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The effects of various pathways of the formation of catalytic systems based on the rac-Me2SiInd2ZrCl2 metallocene on the activity and properties of polypropylene prepared by the bulk polymerization of propylene were studied in detail. It was found that the conditions of formation of the catalytic system affect not only its activity and the character of kinetic curves but also the molecular weight of the synthesized polymer. Propylene polymerization was studied with the use of a number of bisindenyl derivatives of zirconium, which were mixtures of rac and meso forms that differ in the nature of substituents in the Si bridge or the indenyl ligand. The conclusion was drawn that, with the use of metallocenes as a mixture of rac and meso forms, high-molecular-weight isotactic polypropylene can be prepared with high stereoregularity at a very high rate; thereby, the stage of separation of a pure rac isomer can be excluded in the synthesis of the catalyst.
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Nedorezova, P.M., Aladyshev, A.M., Savinov, D.V. et al. Isospecific Bulk Polymerization of Propylene with the Use of ansa-Metallocenes as a Mixture of rac and meso Isomers. Kinetics and Catalysis 44, 311–318 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024430500100
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