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• the present invention relates to ligands, various catalyst precursors and catalyst systems derived from these ligands for ethylene oligomerisation to linear alpha olefins in high yield and very high selectivity, and a process for preparing said linear alpha olefins.
• Various processes are known for the production of higher linear alpha olefins (for example D. Vogt, Oligomerisation of ethylene to higher ⁇ -olefins in Applied Homogeneous Catalysis wi th Organometallic Compounds Ed. B. Cornils, .A. Herrmann Vol. 1, Ch.
• K-factor which is indicative of the relative proportions of the product olefins, is the molar ratio of [C n+2 ] / [C n ] calculated from the slope of the graph of log [C n mol%] versus n, where n is the number of carbon atoms in a particular product olefin.
• the K-factor is by definition the same for each n.
• WO-A-99/12981 describes catalyst systems for the polymerisation of 1 -olefins, in particular ethylene, which contain nitrogen-containing transition metal compounds comprising a skeletal unit of formula (B) ,
• M is Fe [II] , Fe [III] , Ru [II] , Ru [III] or Ru [IV] ;
• x represents an atom or group covalently or ionically bonded to the transition metal M;
• T is the oxidation state of the transition metal M and
• b is the valency of the atom or group X;
• R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 6 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl , heterohydrocarbyl or substituted heterohydrocarbyl,
• R ⁇ and R 7 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heterohydrocarbyl or substituted heterohydrocarbyl.
• WO-A-00/50470 discloses catalyst compositions that it is said may be used in the polymerisation or oligomerisation of olefins.
• Said catalyst compositions comprise a metal complex ligated by a monodentate, bidentate, tridentate or tetradentate ligand, wherein at least one of the donor atoms of the ligand is a nitrogen atom substituted by a 1-pyrrolyl or substituted 1-pyrrolyl group; wherein the remaining donor atoms of the ligand are selected from the group consisting of C, N, P, As, O, S and Se; and wherein said metal in said metal complex is selected from the group consisting of Se, Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Os , Co, Rn, Ir, Ni , Cu, Pd, Pt , Al and Ga.
• Ligand, hi is said to be one of a number of neutral tridentate
• a number of symmetrical bis-pyrrolyl imine ligands hl6-hl7, hl9-h25, h28, h30 and h32 are specifically disclosed.
• h29, h31 and h33 are mixed bis-pyrrolyl imine ligands.
• Examples 59, 60 and 62 of WO-A-00/50470 demonstrate the polymerisation of ethylene in the presence of an iron-based catalyst composition comprising symmetrical bis-pyrrolyl imine ligand hl6.
• Example 74 concerns the polymerisation of ethylene in the presence of an iron-based catalyst composition comprising symmetrical bis-pyrrolyl imine ligand hl7.
• ethylene polymerisation in WO-A- 00/50470 employing some of the afore-mentioned ligands in iron-based catalyst compositions, include Examples 99-125; 128, 131, 133 and 135 therein.
• the lower homologue of ligand hl6 of WO-A-00/50470 that is to say, ligand (3J , gives rise to an iron-based bis-pyrrolyl imine catalyst composition which gives little, if any, ethylene conversion.
• the present invention provides a mixed bis-imine pyridine ligand of formula (I) , wherein R 1 -R 5 are each, independently, hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, an inert functional group, or any two of R 1 -R 3 vicinal to one another taken together may form a ring; Z_ , which is different from Z 2 , is an optionally substituted aryl group; and Z 2 comprises an optionally substituted heterohydrocarbyl moiety, or an optionally substituted aryl group in combination with a metal, said optionally substituted aryl group being ⁇ -co-ordinated to the metal .
• the present invention further provides a mixed bis- imine pyridine MX n complex comprising a mixed bis-imine pyridine ligand of formula (I) , wherein M is a metal atom selected from Fe or Co, n is 2 or 3, and X is halide, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, alkoxide, amide, or hydride .
• the present invention provides a process for the production of alpha-olefins, which comprises contacting one or more MX n complexes of the present invention with ethylene and a second compound which is capable of transferring an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl or hydride group to a metal atom M selected from Fe or Co, and which is also capable of abstracting an X " group from said metal atom, at a temperature in the range of -100°C to +300°C.
