Structural and kinetic continuum in the butadiene polymerization with titanium catalysts

Abstract

The short-time polymerization of butadiene induced by heterogeneous titanium catalysts was studied for the first time. In the 0.1−0.3 s time interval, polymerization is characterized by a considerable decrease in the chain propagation rate constant and 1,4-stereospecificity of the catalysts. A structure kinetic continuum model was proposed in which the initiation step and the first propagation steps are kinetically continuous. The violation of this continuity changes the catalyst stereospecificity and creates conditions for chain transfer reactions.