STEREOSPECIFIC PROPENE POLYMERISATION CATALYSIS USING AN ORGANOMETALLIC MODIFIED MESOPOROUS SILICATE

The mesoporous silicate, MCM-41 is modified by grafting the chiral alkene polymerisation catalyst rac-ethenebis(indenyl)zirconium dichloride onto the surfaces of the mesopore and used to produce highly isotactic polypropene with a unique spherulite morphology.