Patent ID: 6825146
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: C08F

Abstract:
A method of making a solid procatalyst composition for use in a Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization catalyst composition, said method comprising:contacting a solid precursor composition comprising magnesium, titanium, and alkoxide moieties with a titanium halide compound and an internal electron donor in any order, in a suitable reaction medium to prepare a solid procatalyst composition, separating the solid procatalyst composition from the reaction medium, further exchanging residual alkoxide functionality of the solid procatalyst composition for chloride functionality by contacting the same two or more times with benzoyl chloride under metathesis conditions for a period of time sufficient to prepare a solid procatalyst composition having a decreased alkoxide content compared to the alkoxide content of the solid procatalyst composition before said exchange and without of the procatalyst composition by greater than 25Â° C., and recovering the solid procatalyst composition.