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Definitions

• This invention relates to catalyst compounds useful for polymerization and or oligomerization of unsaturated monomers, such as olefins.
• unsaturated monomers such as olefins.
• BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003]
• New polymerization catalysts are of interest in the industry because they offer many new opportunities for providing new processes and products to the markets in a cheaper and more efficient manner.
• references of general interest related to the instant invention include: US 2006/142497; WO 2000/020427; WO 2001/010875; WO 2003/054038; Polymer International, (2002) 51 (12), 1301-1303; Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications (1988), 63(3), 371-377; and Transition Metal Chemistry (London) (1988) 23 (5), 609-613.
• US 2005/0209420 discloses various Group 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 transition metal compounds containing neutral, mono- or di-anionic tridentate nitrogen/oxygen based ligands and Group 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 transition metal compounds containing neutral, bidentate nitrogen/oxygen based ligands that are useful to polymerize olefins, however the activities and molecular weights produced are both low.
• Group 4 catalyst compounds containing di-anionic tridentate nitrogen/oxygen based ligands are provided.
• the catalyst compounds are useful, with or without activators, to polymerize olefins, particularly ⁇ -olefms, or other unsaturated monomers.
• Systems and processes to oligomerize and/or polymerize one or more unsaturated monomers olefins using the catalyst compound, as well as the oligomers and/or polymers produced therefrom are also provided.
• " ⁇ -olefms” includes ethylene.
• each X is, independently, a hydride, a halogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl; w is 2; each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl, preferably, a Ci to C30 hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C30 substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C30 halocarbyl, or a Ci to C30 substituted halocarbyl, more preferably a Ci to Cio hydrocarbyl, a Ci to Cio substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to Cio halocarbyl, or a Ci to Ci 0 substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide
• R 10 is a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl, preferably, a Ci to C30 hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C30 substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C 30 halocarbyl, or a Ci to C 30 substituted halocarbyl, more preferably a Ci to Cio hydrocarbyl, a Ci to Ci 0 substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to Ci 0 halocarbyl, or a Ci to Cio substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide, a silyl or another anionic heteroatom-containing group; x is 1, 2, 3 or 4, preferably, x is 1;
• L is a neutral ligand bonded to M that may include molecules such as but not limited to pyridine, acetonitrile, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylaniline, trimethylamine, tributylamine, trimethylphosphine, triphenylphosphine, lithium chloride, ethylene, propylene, butene, octene, styrene, and the like; M is a group 4 metal, preferably Hf, Zr or Ti; and m is 0, 1 or 2 and indicates the absence or presence of L.
• R 1 is not hydrogen, preferably R 1 is phenyl or substituted phenyl.
• R 8 is phenyl or substituted phenyl.
• R 1 is phenyl or substituted phenyl and R 8 is phenyl or substituted phenyl, and preferably M is Zr.
• Figure 1 depicts an X-ray crystal structure of 6-(5'-methyl-2'-hydroxyphenyl)-2-
• FIG. 1 depicts an X-ray crystal structure of 14C-ZrBz 2 , or [6-(2'-hydroxy-3'- phenyl-5'-tert-butylphenyl)-2-(r-(2,6-diisopropyl anilido) (2- isopropylbenzyl)pyridine]zirconium (IV)dibenzyl.
• a solid line indicates a bond, and an arrow indicates that the bond may be dative.
• Neutral ligands are defined as ligands that are neutral, with respect to charge, when formally removed from the metal in their closed shell electronic state. Neutral ligands contain at least one lone pair of electrons, pi-bond or sigma bond that are capable of binding to the transition metal. Neutral ligands may also be polydentate when more than one Neutral ligand is connected via a bond or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl or a functional group tether. A Neutral ligand may be a substituent of another metal complex, either the same or different, such that multiple complexes are bound together.
• Anionic ligands are defined as ligands that are anionic, with respect to charge, when formally removed from the metal in their closed shell electronic state.
• Anionic ligands include hydride, halide, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl or functional group.
• Non- limiting examples of anionic ligands include hydride, fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, allyl, benzyl, acyl, trimethylsilyl.
• Anionic ligands may also be polydentate when more than one anionic ligand is connected via a bond or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl or a functional group tether.
• An anionic ligand may be a substituent of another metal complex, either the same or different, such that multiple complexes are bound together.
• a mono-anionic ligand is defined to be an anionic ligand that has a -1 charge.
• a di-anionic ligand is defined to be an anionic ligand that has a -2 charge.
• hydrocarbyl radical is defined to be C 1 -C 100 radicals, that may be linear, branched, or cyclic (aromatic or non-aromatic); and include substituted hydrocarbyl radicals, halocarbyl radicals, and substituted halocarbyl radicals, silylcarbyl radicals, and germylcarbyl radicals as these terms are defined below.
• Substituted hydrocarbyl radicals are radicals in which at least one hydrogen atom has been substituted with at least one functional group such as NR*2, OR*, SeR*, TeR*, PR*2, AsR*2, SbR* 2 , SR*, BR* 2 , SiR* 3 , GeR* 3 , SnR* 3 , PbR* 3 and the like or where at least one non-hydrocarbon atom or group has been inserted within the hydrocarbyl radical, such as O, S, Se, Te, NR*, PR*, AsR*, SbR*, BR*, SiR* 2 , GeR* 2 , SnR* 2 , PbR* 2 and the like, where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical.
• at least one functional group such as NR*2, OR*, SeR*, TeR*, PR*2, AsR*2, SbR* 2 , SR*, BR* 2 , SiR
• a substituted phenyl is a phenyl group where one or more hydrogens has been replaced by a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group, a halogen, a halocarbyl group or a substituted halocarbyl group.
• Halocarbyl radicals are radicals in which one or more hydrocarbyl hydrogen atoms have been substituted with at least one halogen (e.g. F, Cl, Br, I) or halogen-containing group (e.g. CF 3 ).
• Substituted halocarbyl radicals are radicals in which at least one halocarbyl hydrogen or halogen atom has been substituted with at least one functional group such as NR*2, OR*, SeR*, TeR*, PR* 2 , AsR* 2 , SbR* 2 , SR*, BR* 2 , SiR* 3 , GeR* 3 , SnR* 3 , PbR* 3 and the like or where at least one non-carbon atom or group has been inserted within the halocarbyl radical such as O, S, Se, Te, NR*, PR*, AsR*, SbR*, BR*, SiR* 2 , GeR* 2 , SnR* 2 , PbR* 2 and the like where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical provided that at least one halogen atom remains on the original halocarbyl radical.
• R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or hal
• Silylcarbyl radicals are groups in which the silyl functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms. Examples include SiH 3 , SiH 2 R*, SiHR* 2 , SiR* 3 , SiH 2 (OR*), SiH(OR*) 2 , Si(OR*) 3 , SiH 2 (NR* 2 ), SiH(NR* 2 ) 2 , Si(NR* 2 ) 3 , and the like where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical as defined above and two or more R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure.
• Germylcarbyl radicals are groups in which the germyl functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms. Examples include GeH 3 , GeH 2 R*, GeHR* 2 , GeR 5 3 , GeH 2 (OR*), GeH(OR*) 2 , Ge(OR*) 3 , GeH 2 (NR* 2 ), GeH(NR* 2 ) 2 , Ge(NR* 2 ) 3 , and the like where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical as defined above and two or more R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure.
• Polar radicals or polar groups are groups in which the heteroatom functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms. They include heteroatoms of groups 1-17 of the periodic table either alone or connected to other elements by covalent or other interactions such as ionic, van der Waals forces, or hydrogen bonding.
• Examples of functional groups include carboxylic acid, acid halide, carboxylic ester, carboxylic salt, carboxylic anhydride, aldehyde and their chalcogen (Group 14) analogues, alcohol and phenol, ether, peroxide and hydroperoxide, carboxylic amide, hydrazide and imide, amidine and other nitrogen analogues of amides, nitrile, amine and imine, azo, nitro, other nitrogen compounds, sulfur acids, selenium acids, thiols, sulfides, sulfoxides, sulfones, phosphines, phosphates, other phosphorus compounds, silanes, boranes, borates, alanes, aluminates.
• chalcogen Group 14
• Functional groups may also be taken broadly to include organic polymer supports or inorganic support material such as alumina, and silica.
• Preferred examples of polar groups include NR*2, OR*, SeR*, TeR*, PR*2, AsR*2, SbR* 2 , SR*, BR* 2 , SnR* 3 , PbR* 3 and the like where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl or substituted halocarbyl radical as defined above and two R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure.
• the hydrocarbyl radical is independently selected from methyl, ethyl, ethenyl and isomers of propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl, nonadecyl, eicosyl, heneicosyl, docosyl, tricosyl, tetracosyl, pentacosyl, hexacosyl, heptacosyl, octacosyl, nonacosyl, triacontyl, propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl, heptenyl, octenyl, nonenyl,
• examples include phenyl, methylphenyl, benzyl, methylbenzyl, naphthyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexenyl, methylcyclohexyl, and the like.