• the present invention provides a process for the production of alpha-olefins, which comprises contacting one or more MX n complexes of the present invention with ethylene and a second compound which is capable of transferring an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl or hydride group to a metal atom M selected from Fe or Co, and a third compound which is capable of abstracting an X " group from said metal atom, at a temperature in the range of -100°C to +300°C.
• the present invention further provides a process for the production of alpha-olefins, comprising contacting one or more mixed [bis-imine pyridine MYp.L n + ] [NC " ]g complexes of the present invention with ethylene at a temperature in the range of -100°C to +300°C.
• aryl refers to an aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon monoradical . Examples include phenyl , naphthyl, anthracenyl, phenanthracenyl , and the like and substituted derivatives thereof.
• optionally substituted aryl group in combination with a metal includes metallocene moieties and sandwich and metal-arene complexes.
• the metal may be additionally ⁇ -co-ordinated to a further optionally substituted aryl group, which may be different to the optionally substituted aryl group in Z 2 which is directly bonded to the imine nitrogen atom and/or co-ordinated to other ligands commonly known in the art.
• the optionally substituted aryl group in Z 2 which is directly bonded to the imine nitrogen atom and which is also ⁇ -co-ordinated to the metal may comprise one or more heteroatoms in the ring, i.e., such that said optionally substituted aryl group is an optionally substituted heteroaryl group.
• the further optionally substituted aryl group that the metal may additionally be ⁇ -co-ordinated to may comprise one or more heteroatoms in the ring.
• Said metal atom may conveniently be iron, cobalt, nickel, chromium, titanium and vanadium.
• heterohydrocarbyl refers to a hydrocarbyl group, additionally containing one or more heteroatoms. Said heteroatoms are preferably bonded to at least two carbons in the heterohydrocarbyl group.
• Said heterohydrocarbyl group may be an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic moiety; an optionally substituted polyaromatic heterocyclic moiety; an optionally substituted aliphatic heterocyclic moiety; or an optionally substituted aliphatic heterohydrocarbyl moiety.
• heterohydrocarbyl groups include 1- pyrrolyl, 2-pyrrolyl, 3-pyrrolyl, f ryl , thienyl, indenyl , imidazolyl, triazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, carbazolyl, thiazolyl, benzothiazolyl , thiadiazolyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridyl, pyridazinyl, and the like and substituted derivatives thereof.
• Hydrocarbyl group a group containing only carbon and hydrogen. Unless otherwise stated, the number of carbon atoms is preferably between 1 and 30.
• the phrase "optionally substituted hydrocarbyl” is used to describe hydrocarbyl groups optionally containing one or more "inert” heteroatom-containing functional groups.
• inert is meant that the functional groups do not interfere to any substantial degree with the oligomerisation process.
• inert groups are fluoride, chloride, silanes, stannanes, ethers and amines with adequate steric shielding, all well-known to those skilled in the art.
• Inert functional group a group other than optionally substituted hydrocarbyl which is inert under the process conditions.
• inert functional groups include halide, ethers, and amines, in particular tertiary amines.
• Primary carbon atom group a -CH2—R group wherein R may be hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, inert functional group.
• R may be hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, inert functional group.
• Examples of primary carbon atom groups include -CH 3 , -C2H5, -CH 2 C1, -CH OCH 3; -
• R may be optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, inert functional group.
• Tertiary carbon atom group a -C—R3 group wherein R may be optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, inert functional group.
• R may be optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, inert functional group.
• Examples of tertiary carbon atom groups include -C(CH 3 )3, -CCI3, -C ⁇ CPh, 1-Adamantyl, -C(CH 3 ) 2 (OCH 3 ) .
• ligand which may insert an olefin is meant a ligand which is coordinated to a metal ion into which bond an ethylene molecule may be inserted to initiate or propagate an oligomerisation reaction.
• Y may be hydride, alkyl or any other anionic ligand which may insert an olefin.
• non-coordinating anion is meant an anion which does not substantially coordinate to the metal atom M.
• Non- coordinating anions (NC) that may be suitably employed include bulky anions such as tetrakis [3,5- bis (trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate (BAF " ) , (C 6 F 5 ) 4 B ⁇ , and anions of alkylaluminium compounds including R 3 AlX ⁇ , R 2 A1C1X ⁇ , RA1C1 2 X ⁇ and "RAlOX “ “ , wherein R is hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl or an inert functional group, and X is halide, alkoxide or oxygen.
