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. 2020 Apr 13;5(16):9142–9150. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04361

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
a

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.