Behaviour of differently produced methylalumoxanes in the phase separation with diethyl ether and molecular weight estimations

Abstract

Abstract Cryoscopic molecular weight estimations and phase separation experiments of differently produced methylalumoxanes showed diverse behaviour. The cryoscopic molecular weight estimations showed higher molecular weights caused by increasing methyl conversion. The average molecular weight in benzene lay between 1000 to 2000 while the solvent 1, 4‐dioxane delivered smaller molecular weights (factor 2 to 4). Molecular weights in trimethylaluminium were similar to those in benzene. In phase separation experiments we obtained an increasing volume portion of lower phase with increasing methyl conversion during production. There was a decisive influence of circulation circumstances at the ice surface and the trimethylaluminium concentration at production according to the behaviour in phase separation experiments.