• the present invention provides mixed bis-imine pyridine ligands of formula (II) wherein A ⁇ -Ag are each, independently, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, or sulphur; the atom group
• R ⁇ -Ri2 R 14" R 15 and, if present, R_ 3 are each, independently, hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, an inert functional group, or any two of R ⁇ - R ] _5 vicinal to one another taken together may form a ring; with the proviso that when A1-A5, and Ag if present, are all carbon, said atoms constitute the cyclopentadienyl or aryl part of a ⁇ -co-ordinated metal.
• R ⁇ -R , R7-R9, Ri2# R 14 and, if present, R ] _ are each, independently, hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, an inert functional group, or any two of R1-R3, R7-R9, Ri2- i4 vicinal to one another taken together may form a ring; and a) Rg is an inert functional group or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, and R o R ii * and ⁇ s are, independently, hydrogen or halide; or b) Ru is an inert functional group or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, and Rg, RiO' anc ⁇ R 15 are, independently, hydrogen or halide; or c) Rg and R ⁇ Q are each, independently, inert functional group or a primary or secondary carbon atom group, provided that Rg and R ⁇ o are not both a secondary carbon atom group and R ⁇ and R15 are, independently
• Substituents Ri- 15 may independently be linked together and form cyclic structures. Examples of such structures include the linking of, for example, R 6 with R 7 , to form the basic naphthyl skeleton or a tetrahydronaphthyl unit.
• R l - 5 , R 7 - 9 ' anc R l2 - 1 4 ⁇ ⁇ f present may be selected so as to enhance other desirable properties of catalyst precursors and catalyst systems such as solubility in non-polar solvents or extending the range of suitable starting materials in their syntheses.
• Preferred embodiments of this invention are ligands according to (I) and derivatives thereof, in which the following R and Z groups appear: R ⁇ -R 3 are hydrogen; and/or
• ⁇ is optionally substituted phenyl and Z 2 is optionally substituted ferrocenyl or optionally substituted 1-pyrrolyl.
• Preferred embodiments of this invention are ligands according to (II) and derivatives thereof, in which the following R groups appear: R ⁇ -R 3 are hydrogen; and/or R 4 and R 5 are methyl , hydrogen or phenyl , preferably methyl; and/or
• a 1 -A 5 are carbon atoms, thereby constituting the cyclopentadienylide part of a ferrocenyl moiety; or A3 is a nitrogen atom,
• A]_, A2 , A 4 , A 5 are carbon atoms, thereby constituting a pyrrolyl ring;
• Rg is methyl, ethyl, iso-propyl, phenyl, tertiary-butyl , or linked to R 7 to form a naphthyl skeleton
• R ⁇ Q i hydrogen, fluoride, or chloride
• Ru and R 15 are, independently, hydrogen, fluoride or chloride and/or
• R ⁇ Q are, independently, methyl, ethyl, or linked to R 7 and R 9 respectively, to form an anthracene skeleton, preferably methyl;
• R]_ ⁇ and R]_ 5 are, independently, hydrogen, fluoride or chloride.
• Ru and R i5 are, independently, hydrogen or fluoride.
• a ligand of formula (II) is provided, wherein R 1 -R 3 are hydrogen; Ag-R ⁇ 3 is absent and A ] _-A 5 are carbon atoms, thereby constituting the cyclopentadienylide part of a ferrocenyl moiety; R4 , R5, Rg, Rg and R 10 are methyl; R7 , Rg, Ru, R i2 * R 14 and R 15 are hydrogen .
• a ligand of formula (II) wherein R ⁇ -R 3 are hydrogen; Ag-R]_ 3 is absent and A1-A5 are carbon atoms, thereby constituting the cyclopentadienylide part of a ferrocenyl moiety; R4 and R5 are methyl; Rg and R ⁇ o are ethyl; R 7 , Rg, Rg, Ru, R 12' R 14 anc ⁇ R 15 are hydrogen.
• a ligand of formula (II) wherein R ⁇ -R 3 are hydrogen; Ag-R]_ 3 is absent and A1-A5 are carbon atoms, thereby constituting the cyclopentadienylide part of a ferrocenyl moiety; R4 and R5 are methyl; Rg and R ⁇ o are ethyl; R 7 , Rg, Rg, Ru, R 12' R 14 anc ⁇ R 15 are hydrogen.
