| Course label : | Advanced Polymerisation Catalysis |
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| Teaching departement : | CMA / |
| Teaching manager : | Mister FREDERIC CAZAUX |
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| Potential ects : | 0 |
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| Code and label (hp) : | MR_ISP_S3_CPA - Catalyse de polymérisation ava |
Education team
Teachers : Mister FREDERIC CAZAUX
External contributors (business, research, secondary education): various temporary teachers
Summary
After reviewing the general catalysis concepts and the associated (industrial and societal) issues, a contextual overview is given of the specific issues (the basic stages, control of macromolecular quantities, stereochemical aspects) of polymerisation and polymers concerned by catalytic synthesis. The course then covers in detail the heterogeneous coordination polymerisation catalysis (known as "Ziegler-Natta") of olefins: history, products obtained, catalysts and co-catalysts, mechanisms. The alternative catalysis to chromium is also presented. Subsequently, the homogeneous catalysis is discussed in detail (organometallic complexes: metallocenes, post-metallocenes, MAO, boron activators, mechanisms and the impact of ligands and geometry of complexes on stereochemistry), with a brief presentation of the supported catalysis. The specific cases of styrene coordination polymerisation, conjugated dienes and cyclic olefins are covered, as well as recent developments in the field (chain walking and chain shuttling). Finally, ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) and biodegradable polymers complete this comprehensive and in-depth overview of polymerisation catalysis.
Educational goals
Have an overview of the coordination polymerisation processes, the reaction mechanisms involved, the basic bricks involved and the variety of products accessible. Be able to understand and explain how catalysts work, and be able to give major examples of applications in the field.
Sustainable development goals
Knowledge control procedures
Final Exam
Comments: Written test (one hour), questions from courses and exercises, analysis of scientific publications
Online resources
Reference works: "La polymï¿œrisation, principes et applications" (Polymerisation, principles and applications). G. Odian. Polytechnica; "Catalyse de polymï¿œrisation" (Polymerisation catalysis). T. Senninger. Techniques de l'ingï¿œnieur (Engineering techniques) publications; "Fifty Years of Ziegler-Natta Polymerization: From Serendipity to Science. A Personal Account". J.J. Eisch. Organometallics, 2012, doi: 10.1021/om300349x; "Polyolefins: 50 years after Ziegler and Natta II. Polyolefins by Metallocenes and Other Single-Site Catalysts". Walter Kaminsky. Ed., Adv. Polym. Sci, 258, 2013 (Springer); "From Multisite Polymerization Catalysis to Sustainable Materials and All-Polyolefin Composites". R. Mulhaupt and coll. Chem Rev. 2016, doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00310; Educational materials from the French Polymer Group (GFP).
Pedagogy
PowerPoint presentation with printouts to be completed. Application exercises.
Sequencing / learning methods
| Number of hours - Lectures : | 10 |
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| Number of hours - Tutorial : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Practical work : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Seminar : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Half-group seminar : | 0 |
| Number of student hours in TEA (Autonomous learning) : | 0 |
| Number of student hours in TNE (Non-supervised activities) : | 0 |
| Number of hours in CB (Fixed exams) : | 0 |
| Number of student hours in PER (Personal work) : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Projects : | 0 |
Prerequisites
Third-year level (L3) of organic chemistry and coordination chemistry: reactivity chemistry, notions of stereochemistry and spectroscopic methods, fundamentals of organometallic chemistry and polymer chemistry.