Ziegler‐natta oligomerization of 1‐alkenes: a catalyst's “fingerprint”, 1. Hydrooligomerization of propene in the presence of a highly isospecific MgCl 2 ‐supported catalyst

Abstract

The stereochem. of propene polyinsertion catalyzed by a highly isospecific MgCl2-supported Ziegler-Natta system was investigated by means of the gas chromatog./mass spectrometric characterization of the satd. oligomers (hydrooligomers) formed in the presence of H at high pressure (as a chain-transfer agent). The hydrooligomer distribution was a true catalyst "fingerprint", from which, in case of systems with (prevailingly) a single type of active center, both the regio- and the stereospecificity of polyinsertion could be quant. evaluated.