Abstract
CpTiCl3 and IndTiCl3 are homogeneous metallocene catalysts that are produced under highly controlled conditions. Syndiotactic polymerization of styrene is carried out using these catalysts while methylaluminoxane (MAO) is used as a cocatalyst. In the present paper synthesis of CpTiCl3 was examined at first by reacting TiCl4 with CpNa, this reaction just led to formation of Cp2TiCl2 so CpNa was not a suitable Cp donor compound, therefore CpSiMe3 was used instead of CpNa. Reaction of CpSiMe3 with TiCl4, produced CpTiCl3 immediately. IndTiCl3 was synthesized by reacting IndSiMe3 and TiCl4 as well. At the end two synthetic catalysts were characterized by FTIR and 1H‐NMR spectrometers.