@article { ISI:000329266500032,
	title = {Structural investigations of porous MgCl2-2-butanol molecular adduct as support for olefin polymerization},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis A-General},
	volume = {469},
	year = {2014},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {267-274},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>A new heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta (Z-N) catalyst support material, MgCl2 center dot 4(CH3CH(OH)CH2CH3) (Mg2BuOH) has been synthesized. 2-Butanol, a linear, secondary alcohol was chosen for the generation of an active MgCl2 support which results in a Z-N catalyst with TiCl4. Significant feature of this work is the formation of rod shaped molecular adduct with highly porous character. Adduct material is characterized by XRD, TG-DTA, Raman spectroscopy, solid-state NMR and SEM. Activity of the Z-N catalyst supported on Mg2BuOH for ethylene polymerization is comparable with that of commercially available heterogeneous Z-N catalyst. However, there is scope to improve the activity by optimizing textural properties. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {heterogeneous catalysis, MgCl2, Molecular adduct, NMR, Polyolefin, Ziegler-Natta catalyst},
	issn = {0926-860X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcata.2013.10.002},
	author = {Thushara, K. S. and Ajithkumar, Thalasseril G. and Rajamohanan, P. R. and Gopinath, Chinnakonda S.}
}