• a radical when listed, it indicates that radical type and all other radicals formed when that radical type is subjected to the substitutions defined above.
• Alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl radicals listed include all isomers including where appropriate cyclic isomers, for example, butyl includes n-butyl, 2- methylpropyl, 1-methylpropyl, tert-butyi, and cyclobutyl (and analogous substituted cyclopropyls); pentyl includes n-pentyl, cyclopentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3- methylbutyl, 1-ethylpropyl, and neopentyl (and analogous substituted cyclobutyls and cyclopropyls); butenyl includes E and Z forms of 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 1-methyl- 1-propenyl, l-methyl-2-propenyl, 2-methyl-l-propenyl and 2-methyl-2-propenyl (and cyclobutenyls and cyclopropenyls).
• Cyclic compound having substitutions include all isomer forms, for example, methylphenyl would include ortho-methylphenyl, meta-methylphenyl and para-methylphenyl; dimethylphenyl would include 2,3-dimethylphenyl, 2,4- dimethylphenyl, 2,5-dimethylphenyl, 2,6-diphenylmethyl, 3,4-dimethylphenyl, and 3,5- dimethylphenyl .
• homopolymerization would produce a polymer made from one monomer.
• homopolymerization of propylene would produce homopolypropylene.
• homopolymerization of ethylene would produce homopolyethylene. It should be noted, however, that some of the catalysts of this invention homopolymerize ethylene or propylene to non-traditional "polyethylene” and “polypropylene” structures, respectively.
• copolymerization would produce polymers with more than one monomer type.
• ethylene copolymers include polymers of ethylene with ⁇ - olefins, cyclic olefins and diolef ⁇ ns, vinylaromatic olefins, ⁇ -olefinic diolefins, substituted ⁇ - olefins, and/or acetylenically unsaturated monomers.
• Non- limiting examples of ⁇ -olefins include propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-heptene, 1-octene, 1-nonene, 1-decene, 1-undecene 1-dodecene, 1-tridecene, 1-tetradecene, 1-pentadecene, 1-hexadecene, 1- heptadecene, 1-octadecene, 1-nonadecene, 1-eicosene, 1-heneicosene, 1-docosene, 1- tricosene, 1-tetracosene, 1-pentacosene, 1-hexacosene, 1-heptacosene, 1-octacosene, 1- nonacosene, 1-triacontene, 4-methyl- 1-pentene, 3 -methyl- 1-pentene, 5 -methyl- 1-nonene
• Non-limiting examples of cyclic olefins and diolefins include cyclobutene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cycloheptene, cyclooctene, cyclononene, cyclodecene, norbornene, 4-methylnorbornene, 2- methylcyclopentene, 4-methylcyclopentene, vinylcyclohexane, norbornadiene, dicyclopentadiene, 5-ethylidene-2 -norbornene, vinylcyclohexene, 5-vinyl-2-norbornene, 1,3- divinylcyclopentane, 1 ,2-divinylcyclohexane, 1,3-divinylcyclohexane, 1,4- di vinylcyclohexane, 1,5-divinylcyclooctane, l-allyl-4-vinylcyclohexane, 1,4- diallylcyclohex
• Non-limiting examples of vinylaromatic olefins include styrene, /? ⁇ ra-methylstyrene, /? ⁇ ra-t-butylstyrene, vinylnaphthylene, vinyltoluene, and divinylbenzene.
• Non-limiting examples of ⁇ -olefmic dienes include 1,4-hexadiene, 1,5-hexadiene, 1,5-heptadiene, 1 ,6-heptadiene, 6-methyl-l,6- heptadiene, 1 ,7-octadiene, 7-methyl-l,7-octadiene, 1,9-decadiene, 1,11-dodecene, 1,13- tetradecene and 9-methyl- 1,9-decadiene.
• Substituted ⁇ -olefms include those containing at least one non-carbon Group 13 to 17 atom bound to a carbon atom of the substituted ⁇ -olefm where such substitution if silicon may be adjacent to the double bond or terminal to the double bond, or anywhere in between, and where inclusion of non-carbon and -silicon atoms such as for example B, O, S, Se, Te, N, P, Ge, Sn, Pb, As, F, Cl, Br, or I, are contemplated, where such non-carbon or -silicon moieties are sufficiently far removed from the double bond so as not to interfere with the coordination polymerization reaction with the catalyst and so to retain the generally hydrocarbyl characteristic.
• the number of carbon atoms, or the number of carbon and silicon atoms, separating the double bond and the non-carbon or -silicon moiety may be 6 or greater, e.g. 7, or 8, or 9, or 10, or 11, or 12, or 13, or 14 or more.
• the number of such carbon atoms, or carbon and silicon atoms, is counted from immediately adjacent to the double bond to immediately adjacent to the non-carbon or -silicon moiety.
• Examples include allyltrimethylsilane, divinylsilane, 8,8,8-trifluoro-l-octene, 8-methoxyoct-l-ene, 8-methylsulfanyloct-l-ene, 8- dimethylaminooct-1-ene, or combinations thereof.
• the use of functional group-containing ⁇ - olef ⁇ ns where the functional group is closer to the double bond is also within the scope of embodiments of the invention when such olefins may be incorporated in the same manner as are their ⁇ -olefm analogs. See, "Metallocene Catalysts and Borane Reagents in The Block/Graft Reactions of Polyolefms", T. C.
• oligomer refers to compositions having 2- 75 mer units and the term polymer refers to compositions having 76 or more mer units.
• a mer is defined as a unit of an oligomer or polymer that originally corresponded to the monomer(s) used in the oligomerization or polymerization reaction.
• the mer of polyethylene would be ethylene.
• catalyst and “catalyst compound” are defined to mean a compound capable of initiating catalysis.
• a catalyst compound may be used by itself to initiate catalysis or may be used in combination with an activator to initiate catalysis. When the catalyst compound is combined with an activator to initiate catalysis, the catalyst compound is often referred to as a pre-catalyst or catalyst precursor.
• catalyst system is defined to mean: 1) a catalyst precursor/activator pair, and or 2) a catalyst compound capable of initiating catalysis without an activator.
• catalyst system when used to describe such a pair before activation, it means the unactivated catalyst (pre-catalyst) together with an activator and, optionally, a co-activator. When it is used to describe such a pair after activation, it means the activated catalyst and the activator or other charge-balancing moiety.
• the catalyst compound may be neutral as in a pre-catalyst or a catalyst system not requiring an activator, or may be a charged species with a counter ion as in an activated catalyst system.
• a scavenger is a compound that is typically added to facilitate oligomerization or polymerization by scavenging impurities. Some scavengers may also act as activators and may be referred to as co-activators. A co-activator, that is not a scavenger, may also be used in conjunction with an activator in order to form an active catalyst. In some embodiments a co-activator can be pre-mixed with the catalyst compound to form an alkylated catalyst compound, also referred to as an alkylated invention compound.
• Noncoordinating anion is defined to mean an anion either that does not coordinate to the catalyst metal cation or that does coordinate to the metal cation, but only weakly.
• An NCA coordinates weakly enough that a neutral Lewis base, such as an olefinically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer can displace it from the catalyst center.
• Any metal or metalloid that can form a compatible, weakly coordinating complex may be used or contained in the noncoordinating anion.
• Suitable metals include, but are not limited to, aluminum, gold, and platinum.
• Suitable metalloids include, but are not limited to, boron, aluminum, phosphorus, and silicon.
• a stoichiometric activator can be either neutral or ionic.
• a terminal nitrogen atom is a nitrogen atom that is indirectly bonded to only one other nitrogen atom.
• a central nitrogen atom is a nitrogen atom that is indirectly bonded to at least one other nitrogen atom and at least one oxygen atom.
• a terminal oxygen atom is an oxygen atom that is indirectly bonded to only the central nitrogen atom.
• This invention relates to Group 4 dialkyl compounds supported by a phenoxy- pyridyl-amido (“PPA”) tridentate ligand. Such compounds exhibit high activities for the polymerization of high molecular weight polyethylene.
• PPA phenoxy- pyridyl-amido
• the catalyst compound can be represented by the following structure:
• each X is, independently, a hydride, a halogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl (alternately X may be independently selected from halogen, alkoxide, aryloxide, amide, phosphide, or other anionic ligand when Lewis-acid activators (such as methylalumoxane, aluminum alkyls, alkylaluminum alkoxides) or alkylaluminum halides (capable of donating a hydride, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl or substituted halocarbyl X ligand to the transition metal component) are used, or when an ionic activator is capable of extracting X, provided that the resulting activated catalyst contains at least one M-H or M-C bond into which an olefin can insert); w is 2; each R 1
• R 10 is a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl, preferably, a Ci to C 30 hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C 30 substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C30 halocarbyl, or a Ci to C30 substituted halocarbyl, more preferably a Ci to Cio hydrocarbyl, a Ci to Cio substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to Cio halocarbyl, or a Ci to Cio substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide, a silyl or another anionic heteroatom-containing group; x is 1, 2, 3 or 4, preferably, x is 1;
• L is a neutral ligand bonded to M that may include molecules such as but not limited to pyridine, acetonitrile, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylaniline, trimethylamine, tributylamine, trimethylphosphine, triphenylphosphine, lithium chloride, ethylene, propylene, butene, octene, styrene, and the like;
• M is a group 4 metal, preferably Ti, Zr or Hf; and m is 0, 1 or 2 and indicates the absence or presence of L.
