Polymerization of propylene with highly active MgCl2-supported TiCl3 catalyst

Summary The MgCl₂ supported TiCl₃ catalyst was prepared by grinding the mixture of TiCl₃·3Py and MgCl₂ in a ball mill. The catalyst was treated either i.vac. at 50–200°C or with alkylaluminum halides to remove the residual pyridine, and propylene polymerization was conducted at 65°C using the resulting catalysts combined with triethylaluminum. The catalyst treated with diethylaluminum chloride showed an extremely high activity for the polymerization.