Ethylene/propylene (E/P) and ethylene/propylene/5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (E/P/ENB) copolymers were obtained on -Et(2-MeInd)ZrMe activated by a number of isobutylaluminium aryloxides: (2,6-BuPhO-)AlBu (1-DTBP) (2,6-Bu,4-Me-PhO-)AlBu (1-BHT), (2,4,6-BuPhO-)AlBu (1-TTBP), (2,6-Bu,4-Me-PhO-)AlBu (2-BHT), (2,6-BuPhO-)2AlBu (2-DTBP), [(2-Me,6-Bu-CHO)AlBu] (1-MTBP), [(2,6-Ph-PhO)AlBu] (1-DPP). This study shows how the structure of an activator influences catalytic activity and polymer properties, such as the copolymer composition, molecular weight characteristics, and thermophysical and mechanical properties. It has been shown that both the introduction of a bulky substituent in the para-position of the aryloxy group and the additional aryloxy group in the structure of an activator lead to a significant decrease in activity of the catalytic system in all studied copolymerization processes.
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