Fundamental aspects of heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta olefin polymerization catalysis: An experimental and computational overview

J Kumawat, VK Gupta - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
MgCl2 supported Ziegler–Natta (Z–N) catalysts have emerged as the most exciting chemical
process for polyolefin technology, which is responsible for the production of∼ 150 million …

Progress in MgCl2 supported Ziegler-Natta catalyzed polyolefin products and applications

PM Trivedi, VK Gupta - Journal of Polymer Research, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The innovation of Ziegler-Natta (ZN) catalysts opened a novel aspect of chemistry in
terms of polyolefin formation. Significant progress of more than fifty years in catalytic olefin …

Identification and quantification of additive-derived chemicals in beached micro–mesoplastics and macroplastics

K Tanaka, Y Takahashi, T Kajiwara, H Matsukami… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although marine plastic debris are expected to retain various chemical additives, little is
known about the additives that are retained. We conducted a screening analysis of additives …

Mechanistic Study on Effect of Electron Donors in Propylene Polymerization Using the Ziegler–Natta Catalyst

X Guo, L Cui, Y Wang, J Yi, J Sun, Z Liu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
TiCl4/MgCl2 catalysts are still the main industrial catalyst for isotactic polypropylene at
present. However, the mechanism of isotactic polymerization of propylene has not been fully …

Understanding the Role of Sulfonyl Amine Donors in Propylene Polymerization Using MgCl2-Supported Ziegler–Natta Catalyst

X Guo, L Cui, J Yi, Z Liu, B Liu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ziegler–Natta catalysts are one of the mainly used industrial catalysts for the large-scale
production of polyolefins. As one of the important components in a Ziegler–Natta catalyst …

The Potential Role of Lewis Acid–Base Adducts in Enhancing Stereoselectivity in Ziegler–Natta Catalysts: A DFT Study

KV Raj, VK Gupta, K Vanka - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ziegler–Natta (Z–N) systems have been well established as heterogeneous catalysts that
produce isotactic polypropylene and polyethylene with great efficiency. Such systems …

New Insights into the Nature of Ti (II) and Ti (III) Active Sites in the Heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta Catalyst

X Guo, Z Liu, Z Fan, B Liu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023 - ACS Publications
This work presents new insights into the nature of the rarely studied Ti (II) active sites in the
heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta catalyst. The effect of diethylaluminum chloride (DEAC) on the …

Insight of polypropylene synthesis with high performance multidentate internal donor catalyst system

PM Trivedi, CP Gocher… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Propylene polymerization using magnesium dichloride (MgCl2) supported Ziegler–Natta (Z–
N) system is a robust and preferred catalytic process for producing polypropylene (PP) …

Single to multiple site behavior of metallocenes through C–H activation for olefin polymerization: A mechanistic insight from DFT

J Kumawat, VK Gupta - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Density functional theory has been used to study single to multiple site behavior of
metallocene catalysts for olefin polymerization using (CpPr) 2Hf (R) 2 and (CpPr) 2Zr (R) 2 …

Monitoring the Kinetics of Internal Donor Clean-up from Ziegler–Natta Catalytic Surfaces: An Integrated Experimental and Computational Study

A Vittoria, G Antinucci, F Zaccaria… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Surface modification of MgCl2-supported Ziegler–Natta catalysts (ZNCs) by means of
organic Lewis bases, either used as precatalyst components (“internal donors”, ID) or in …