• catalyst compound can include any combination of the ligands listed in Table 1 below.
• R 1 is not hydrogen, preferably R 1 is phenyl or substituted phenyl.
• R 8 is phenyl or substituted phenyl.
• R 1 is phenyl or substituted phenyl and R 8 is phenyl or substituted phenyl, and preferably M is Zr.
• Preferred substituents for the substituted phenyl are Ci to C20 hydrocarbyl groups (including linear, branched and cyclic hydrocarbyl groups) including methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl octyl, nonyo, decyl, dodecyl, phenyl and isomers thereof.
• the catalyst system used herein has an activity of at least 1000 g/mmol h bar, preferably at least 1400 g/mmol h bar, preferably at least 2000 g/mmol h bar, preferably at least 4000 g/mmol h bar, preferably at least 5000 g/mmol h bar, preferably at least 6000 g/mmol h bar, preferably at least 8000 g/mmol h bar, preferably at least 10,000 g/mmol h bar, preferably at least 11,000 g/mmol h bar.
• the polyethylene produced herein using the catalyst compounds described herein has at least one of the following properties: a) a weight average molecular weight (as measured by GPC) of 500,000 g/mol or more, preferably 600,000 g/mol or more, preferably 700,000 g/mol or more, preferably 800,000 g/mol or more, preferably 900,000 g/mol or more, preferably 1,000,000 g/mol or more, preferably 1,250,000 g/mol or more, preferably 1,500,000 g/mol or more, preferably 1,75,000 g/mol or more, preferably 2,000,000 g/mol or more; and or b) a melting point (Tm) of 125 0 C or more, preferably 130 0 C or more, preferably
• Mw/Mn Mw/Mn
• Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution were characterized using a High Temperature Size Exclusion Chromatograph (Waters Alliance 2000) equipped with a differential refractive index detector (DRI). Three Polymer Laboratories PLgel 10mm Mixed-B columns were used. The nominal flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, and the nominal injection volume was 300 uL. The various transfer lines, columns and differential refractometer (the DRI detector) were contained in an oven maintained at 145 0 C.
• Polymer solutions were prepared by dissolving the desired amount of dry polymer in the appropriate volume of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene to yield concentrations ranging from 0.25 to 1.5 mg/mL.
• the sample mixtures were heated at 160 0 C with continuous agitation for ⁇ 2 hours.
• the solution was filtered through a 2 micron stainless steel filter (Polymer Labs) into scintillation vials using a Polymer Labs SP260 Sample Prep Station.
• the separation efficiency of the column set was calibrated using a series of narrow MWD polystyrene standards (Polymer Laboratories), which reflects the expected MW range for samples and the exclusion limits of the column set.
• the catalyst compound can be combined with one or more co-catalysts or activators.
• Activators that can be used include alumoxanes such as methyl alumoxane, modified methyl alumoxane, ethyl alumoxane, ⁇ o-butyl alumoxane and the like;
• Lewis acid activators include triphenyl boron, tris-perfluorophenyl boron, tris-perfluorophenyl aluminum and the like;
• Ionic activators include dimethylanilinium tetrakis perfluorophenyl borate, triphenyl carbonium tetrakis perfluorophenyl borate, dimethylanilinium tetrakis perfluorophenyl aluminate, and the like.
• the alumoxane component useful as an activator typically is an oligomeric aluminum compound represented by the general formula (R x -Al-O) n , which is a cyclic compound, or R x (R x -Al-O) n AlR x 2 , which is a linear compound.
• R x is independently a C1-C20 alkyl radical, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, isomers thereof, and the like, and "n" is an integer from 1-50. Most preferably, R x is methyl and "n" is at least 4.
• Methyl alumoxane and modified methyl alumoxanes are most preferred.
• the catalyst-precursor-to- activator molar ratio is from about 1 :3000 to 10:1; alternatively, 1 :2000 to 10:1; alternatively 1 :1000 to 10:1; alternatively, 1 :500 to 1 :1; alternatively 1 :300 to 1 :1; alternatively 1 :200 to 1 :1; alternatively 1 :100 to 1 :1; alternatively 1 :50 to 1 :1; alternatively 1 :10 to 1 :1.
• Ionic activators at times used in combination with a co-activator may be used in the practice of this invention.
• discrete ionic activators such as [Me 2 PhNH][B(C 6 Fs) 4 ], [Ph 3 C][B(C 6 Fs) 4 ], [Me 2 PhNH][B((C 6 H3-3,5-(CF 3 ) 2 ))4],
• [Ph 3 C][B((C 6 H3-3,5-(CF3) 2 ))4], [NH 4 ][B(C 6 Hs) 4 ] or Lewis acidic activators such as B(C 6 Fs) 3 or B(C 6 Hs) 3 can be used.
• Preferred co-activators, when used, are alumoxanes such as methyl alumoxane, modified alumoxanes such as modified methyl alumoxane, and aluminum alkyls such as tri-isobutyl aluminum, and trimethyl aluminum.
• An ionizing or stoichiometric activator such as tri(n-butyl) ammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, a trisperfluorophenyl boron metalloid precursor or a trisperfluoronaphthyl boron metalloid precursor, polyhalogenated heteroborane anions (WO 98/43983), boric acid (U.S. Patent No. 5,942,459) or combination thereof can also be used.
• neutral stoichiometric activators include tri-substituted boron, aluminum, gallium and indium or mixtures thereof.
• the three substituent groups are each independently selected from alkyls, alkenyls, halogen, substituted alkyls, aryls, arylhalides, alkoxy and halides.
• the three groups are independently selected from halogen, mono or multicyclic (including halosubstituted) aryls, alkyls, and alkenyl compounds and mixtures thereof, preferred are alkenyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and aryl groups having 3 to 20 carbon atoms (including substituted aryls).
• the three groups are alkyls having 1 to 4 carbon groups, phenyl, naphthyl or mixtures thereof. Even more preferably, the three groups are halogenated, preferably fluorinated, aryl groups. Most preferably, the neutral stoichiometric activator is trisperfluorophenyl boron or trisperfluoronaphthyl boron.
• Ionic stoichiometric activator compounds may contain an active proton, or some other cation associated with, but not coordinated to, or only loosely coordinated to, the remaining ion of the ionizing compound.
• Such compounds and the like are described in European publications EP-A-O 570 982, EP-A-O 520 732, EP-A-O 495 375, EP-Bl-O 500 944, EP-A-O 277 003 and EP-A-O 277 004, and U.S. Patent Nos. 5,153,157, 5,198,401, 5,066,741, 5,206,197, 5,241,025, 5,384,299 and 5,502,124 and U.S. Patent Application Serial No.
• Ionic catalysts can be prepared by reacting a catalyst compound with an activator, such as B(C 6 F 6 ) 3 , which upon reaction with the hydrolyzable ligand (X') of the catalyst compound forms an anion, such as ([B(C 6 Fs) 3 (X')] " ), which stabilizes the cationic transition metal species generated by the reaction.
• the catalysts can be, and preferably are, prepared with activator components which are ionic compounds or compositions. However preparation of activators utilizing neutral compounds is also contemplated by this invention.
• Compounds useful as an activator component in the preparation of the ionic catalyst systems include a cation, which is preferably a Bronsted acid capable of donating a proton, and a compatible non-coordinating anion which anion is relatively large (bulky), capable of stabilizing the active catalyst species which is formed when the two compounds are combined and said anion will be sufficiently labile to be displaced by olefinic, diolef ⁇ nic and acetylenically unsaturated substrates or other neutral Lewis bases such as ethers, nitriles and the like.
• a cation which is preferably a Bronsted acid capable of donating a proton
• a compatible non-coordinating anion which anion is relatively large (bulky)
• said anion will be sufficiently labile to be displaced by olefinic, diolef ⁇ nic and acetylenically unsaturated substrates or other neutral Lewis bases such as ethers, nitriles and the like.
• anionic coordination complexes comprising a plurality of lipophilic radicals covalently coordinated to and shielding a central charge- bearing metal or metalloid core
• anions comprising a plurality of boron atoms such as carboranes, metallacarboranes and boranes.
• the stoichiometric activators include a cation and an anion component, and may be represented by the following formula:
• L**-H (A d ⁇ ) wherein L** is an neutral Lewis base; H is hydrogen; (L** -H) + is a Bronsted acid A d ⁇ is a non-coordinating anion having the charge d- d is an integer from 1 to 3.