• a ligand of formula (II) wherein R ⁇ -
• R ⁇ -R are hydrogen
• A is a nitrogen atom
• Ag-R ⁇ 3 is absent and A ⁇ , A2 , A4 , A5 are carbon atoms, thereby constituting 1-pyrrolyl ring
• R4 and R5 are methyl
• Rg and R ⁇ Q are ethyl
• R7 , Rg, Rg, Ru, R l2' R 14 anc R l5 are hydrogen.
• a ligand of formula (II) is provided, wherein R 1 -R 3 are hydrogen; A is a nitrogen atom, Ag-R]_ 3 is absent and A ] _ , A2 , A4 and A5 are carbon atoms, thereby constituting 1-pyrrolyl ring; R 4 , R5 , Rg , Rg and R ⁇ o are methyl; R 7 , Rg, Ru, R 12' R 14 an ⁇ ⁇ R 15 are hydrogen.
• X may conveniently be halide, preferably chloride.
• metal atom M is Fe and n is 2. In another preferred embodiment, metal atom M is Fe and n is 3.
• Compounds which are capable of transferring an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl or hydride group to metal atom M, and which are also capable of abstracting an X " group from metal atom M include alkylaluminium compounds such as alkylaluminoxane and alkylaluminium halides. A preferred compound is methylaluminoxane .
• Compounds which are capable of transferring an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl or hydride group to metal atom M include alkylaluminium compounds including alkyl aluminoxanes, alkyl lithium compounds, Grignards, alkyl tin and alkyl zinc compounds.
• Compounds which are capable of abstracting an X " group from metal atom M include strong neutral Lewis acids such as SbF 5r BF and Ar 3 B, wherein Ar is a strong electron-withdrawing aryl group such as C F 5 or 3,5-
• a neutral Lewis donor molecule is a compound which may suitably act as a Lewis base, such as ethers, amines, sulphides and organic nitriles.
• donor molecules such as triethylamine or 2, 6-di-tert-butylpyridine
• acceptor molecules such as diethyl zinc
• Lewis acids such as tri- ⁇ so- butylaluminium (TIBA) may enhance the continuous operation of the Fe- or Co- catalysed ethylene oligomerisation by enabling the preparation of stable and clear catalyst precursor solutions, in contrast to MAO activated and solubilised catalyst solutions, which may become turbid upon standing.
• TIBA tri- ⁇ so- butylaluminium
• L may be a neutral Lewis donor molecule capable of being displaced by ethylene, or a vacant coordination site.
• metal atom M is preferably Fe and the formal oxidation state of said metal atom may be 2 or 3.
• the catalyst system may be formed by mixing together the complex and optional additional compounds, preferably in a solvent such as toluene or isooctane.
• Such a quantity of the catalyst system is usually employed in the oligomerisation reaction mixture as to contain from 10 "4 to 10 " ⁇ gram atom, more preferably 10 "6 to 10 ⁇ 7 gram atom, of metal atom M, in particular of Fe [II] or [III] metal per mole of ethylene to be reacted.
• the oligomerisation reaction may be most conveniently conducted over a range of temperatures from -100°C to +300°C, preferably in the range of from 0°C to 200°C, and more preferably in the range of from 50°C to 150°C.
• the oligomerisation reaction may be conveniently carried out at a pressure of 0.01 to 15 MPa (0.1 to 150 bar(a)), more preferably 1 to 10 MPa (10 to 100 bar (a)), and most preferably 1.5 to 5 MPa (15 to 50 bar(a)) .
• the optimum conditions of temperature and pressure used for a particular catalyst system to maximise the yield of oligomer, and to minimise the competing reactions such as dimerisation and polymerisation can be readily established by one skilled in the art.
• the conditions of temperature and pressure are preferably selected to yield a product slate with a K- factor within the range of from 0.50 to 0.90, most preferably in the range of from 0.60 to 0.80. In the present invention, polymerisation is deemed to have occurred when a product slate has a K-factor greater than 0.9.
• the oligomerisation reaction can be carried out in the gas phase or liquid phase, or mixed gas-liquid phase, depending upon the volatility of the feed and product olefins .
• the oligomerisation reaction is carried out in the presence of an inert solvent which may also be the carrier for the catalyst and/or feed olefin.
• suitable solvents include alkanes, alkenes, cycloalkanes, and aromatic hydrocarbons.
