In: POLYMERS. - ISSN 2073-4360. - 10:8(2018), p. 863. [10.3390/polym10080863]
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