Slurry-phase ethylene/1-hexene copolymerisation using sMAO supported I* CGCs in a high-throughput system^a.

Catalyst	1-Hexeneb	Activityc	M w d	M w/Mn	Incorporatione	T el,max f
1sMAO	0	6700	2700	3.2	—	112.1
	125	5200	270	3.0	5.6	85.1
	250	3600	330	2.5	6.6	73.5
2sMAO	0	1400	1400	3.4	—	113.3
	125	380	390	2.8	3.4	89.0
	250	250	300	2.6	6.3	70.5
3sMAO	0	8400	1200	3.4	—	111.4
	125	2700	490	2.7	3.1	89.8
	250	3000	380	2.4	6.3	71.6
4sMAO	0	4400	1800	3.5	—	113.3
	125	1100	390	2.8	3.5	84.8
	250	280	200	2.3	7.1	69.5
5sMAO	0	4700	1500	3.8	—	113.3
	125	2200	360	2.5	3.6	88.0
	250	1500	270	2.5	7.4	70.9
6sMAO	0	2600	1400	4.0	—	113.4
	125	1700	250	2.9	5.6	81.9
	250	1100	220	2.6	8.4	66.0
7sMAO	0	1200	1700	2.5	—	113.9
	125	380	250	2.7	6.3	98.8
	250	390	260	2.4	14.2	80.5
8sMAO	0	490	1700	6.5	—	—
	125	220	210	4.3	1.6	—
	250	190	360	3.9	4.7	—

^aPolymerisation conditions: 8.3 bar ethylene, 0.075–0.40 mg pre-catalyst ([Al_sMAO]₀/[Ti]₀ = 200), 5.0 mL heptane, 10 μmol TiBA, and 80 °C. Reactions quenched at 5.5 bar ethylene uptake or after 60 minutes.

^bμL.

^ckg_PE mol_Ti⁻¹ h⁻¹ bar⁻¹, reported to 2 significant figures.

^dkDa, reported to 2 significant figures.

^eMol%.

^f°C.