• the cation component, (L**-H) d + may include Bronsted acids such as protons or protonated Lewis bases or reducible Lewis acids capable of protonating or abstracting a moiety, such as an alkyl or aryl, from the pre-catalyst after alkylation.
• the activating cation (L**-H)d + may be a Bronsted acid, capable of donating a proton to the alkylated transition metal catalytic precursor resulting in a transition metal cation, including ammoniums, oxoniums, phosphoniums, silyliums, and mixtures thereof, preferably ammoniums of methylamine, aniline, dimethylamine, diethylamine, N- methylaniline, diphenylamine, trimethylamine, triethylamine, N,N-dimethylaniline, methyldiphenylamine, pyridine, p-bromo N,N-dimethylaniline, p-nitro-N,N-dimethylaniline, phosphoniums from triethylphosphine, triphenylphosphine, and diphenylphosphine, oxoniums from ethers such as dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofur
• the activating cation (L**-H)d + may also be a moiety such as silver, tropylium, carbeniums, ferroceniums and mixtures, preferably carboniums and ferroceniums; most preferably triphenyl carbonium.
• each Q is a fluorinated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably each Q is a fluorinated aryl group, and most preferably each Q is a pentafluoryl aryl group.
• suitable A d ⁇ also include diboron compounds as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,447,895, which is fully incorporated herein by reference.
• boron compounds which may be used as an activating cocatalyst in combination with a co-activator in the preparation of the improved catalysts of this invention are tri-substituted ammonium salts such as: trimethylammonium tetraphenylborate, triethylammonium tetraphenylborate, tripropylammonium tetraphenylborate, tri(n-butyl)ammonium tetraphenylborate, tri(tert-butyl)ammonium tetraphenylborate, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetraphenylborate, N,N-diethylanilinium tetraphenylborate, N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetraphenylborate, trimethylammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,
• the ionic stoichiometric activator (L**-H) d + (A d ⁇ ) is N ,N- dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorophenyl)borate, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(3 ,5 -bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, or triphenylcarbenium tetrakis
• invention catalyst precursors can also be activated with cocatalysts or activators that comprise non-coordinating anions containing metalloid-free cyclopentadienide ions. These are described in U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0058765 Al 5 published on 16 May 2002, and for the instant invention, require the addition of a co-activator to the catalyst pre-cursor.
• non-coordinating anion means an anion that does not coordinate to the catalyst metal cation or that does coordinate to the metal cation, but only weakly.
• NCA coordinates weakly enough that a neutral Lewis base, such as an olefmically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer can displace it from the catalyst center.
• "Compatible" non-coordinating anions are those which are not degraded to neutrality when the initially formed complex decomposes. Further, the anion will not transfer an anionic substituent or fragment to the cation so as to cause it to form a neutral catalyst compound and a neutral by-product from the anion.
• Non-coordinating anions useful in accordance with this invention are those that are compatible, stabilize the transition metal complex cation in the sense of balancing its ionic charge at +1, yet retain sufficient lability to permit displacement by an ethylenically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer during polymerization.
• These types of cocatalysts sometimes use scavengers such as but not limited to tri- ⁇ o-butyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, tri-n-hexyl aluminum, triethylaluminum or trimethylaluminum.
• Cocatalyst compounds or activator compounds that are initially neutral Lewis acids but form a cationic metal complex and a noncoordinating anion, or a zwitterionic complex upon reaction with the alkylated catalyst compounds can also be used.
• the alkylated invention compound is formed from the reaction of the catalyst pre-cursor and the co-activator.
• tris(pentafluorophenyl) boron or aluminum act to abstract a hydrocarbyl ligand to yield an invention cationic transition metal complex and stabilizing noncoordinating anion, see EP-A-O 427 697 and EP-A-O 520 732 for illustrations of analogous Group-4 metallocene compounds.
• EP-A-O 427 697 and EP-A-O 520 732 for illustrations of analogous Group-4 metallocene compounds.
• the methods and compounds of EP-A- 0 495 375 see the methods and compounds of EP-A- 0 495 375.
• the catalyst-precursor-to-activator molar ratio may be any ratio.
• Combinations of the described activator compounds may also be used for activation.
• the catalyst-precursor- to-activator molar ratio is typically from 1 :10 to 1 :1; 1 :10 to 10:1; 1 :10 to 2:1; 1 :10 to 3:1; 1 :10 to 5:1; 1 :2 to 1.2:1; 1 :2 to 10:1; 1 :2 to 2:1; 1 :2 to 3:1; 1 :2 to 5:1; 1 :3 to 1.2:1; 1 :3 to 10:1; 1 :3 to 2:1; 1 :3 to 3:1; 1 :3 to 5:1; 1 :5 to 1 :1; 1 :5 to 10:1; 1 :5 to 2:1; 1 :5 to 3:1; 1 :5 to 5:1; 1 :1 to 1 :1.2.
• the catalyst-precursor-to-co-activator molar ratio is from 1 :100 to 100:1; 1 :75 to 75:1; 1 :50 to 50:1; 1 :25 to 25:1; 1 :15 to 15:1; 1 :10 to 10:1; 1 :5 to 5:1, 1 :2 to 2:1; 1 :100 to 1 :1; 1 :75 to 1 :1; 1 :50 to 1 :1; 1 :25 to 1 :1; 1 :15 to 1 :1; 1 :10 to 1 :1; 1 :5 to 1 :1; 1 :2 to 1 :1; 1 :10 to 2:1.
• Preferred activators and activator/co-activator combinations include methylalumoxane, modified methylalumoxane, mixtures of methylalumoxane with dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate or tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron, and mixtures of trimethyl aluminum with dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate or tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron.
• scavenging compounds are used with stoichiometric activators.
• Typical aluminum or boron alkyl components useful as scavengers are represented by the general formula R X JZ 2 where J is aluminum or boron, R x is a hydrocarbyl group (such as a Cl to C20 alkyl), and each Z is independently R x or a different univalent anionic ligand such as halogen (Cl, Br, I), alkoxide (OR X ) and the like.
• Most preferred aluminum alkyls include triethylaluminum, diethylaluminum chloride, tri- ⁇ o-butylaluminum, tri-n-octylaluminum.
• boron alkyls include triethylboron.
• Scavenging compounds may also be alumoxanes and modified alumoxanes including methylalumoxane and modified methylalumoxane. Supported Catalysts
• the catalyst compound(s) can be supported or non-supported.
• the catalyst or catalyst precursor preferably dissolves in the chosen solvent.
• uniform supported catalyst means that the catalyst, or the catalyst precursor and the activator, and or the activated catalyst approach uniform distribution upon the support's accessible surface area, including the interior pore surfaces of porous supports. Some embodiments of supported catalysts prefer uniform supported catalysts; other embodiments show no such preference.
• Invention supported catalyst systems may be prepared by any method effective to support other coordination catalyst systems, effective meaning that the catalyst so prepared can be used for oligomerizing or polymerizing olefin in a heterogeneous process.
• the catalyst precursor, activator, co-activator if needed, suitable solvent, and support may be added in any order or simultaneously.
• the activator dissolved in an appropriate solvent such as toluene may be stirred with the support material for 1 minute to 10 hours.
• the total solution volume may be greater than the pore volume of the support, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400%, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume).
• the mixture is optionally heated from 30-200 0 C during this time.
• the catalyst precursor may be added to this mixture as a solid, if a suitable solvent is employed in the previous step, or as a solution.
• this mixture can be filtered, and the resulting solid mixed with a catalyst precursor solution.
• the mixture may be vacuum dried and mixed with a catalyst precursor solution.
• the resulting catalyst mixture is then stirred for 1 minute to 10 hours, and the catalyst is either filtered from the solution and vacuum dried or evaporation alone removes the solvent.
• the catalyst precursor and activator may be combined in solvent to form a solution.
• the support is added, and the mixture is stirred for 1 minute to 10 hours.
• the total solution volume may be greater than the pore volume of the support, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400%, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume).
• the catalyst precursor may also be supported absent the activator; in that case, the activator (and co-activator if needed) is added to a polymerization process's liquid phase.
• a solution of catalyst precursor may be mixed with a support material for a period of about 1 minute to 10 hours.
• the resulting pre-catalyst mixture may be filtered from the solution and dried under vacuum, or evaporation alone removes the solvent.
• the total catalyst-precursor-solution volume may be greater than the support's pore volume, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400%, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume).
• two or more different catalyst precursors may be placed on the same support using any of the support methods disclosed above.
• two or more activators or an activator and co-activator may be placed on the same support.
• Suitable solid particle supports are typically comprised of polymeric or refractory oxide materials, each being preferably porous. Any support material that has an average particle size greater than 10 ⁇ m is suitable for use in this invention.
