Table 3. Effect of the α-Olefin Species on the α-Olefin Monomer/Dimer Copolymerizationa.
run | catalyst | α-olefin | KV100 (cSt) | viscosity index | conversion rate (%) | PP (°C) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TiCl4/Et2AlCl | 1-hexene | 5.0 | 183 | 84.3 | –54 |
2 | TiCl4/Et2AlCl | 1-octene | 5.4 | 190 | 81.2 | –60 |
3 | TiCl4/Et2AlCl | 1-decene | 10.8 | 165 | 70.7 | –52 |
4 | PAO63 | 5.9 | 139 | –54 | ||
5 | PAO103 | 10.1 | 133 | –45 |
Runs 1–3: TiCl4 = 4 wt %; V (solvent)/V (α-olefin) = 1:4; mol (dimer)/mol (monomer) = 1:2; nAl/nTi = 0.5; reaction temperature, 60 °C; and reaction time, 4 h.