• a porous support material such as for example, talc, inorganic oxides, inorganic chlorides, for example magnesium chloride and resinous support materials such as polystyrene polyolefm or polymeric compounds or any other organic support material and the like.
• Some embodiments select inorganic oxide materials as the support material including Group -2, -3, -4, -5, -13, or -14 metal or metalloid oxides.
• the catalyst support materials select to include silica, alumina, silica-alumina, and their mixtures.
• Other inorganic oxides may serve either alone or in combination with the silica, alumina, or silica- alumina. These are magnesia, titania, zirconia, and the like.
• Lewis acidic materials such as montmorillonite and similar clays may also serve as a support. In this case, the support can optionally double as the activator component. But additional activator may also be used.
• the support material may be pretreated by any number of methods. For example, inorganic oxides may be calcined, chemically treated with dehydroxylating agents such as aluminum alkyls and the like, or both.
• polymeric carriers will also be suitable in accordance with the invention, see for example the descriptions in WO 95/15815 and U.S. Patent 5,427,991.
• the methods disclosed may be used with the catalyst complexes, activators or catalyst systems of this invention to adsorb or absorb them on the polymeric supports, particularly if made up of porous particles, or may be chemically bound through functional groups bound to or in the polymer chains.
• Invention catalyst carriers may have a surface area of from 10-700 m 2 /g, a pore volume of 0.1-4.0 cc/g and an average particle size of 10-500 ⁇ m.
• Some embodiments select a surface area of 50-500 m 2 /g, a pore volume of 0.5-3.5 cc/g, or an average particle size of 20-200 ⁇ m. Other embodiments select a surface area of 100-400 m 2 /g, a pore volume of 0.8- 3.0 cc/g, and an average particle size of 30-100 ⁇ m. Invention carriers typically have a pore size of 10-1000 Angstroms, alternatively 50-500 Angstroms, or 75-350 Angstroms.
• Invention catalysts are generally deposited on the support at a loading level of 10- 100 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of solid support; alternately 20-80 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of solid support; or 40-60 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of support. But greater or lesser values may be used provided that the total amount of solid catalyst precursor does not exceed the support's pore volume.
• Invention catalysts can be supported for gas-phase, bulk, or slurry polymerization, or otherwise as needed.
• Numerous support methods are known for catalysts in the olefin polymerization art, particularly alumoxane-activated catalysts; all are suitable for this invention's broadest practice. See, for example, U.S. Patents 5,057,475 and 5,227,440.
• An example of supported ionic catalysts appears in WO 94/03056.
• U.S. Patent 5,643,847 and WO 96/04319A describe a particularly effective method.
• a bulk or slurry process using this invention's supported metal complexes activated with alumoxane can be used for ethylene- propylene rubber as described in U.S. Patents 5,001,205 and 5,229,478. Additionally, those processes suit this invention's catalyst systems. Both polymers and inorganic oxides may serve as supports, as is known in the art. See U.S. Patents 5,422,325, 5,427,991, 5,498,582 and 5,466,649, and international publications WO 93/11172 and WO 94/07928. Monomers
• the catalyst compounds can be used to polymerize or oligomerize any unsaturated monomer or monomers.
• Preferred monomers include C 2 to Cioo olefins, preferably C 2 to Ceo olefins, preferably C 2 to C40 olefins preferably C 2 to C 2 o olefins, preferably C 2 to Ci 2 olefins.
• preferred monomers include linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefms, preferably C 2 to Cioo alpha-olefms, preferably C 2 to C 6O alpha-olefms, preferably C 2 to C 40 alpha-olefms preferably C 2 to C 2 o alpha-olefms, preferably C 2 to Ci 2 alpha-olefms.
• Preferred olefin monomers may be one or more of ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 3,5,5- trimethylhexene- 1 , and 5 -ethylnonene- 1.
• the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of one or more linear or branched C3 to C30 prochiral alpha-olefms or C5 to C30 ring containing olefins or combinations thereof capable of being polymerized by either stereospecific and non- stereospecific catalysts.
• Prochiral refers to monomers that favor the formation of isotactic or syndiotactic polymer when polymerized using stereospecific catalyst(s).
• Preferred monomers may also include aromatic-group-containing monomers containing up to 30 carbon atoms.
• Suitable aromatic-group-containing monomers comprise at least one aromatic structure, preferably from one to three, more preferably a phenyl, indenyl, fluorenyl, or naphthyl moiety.
• the aromatic-group-containing monomer further comprises at least one polymerizable double bond such that after polymerization, the aromatic structure will be pendant from the polymer backbone.
• the aromatic-group containing monomer may further be substituted with one or more hydrocarbyl groups including but not limited to Ci to C 10 alkyl groups. Additionally two adjacent substitutions may be joined to form a ring structure.
• Preferred aromatic-group-containing monomers contain at least one aromatic structure appended to a polymerizable olefmic moiety.
• Particularly preferred aromatic monomers include styrene, alpha-methylstyrene, para- alky lstyrenes, vinyltoluenes, vinylnaphthalene, allyl benzene, and indene, especially styrene, para-methylstyrene, 4-phenyl-l -butene and allyl benzene.
• Non aromatic cyclic group containing monomers are also preferred. These monomers can contain up to 30 carbon atoms.
• Suitable non-aromatic cyclic group containing monomers preferably have at least one polymerizable olefmic group that is either pendant on the cyclic structure or is part of the cyclic structure.
• the cyclic structure may also be further substituted by one or more hydrocarbyl groups such as, but not limited to, Ci to C 10 alkyl groups.
• Preferred non-aromatic cyclic group containing monomers include vinylcyclohexane, vinylcyclohexene, cyclopentadiene, cyclopentene, 4-methylcyclopentene, cyclohexene, 4-methylcyclohexene, cyclobutene, vinyladamantane, norbornene, 5- methylnorbornene, 5-ethylnorbornene, 5-propylnorbornene, 5-butylylnorbornene, 5- pentylnorbornene, 5-hexylnorbornene, 5-heptylnorbornene, 5-octylnorbornene, 5- nonylnorbornene, 5-decylnorbornene, 5-phenylnorbornene, vinylnorbornene, ethylidene norbornene, 5,6-dimethylnorbornene, 5,6-dibutylnorbornene and the like.
• Preferred diolefm monomers useful in this invention include any hydrocarbon structure, preferably C 4 to C30, having at least two unsaturated bonds, wherein at least one, typically two, of the unsaturated bonds are readily incorporated into a polymer by either a stereospecific or a non-stereospecif ⁇ c catalyst(s). It is further preferred that the diolefm monomers be selected from alpha-omega-diene monomers (i.e. di-vinyl monomers). More preferably, the diolefm monomers are linear di-vinyl monomers, most preferably those containing from 4 to 30 carbon atoms.
• Examples of preferred dienes include butadiene, pentadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, undecadiene, dodecadiene, tridecadiene, tetradecadiene, pentadecadiene, hexadecadiene, heptadecadiene, octadecadiene, nonadecadiene, icosadiene, heneicosadiene, docosadiene, tricosadiene, tetracosadiene, pentacosadiene, hexacosadiene, heptacosadiene, octacosadiene, nonacosadiene, triacontadiene, particularly preferred dienes include 1,6-heptadiene, 1,7- octadiene, 1,8-nonadiene, 1 ,9-de
• Preferred cyclic dienes include cyclopentadiene, vinylnorbornene, norbornadiene, ethylidene norbornene, divinylbenzene, dicyclopentadiene or higher ring containing diolefms with or without substituents at various ring positions.
• Non-limiting examples of preferred polar unsaturated monomers useful in this invention, particularly with group 4 and 6 metal compounds, include nitro substituted monomers including 6-nitro-l-hexene; amine substituted monomers including N- methylallylamine, N-allylcyclopentylamine, and N-allyl-hexylamine; ketone substituted monomers including methyl vinyl ketone, ethyl vinyl ketone, and 5-hexen-2-one; aldehyde substituted monomers including acrolein, 2,2-dimethyl-4-pentenal, undecylenic aldehyde, and 2,4-dimethyl-2,6-heptadienal; alcohol substituted monomers including allyl alcohol, 7- octen-1-ol, 7-octene-l,2-diol, 10-undecen-l-ol, 10-undecene-l,2-diol, 2-methyl-3-buten-l-ol; acetal
• oligomers include oligomers of any C 2 to C20 olefins, preferably C 2 to Ci 2 alpha-olef ⁇ ns, most preferably oligomers comprising ethylene, propylene and or butene are prepared.
• a preferred feedstock for the oligomerization process is the alpha-olefm, ethylene. But other alpha-olefms, including but not limited to propylene and 1 -butene, may also be used alone or combined with ethylene.
• Preferred alpha-olefms include any C 2 to C40 alpha-olefin, preferably and C 2 to C 2 o alpha- olefin, preferably any C 2 to C12 alpha-olefin, preferably ethylene, propylene, and butene, most preferably ethylene.
• Dienes may be used in the processes described herein, preferably alpha-omega-dienes are used alone or in combination with mono-alpha olefins. [0080] In a preferred embodiment the process described herein may be used to produce homopolymers or copolymers. For the purposes of this invention and the claims thereto a copolymer may comprise two, three, four or more different monomer units.
• Preferred polymers produced herein include homopolymers or copolymers of any of the above monomers.
• the polymer is a homopolymer of any C 2 to Ci 2 alpha- olefin.
• the polymer is a homopolymer of ethylene or a homopolymer of propylene.
• the polymer is a copolymer comprising ethylene and one or more of any of the monomers listed above.
• the polymer is a copolymer comprising propylene and one or more of any of the monomers listed above.
• the homopolymers or copolymers described additionally comprise one or more diolefin comonomers, preferably one or more C 4 to C40 diolefins.
• the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C3 to C 2 o linear, branched or cyclic monomers, preferably one or more C 3 to Ci 2 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins.
• the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of ethylene and one or more of propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 3,5,5- trimethylhexene-1, cyclopentene, 4-methylcyclopentene, cyclohexene, and A- methy Icy clohexene .
• the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of propylene and one or more C 2 or C 4 to C 20 linear, branched or cyclic monomers, preferably one or more C 2 or C 4 to Ci 2 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins.
• the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of propylene and one or more of ethylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, and 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l.
• the polymer produced herein is a homopolymer of norbornene or a copolymer of norbornene and a substituted norbornene, including polar functionalized norbornenes.
• the copolymers described herein comprise at least 50 mole% of a first monomer and up to 50 mole% of other monomers.
• the polymer comprises a first monomer present at from 40 to 95 mole%, preferably 50 to 90 mole%, preferably 60 to 80 mole%, and a comonomer present at from 5 to 60 mole%, preferably 10 to 40 mole%, more preferably 20 to 40 mole%, and a termonomer present at from 0 to 10 mole%, more preferably from 0.5 to 5 mole%, more preferably 1 to 3 mole%.
• the first monomer comprises one or more of any C 3 to Cs linear branched or cyclic alpha-olefins, including propylene, butene, (and all isomers thereof), pentene (and all isomers thereof), hexene (and all isomers thereof), heptene (and all isomers thereof), and octene (and all isomers thereof).
• Preferred monomers include propylene, 1 -butene, 1 -hexene, 1 -octene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cyclooctene, hexadiene, cyclohexadiene and the like.
• the comonomer comprises one or more of any C 2 to C40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins (provided ethylene, if present, is present at 5 mole% or less), including ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, and octene, nonene, decene, undecene, dodecene, hexadecene, butadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, pentadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, dodecadiene, styrene, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 4-methylpentene-l, cyclopentadiene, and cyclohexene.
• C 2 to C40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins provided ethylene, if present, is present
• the termonomer comprises one or more of any C 2 to C40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins, (provided ethylene, if present, is present at 5 mole% or less), including ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, and octene, nonene, decene, undecene, dodecene, hexadecene, butadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, pentadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, dodecadiene, styrene, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 4-methylpentene-l, cyclopentadiene, and cyclohexene.
• C 2 to C40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins (provided ethylene, if present,
• the polymers described above further comprise one or more dienes at up to 10 weight%, preferably at 0.00001 to 1.0 weight%, preferably 0.002 to 0.5 weight%, even more preferably 0.003 to 0.2 weight%, based upon the total weight of the composition.
• 500 ppm or less of diene is added to the polymerization, preferably 400 ppm or less, preferably or 300 ppm or less.
• at least 50 ppm of diene is added to the polymerization, or 100 ppm or more, or 150 ppm or more.
• the catalyst compounds can be used to polymerize and/or oligomerize one or more monomers using any one or more solution, slurry, gas-phase, and high-pressure polymerization processes.
• the catalyst compound and optional co-catalyst(s) can be delivered as a solution or slurry, either separately to a reactor, activated in-line just prior to a reactor, or preactivated and pumped as an activated solution or slurry to a reactor.
• Polymerizations can be carried out in either single reactor operations, in which monomer, comonomers, catalyst/activator/co-activator, optional scavenger, and optional modifiers are added continuously to a single reactor or in series reactor operations, in which the above components are added to each of two or more reactors connected in series.
• the catalyst components can be added to the first reactor in the series.
• the catalyst component may also be added to both reactors, with one component being added to first reaction and another component to other reactors.
• the pre-catalyst is activated in the reactor in the presence of olefin.
• the catalyst compositions can be used individually or can be mixed with other known polymerization catalysts to prepare polymer blends. Monomer and catalyst selection allows polymer blend preparation under conditions analogous to those using individual catalysts. Polymers having increased MWD for improved processing and other traditional benefits available from polymers made with mixed catalyst systems can thus be achieved.
• scavenging compound means a compound that removes polar impurities from the reaction environment. These impurities adversely affect catalyst activity and stability.
• purifying steps are usually used before introducing reaction components to a reaction vessel. But such steps will rarely allow polymerization without using some scavenging compounds. Normally, the polymerization process will still use at least small amounts of scavenging compounds.
• the scavenging compound will be an organometallic compound such as the Group-13 organometallic compounds of U.S.
• Exemplary compounds include triethyl aluminum, triethyl borane, tri- ⁇ o-butyl aluminum, methyl alumoxane, ⁇ o-butyl alumoxane, and tri-n-octyl aluminum.
• Those scavenging compounds having bulky or C 6 -C 2 O linear hydrocarbyl substituents connected to the metal or metalloid center usually minimize adverse interaction with the active catalyst.
• Examples include triethylaluminum, but more preferably, bulky compounds such as tri- ⁇ o-butyl aluminum, tri- ⁇ o-propyl aluminum, and long-chain linear alkyl-substituted aluminum compounds, such as tri-n-hexyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, or tri-n-dodecyl aluminum.
• bulky compounds such as tri- ⁇ o-butyl aluminum, tri- ⁇ o-propyl aluminum, and long-chain linear alkyl-substituted aluminum compounds, such as tri-n-hexyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, or tri-n-dodecyl aluminum.
• the polymers capable of production in accordance the invention can range from about 0.85 to about 0.95, preferably from 0.87 to 0.93, more preferably 0.89 to 0.920.
• Polymer molecular weights can range from about 50,000 Mn to about 2,000,000 Mn or greater.
• Molecular weight distributions can range from about 1.1 to about 50.0, with molecular weight distributions from 1.2 to about 5.0 being more typical.
• Pigments, antioxidants and other additives, as is known in the art, may be added to the polymer.
• a gaseous stream containing one or more monomers is continuously cycled through a fluidized bed in the presence of a catalyst under reactive conditions.
• the gaseous stream can be withdrawn from the fluidized bed and recycled back into the reactor.
• polymer product can be withdrawn from the reactor and fresh monomer is added to replace the polymerized monomer.
• the reactor pressure in a gas phase process may vary from about 10 psig (69 kPa) to about 500 psig (3448 kPa), preferably from about 100 psig (690 kPa) to about 500 psig (3448 kPa), preferably in the range of from about 200 psig (1379 kPa) to about 400 psig (2759 kPa), more preferably in the range of from about 250 psig (1724 kPa) to about 350 psig (2414 kPa).
• the reactor temperature in the gas phase process may vary from about 30 0 C to about 120 0 C, preferably from about 60 0 C to about 115 0 C, more preferably in the range of from about 70 0 C to 110 0 C, and most preferably in the range of from about 70 0 C to about 95 0 C. In another embodiment when high density polyethylene is desired then the reactor temperature is typically between 70 0 C and 105 0 C.
• the productivity of the catalyst or catalyst system in a gas phase system is influenced by the partial pressure of the main monomer.
• the preferred mole percent of the main monomer, ethylene or propylene, preferably ethylene, is from about 25 to 90 mole percent and the comonomer partial pressure is in the range of from about 138 kPa to about 517 kPa, preferably about 517 kPa to about 2069 kPa, which are typical conditions in a gas phase polymerization process. Also in some systems the presence of comonomer can increase productivity.
• the reactor utilized in the present invention is capable of producing more than 500 lbs of polymer per hour (227 Kg/hr) to about 200,000 lbs/hr (90,900 Kg/hr) or higher, preferably greater than 1000 lbs/hr (455 Kg/hr), more preferably greater than 10,000 lbs/hr (4540 Kg/hr), even more preferably greater than 25,000 lbs/hr (11,300 Kg/hr), still more preferably greater than 35,000 lbs/hr (15,900 Kg/hr), still even more preferably greater than 50,000 lbs/hr (22,700 Kg/hr) and preferably greater than 65,000 lbs/hr (29,000 Kg/hr) to greater than 100,000 lbs/hr (45,500 Kg/hr), and most preferably over 100,000 lbs/hr ( 45,500 Kg/hr).
• the catalyst system is in liquid form and is introduced into the gas phase reactor into a resin particle lean zone.
• a liquid catalyst system into a fluidized bed polymerization into a particle lean zone.
• a slurry polymerization process generally operates between 1 to about 50 atmosphere pressure range (15 psig to 735 psig, 103 kPa to 5068 kPa) or even greater and temperatures in the range of 0 0 C to about 120 0 C.
• a suspension of solid, particulate polymer is formed in a liquid polymerization diluent medium to which monomer and comonomers along with catalyst are added.
• the suspension including diluent is intermittently or continuously removed from the reactor where the volatile components are separated from the polymer and recycled, optionally after a distillation, to the reactor.
• the liquid diluent employed in the polymerization medium is typically an alkane having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, preferably a branched alkane.
• the medium employed should be liquid under the conditions of polymerization and relatively inert. When a propane medium is used the process should be operated above the reaction diluent critical temperature and pressure. Preferably, a hexane or an isobutane medium is employed.
• a preferred polymerization technique of the invention is referred to as a particle form polymerization, or a slurry process where the temperature is kept below the temperature at which the polymer goes into solution. Such technique is well known in the art, and described in for instance U.S. Patent No.
• the preferred temperature in the particle form process is within the range of about 85 0 C to about 110 0 C.
• Two preferred polymerization methods for the slurry process are those employing a loop reactor and those utilizing a plurality of stirred reactors in series, parallel, or combinations thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of slurry processes include continuous loop or stirred tank processes.
• other examples of slurry processes are described in U.S. Patent No. 4,613,484, which is herein fully incorporated by reference.
• the slurry process is carried out continuously in a loop reactor.
• the catalyst as a slurry in isobutane or as a dry free flowing powder, is injected regularly to the reactor loop, which is itself filled with circulating slurry of growing polymer particles in a diluent of isobutane containing monomer and comonomer.
• Hydrogen optionally, may be added as a molecular weight control.
• the reactor is maintained at a pressure of 3620 kPa to 4309 kPa and at a temperature in the range of about 60 0 C to about 104 0 C depending on the desired polymer melting characteristics.
• Reaction heat is removed through the loop wall since much of the reactor is in the form of a double-jacketed pipe.
• the slurry is allowed to exit the reactor at regular intervals or continuously to a heated low pressure flash vessel, rotary dryer and a nitrogen purge column in sequence for removal of the isobutane diluent and all unreacted monomer and comonomers.
• the resulting hydrocarbon free powder is then compounded for use in various applications.
• the reactor used in the slurry process of the invention is capable of and the process of the invention is producing greater than 2000 lbs of polymer per hour (907 Kg/hr), more preferably greater than 5000 lbs/hr (2268 Kg/hr), and most preferably greater than 10,000 lbs/hr (4540 Kg/hr).
• the slurry reactor used in the process of the invention is producing greater than 15,000 lbs of polymer per hour (6804 Kg/hr), preferably greater than 25,000 lbs/hr (11,340 Kg/hr) to about 100,000 lbs/hr (45,500 Kg/hr).
• the total reactor pressure is in the range of from 400 psig (2758 kPa) to 800 psig (5516 kPa), preferably 450 psig (3103 kPa) to about 700 psig (4827 kPa), more preferably 500 psig (3448 kPa) to about 650 psig (4482 kPa), most preferably from about 525 psig (3620 kPa) to 625 psig (4309 kPa).
• the concentration of predominant monomer in the reactor liquid medium is in the range of from about 1 to 10 weight percent, preferably from about 2 to about 7 weight percent, more preferably from about 2.5 to about 6 weight percent, most preferably from about 3 to about 6 weight percent.
• Another process of the invention is where the process, preferably a slurry or gas phase process is operated in the absence of or essentially free of any scavengers, such as triethylaluminum, trimethylaluminum, tri- ⁇ o-butylaluminum and tri-n-hexylaluminum and diethyl aluminum chloride, dibutyl zinc and the like. This process is described in PCT publication WO 96/08520 and U.S. Patent No. 5,712,352, which are herein fully incorporated by reference.
• Typical scavengers include trimethyl aluminum, tri- ⁇ o-butyl aluminum and an excess of alumoxane or modified alumoxane.
• the catalysts described herein can be used advantageously in homogeneous solution processes. Generally this involves polymerization in a continuous reactor in which the polymer formed and the starting monomer and catalyst materials supplied, are agitated to reduce or avoid concentration gradients. Suitable processes operate above the melting point of the polymers at high pressures, from 1 to 3000 bar (10-30,000 MPa), in which the monomer acts as diluent or in solution polymerization using a solvent.
• Temperature control in the reactor is obtained by balancing the heat of polymerization and with reactor cooling by reactor jackets or cooling coils to cool the contents of the reactor, auto refrigeration, pre-chilled feeds, vaporization of liquid medium (diluent, monomers or solvent) or combinations of all three. Adiabatic reactors with pre- chilled feeds may also be used.
• the reactor temperature depends on the catalyst used. In general, the reactor temperature preferably can vary between about 0 0 C and about 160 0 C, more preferably from about 10 0 C to about 140 0 C, and most preferably from about 40 0 C to about 120 0 C. In series operation, the second reactor temperature is preferably higher than the first reactor temperature. In parallel reactor operation, the temperatures of the two reactors are independent.
• the pressure can vary from about 1 mm Hg to 2500 bar (25,000 MPa), preferably from 0.1 bar to 1600 bar (1-16,000 MPa), most preferably from 1.0 to 500 bar (10-5000MPa).
• Each of these processes may also be employed in single reactor, parallel or series reactor configurations.
• the liquid processes comprise contacting olefin monomers with the above described catalyst system in a suitable diluent or solvent and allowing said monomers to react for a sufficient time to produce the desired polymers.
• Hydrocarbon solvents are suitable, both aliphatic and aromatic.
• Alkanes, such as hexane, pentane, isopentane, and octane, are preferred.
• the process can be carried out in a continuous stirred tank reactor, batch reactor, or plug flow reactor, or more than one reactor operated in series or parallel. These reactors may have or may not have internal cooling and the monomer feed may or may not be refrigerated.
• the temperature of the medium within which the polymerization reaction occurs is at least 120 0 C and preferably above 140 0 C and may range to 350 0 C, but below the decomposition temperature of said polymer product, typically from 310 0 C to 325 0 C.
• the polymerization is completed at a temperature within the range of 130 0 C to 230 0 C.
• the polymerization is completed at a pressure above 200 bar (20 MPa), and generally at a pressure within the range of 500 bar (50 MPa) to 3500 bar (350 MPa).
• the polymerization is completed at a pressure within the range from 800 bar (80 MPa) to 2500 bar (250 MPa).
• the temperature within which the polymerization reaction occurs is at least 80 0 C and ranges from 80 0 C to 250 0 C, preferably from 100 0 C to 220 0 C, and should for a given polymer in the reactor, be above the melting point of said polymer so as to maintain the fluidity of the polymer-rich phase.
• the pressure can be varied between 100 and 1000 bar for ethylene homopolymers and from 30 bar (3 MPa) to 1000 bar (100 MPa), especially 50 bar (5 MPa) to 500 bar (50 MPa) for processes producing ethylene copolymers containing C 3 to C 10 olefins and optionally other copolymerizable olefins.
• Cio olefins and optionally other copolymerizable olefins have been reported. See US patent applications 60/431,185 filed December 5, 2002; 60/431,077, filed December 5, 2002; and
• the polymer product can be recovered by processes well known in the art. Any excess reactants may be flashed off from the polymer and the polymer obtained extruded into water and cut into pellets or other suitable comminuted shapes.
• Any excess reactants may be flashed off from the polymer and the polymer obtained extruded into water and cut into pellets or other suitable comminuted shapes.
• this invention relates to:
• each X is, independently, a hydride, a halogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl; w is 2; each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, a substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide, a silyl or another anionic heteroatom-containing group, or independently, may join together to form a C 4 to C 62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure; each R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, a substituted halocarbyl, a
• X is selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl, nonadecyl, eicosyl, heneicosyl, docosyl, tricosyl, tetracosyl, pentacosyl, hexacosyl, heptacosyl, octacosyl, nonacosyl, triacontyl, hydride, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl, tolyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, bis
• each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 is, independently, a hydrogen, a Ci to C30 hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C30 substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C 30 halocarbyl, a Ci to C 30 substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide, a silyl or another anionic heteroatom-containing group; or independently, may join together to form a C 4 to C 62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure.
• each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 is, independently, a hydrogen, a Ci to Cio hydrocarbyl, a Ci to Cio substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C 10 halocarbyl, a Ci to C 10 substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide, a silyl or another anionic heteroatom-containing group; or independently, may join together to form a C 4 to C 62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure. 5.
• each R 8 , R 9 , and R 10 is independently, a hydrogen, a Ci to C30 hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C30 substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C30 halocarbyl, or a Ci to C30 substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide, or a silyl.
• each R 8 , R 9 , and R 10 is independently, a hydrogen, a Ci to C 10 hydrocarbyl, a Ci to C 10 substituted hydrocarbyl, a Ci to Cio halocarbyl, or a Ci to C 10 substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide, or a silyl.
• L is selected from the group consisting of pyridine, acetonitrile, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylaniline, trimethylamine, tributylamine, trimethylphosphine, triphenylphosphine, lithium chloride, ethylene, propylene, butene, octene, and styrene.
• R 1 is phenyl
• each R 2 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 is hydrogen
• R 3 is tert-butyl or methyl
• R 9 is methyl, phenyl, 2-isopropylphenyl, or benzyl
• R 10 is 2,6-diisopropylphenyl
• each X is benzyl
• x is 1, 2 or 3 and m is 0.
• each R 1 , R 2 , and R 4 is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, a substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide, a silyl or another anionic heteroatom-containing group, or independently, may join together to form a C 4 to C 62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure;
• R 3 is methyl or tert-butyl;
• each R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, a substituted halocarbyl, a halogen, an alkoxide, a sulfide, an amide, a phosphide,
• each R 1 , R 2 , and R 4 is a hydrogen or independently, may join together to form a C 4 to C 62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure
• R 3 is methyl or tert-butyl
• each R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, a substituted halocarbyl, or independently, may join together to form a C 4 to C 62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure
• R 8 is hydrogen
• R 9 is methyl, phenyl, 2-isopropylphenyl, or benzyl
• R 10 is a 2,6-diisopropylphenyl
• L is a neutral ligand bonded to M
• M is titanium, zirconium or hafnium
• x is 1
• m is 0, 1 or 2.
• a process for polymerization comprising contacting ethylene and optionally one or more unsaturated monomers with the catalyst compound of any of paragraphs 1 to 14.
• R 1 is a phenyl or substituted phenyl.
• R 1 is a phenyl or substituted phenyl.
• Me is methyl
• Ph is phenyl
• Et is ethyl
• Pr is propyl
• iPr is isopropyl
• n-Pr is normal propyl
• Bu is butyl
• iBu is isobutyl
• tBu is tertiary butyl
• p-tBu is para-tertiary butyl
• nBu normal butyl
• TMS is trimethylsilyl
• TIBA is triisobutylaluminum
• MAO is methylalumoxane
• pMe is para-methyl
• Ar* is 2,6-diisopropylaryl
• Bz is benzyl
• THF is tetrahydrofuran
• RT room temperature
• NBS is n-bromosuccinimide
• 6-bromo-2- (1 ',3'-dioxolan-2'-yl)pyridine was isolated as a pale yellow oil. Yield: 8.80 g (90%).
• 6-bromo-2-(r,3'-dioxolan-2'-yl)pyridine (1) (4.00 g, 17.4 mmol) was dissolved in anhydrous diethyl ether (40 mL) and cooled to -85 0 C.
• nBuLi (10.9 mL of a 1.6 M hexanes solution, 17.4 mmol) was added dropwise over 15 min. After stirring the mixture for 1 h, the solution was warmed to -65 0 C and stirred for 1 h. The solution was re-cooled to -85 0 C before addition of freshly distilled ClSn(nBu) 3 (4.72 rnL, 17.4 mmol).
• the solid was collected by filtration and dissolved in 100 mL chloroform. This was then extracted with 2 x 100 mL water, 2 x 100 mL brine, dried over MgSO 4 and filtered to give a yellow solution. The solvent was removed on a rotary evaporator to give a waxy yellow solid, which 1 H NMR showed to be the intended product 4 and Bu 3 SnBr. The solid was washed with multiple portions of hexane to remove the tin residue, yielding 4 as a yellow powder. Yield: 2.20 g (35%).
• R 2- 1 Pr-Ph
• M Ti (Uc-TiBz 2 ) J, orange solid , 75%
• M Zr (14C-ZrBz 2 ) K, orange solid, 80%
• M Hf (Uc-HfBz 2 ) L, orange solid, 85%
• R Bz
• M Zr (Ud-ZrBz 2 ) M, orange solid, 50%
• the cloudy yellow slurry was cooled to room temperature and filtered through a frit lined with Celite to give a yellow solution of the Grignard (2-methoxy- 3-phenyl-5-tert-butyl)phenylmagnesiumbromide.
• the Grignard solution was cooled to -30 0 C and added to a THF solution (100 mL) of triisopropylborate (7.00 g, 37.2 mmol) maintained at -80 0 C. After stirring for 30 min, the reaction mixture was left to warm to room temperature and stir overnight. The cloudy yellow mixture was then removed from the inert atmosphere and 100 mL 10% HCl/water added.
• a pre -weighed glass vial insert and disposable stirring paddle were fitted to each reaction vessel of the reactor, which contains 48 individual reaction vessels.
• the reactor was then closed and each vessel was individually heated to a set temperature (usually between 50 0 C and 100 0 C) and pressurized to a pre-determined pressure of ethylene (generally between 75 and 350 psi).
• 100 uL of 1-octene (637 umol) was injected into each reaction vessel through a valve, followed by 500 uL of hexane.
• 100 uL of tri-n-octylaluminum solution (10 mmol/L in hexane, 1 umol) was then added to act as a co- catalyst/scavenger.
• the reaction was then allowed to proceed until a set time limit (usually 30 min) or until a set amount of ethylene had been taken up by the reaction (ethylene pressure was maintained in each reaction vessel at the pre-set level by computer control). At this point, the reaction was quenched by exposure to air.
• the glass vial insert containing the polymer product and solvent was removed from the pressure cell and the inert atmosphere glovebox and the volatile components were removed using a Genevac HT- 12 centrifuge and Genevac VC3000D vacuum evaporator operating at elevated temperature and reduced pressure. The vial was then weighed to determine the yield of the polymer product.
• the GPC system was calibrated using polystyrene standards ranging from 580 - 3,390,000 g/mol. The system was operated at an eluent flow rate of 2.0 mL/min and an oven temperature of 165 0 C. 1,2,4- trichlorobenzene was used as the eluent. The polymer samples were dissolved in 1,2,4- trichlorobenzene at a concentration of 0.1 - 0.9 mg/mL. 250 uL of a polymer solution were injected into the system. The concentration of the polymer in the eluent was monitored using an evaporative light scattering detector. The molecular weights obtained are relative to linear polystyrene standards.
• DSC Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• the ratio of 1-octene to ethylene incorporated in the polymers was determined by rapid FT-IR spectroscopy on a Bruker Equinox 55+ IR in reflection mode.
• 1-octene was obtained from the ratio of peak heights at 1378 and 4322 cm “1 . This method was calibrated using a set of ethylene/ 1-octene copolymers with a range of known wt. % 1- octene content.
• catalyst K was selected to polymerize ethylene on a larger scale in a lab reactor. Polymerizations were performed in a 1 L stainless steel autoclave manufactured by Autoclave Engineers. Triisobutylaluminum (TIBAL, 0.4M pentane solution) or tri-n-octylaluminum (TnOAL, 25 wt. % in toluene) was charged into the reactor followed by isohexane (400 - 500 mL) under an atmosphere of dinitrogen. The reactor contents were then heated to 80 or 100 0 C and agitation was set to 850 rpm.
• TIBAL Triisobutylaluminum
• TnOAL tri-n-octylaluminum
• Ethylene was introduced (-300 psi) and the pressure maintained throughout the polymerization.
• Equimolar amounts of K and activator (N 5 N'- dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate) were dissolved in toluene.
• An aliquot of the catalyst/activator solution was flushed into the reactor with high pressure nitrogen. The reaction was allowed to proceed for ⁇ 10 - 30 min and then the autoclave was cooled and depressurized. The polymer was transferred into a glass vessel and dried under vacuum at 70 0 C for 4 hours.
• Molecular weight distribution was characterized using a High Temperature Size Exclusion Chromatograph (Waters Alliance 2000) equipped with a differential refractive index detector (DRI). Three Polymer Laboratories PLgel 10mm Mixed-B columns were used. The nominal flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, and the nominal injection volume was 300 uL. The various transfer lines, columns and differential refractometer (the DRI detector) were contained in an oven maintained at 145 0 C. Polymer solutions were prepared by dissolving the desired amount of dry polymer in the appropriate volume of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene to yield concentrations ranging from 0.25 to 1.5 mg/mL. The sample mixtures were heated at 160 0 C with continuous agitation for ⁇ 2 hours.
• the solution was filtered through a 2 micron stainless steel filter (Polymer Labs) into scintillation vials using a Polymer Labs SP260 Sample Prep Station.
• the separation efficiency of the column set was calibrated using a series of narrow MWD polystyrene standards (Polymer Laboratories), which reflects the expected MW range for samples and the exclusion limits of the column set. Seventeen individual polystyrene standards, ranging from Mp -580 to 10,000,000, were used to generate the calibration curve.
• DSC Differential Scanning Calorimetry

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