• solvents that may be suitably used according to the present invention include hexane, isooctane, benzene, toluene, and xylene. Reaction times of from 0.1 to 10 hours have been found to be suitable, dependent on the activity of the catalyst.
• the reaction is preferably carried out in the absence of air or moisture.
• the oligomerisation reaction may be carried out in a conventional fashion. It may be carried out in a stirred tank reactor, wherein olefin and catalyst or catalyst precursors are added continuously to a stirred tank and reactant, product, catalyst, and unused reactant are removed from the stirred tank with the product separated and the catalyst and unused reactant recycled back to the stirred tank.
• reaction may be carried out in a batch reactor, wherein the catalyst precursors, and reactant olefin are charged to an autoclave, and after being reacted for an appropriate time, product is separated from the reaction mixture by conventional means, such as distillation.
• the oligomerisation reaction can be terminated by rapid venting of the ethylene in order to deactivate the catalyst system.
• the resulting alpha olefins have a chain length of from 4 to 100 carbon atoms, preferably 4 to 30 carbon atoms, and most preferably from 4 to 20 carbon atoms.
• Product olefins can be recovered suitably by distillation and further separated as desired by distillation techniques dependent on the intended end use of the olefins.
• Figure 3 is a regression analysis of Example 8; and Figure 4 is a regression analysis of Example 10.
• Anhydrous toluene (99.8% purity) (ex. Aldrich) was dried over 4A molecular sieves (final water content of about 3 pp ) .
• Ethylene (99.5% purity) was purified over a column containing 4A molecular sieves and BTS catalyst (ex. BASF) in order to reduce water and oxygen content to ⁇ 1 ppm.
• Ferrocenylamine was prepared according to the method outlined in the literature (D. van Leusen and B. Hessen, Organometallics, 2001, 20, 224-226) .
• GC Gas Chromatography
• the yields of the C4-C Q olefins were obtained from the GC analysis, from which the K-factor and the theoretical yield of C4-C100 olefins, i.e. total oligomerisation product (Total Product) , were determined by regression analysis, using the Cg-C2 data.
• the relative amounts of the linear 1 -hexene amongst all hexene isomers and the relative amount of 1-dodecene amongst all dodecene isomers found from the GC analysis is used as a measure of the selectivity of the catalyst towards linear alpha-olefin formation.
• Catalyst system preparation Catalyst preparation was carried out under nitrogen in a Braun MB 200-G dry box.
• the iron complex (typically about 10 mg) was placed in a glass bottle sealed by a septum; the MAO-solution (4.0 g), of the above mentioned grade, or the alternate co-catalyst in the amounts indicated in Tables 1 and 2
• the reactor In order to remove traces of water from the reactor, it was evacuated overnight at ⁇ 10 Pa, at 70°C. The reactor was scavenged by introducing 250 ml toluene and MAO (0.3-1.2 g solution) and subsequent stirring at 70°C under nitrogen pressure of 0.4-0.5 MPa for 30 min. The reactor contents were discharged via a tap in the base of the autoclave. The reactor was evacuated to 0.4 kPa and loaded with 250 ml toluene and heated to 40 °C and pressurised with ethylene to the pressure indicated in Tables 1 and 2 or in the description of the experiment.
• the MAO-solution (typically 0.5 g for a 1-litre autoclave and typically 0.25 g for a 0.5-litre autoclave) was then added to the reactor with the aid of toluene (the total volume injected was 30 ml, using a procedure similar to the injection of the catalyst premix; see below) and the stirring at 800 rpm was continued for 30 minutes.
• the oligomerisation was stopped by rapid venting of the ethylene, decanting the product mixture into a collection bottle using a tap in the base of the autoclave. Exposure of the mixture to air resulted in rapid deactivation of the catalyst .
• the amount of solids in the product was determined as follows.
• the crude reaction product was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 30 min after which the clear upper layer was decanted.
• the lower layer consisting of solid olefins, toluene and a minor amount of liquid olefins was mixed with 500 ml acetone using a high-shear mixer (Ultra-Turrax, type TP 18-10) .
• the mixture was centrifuged under the above-mentioned conditions.
• the lower layer was mixed with 200 ml acetone and filtered off over a glass filter (porosity P3) .
• the solid product was dried for 24 hours at 70 °C at ⁇ lkPa, weighed and its
• Example la was carried out at an average ethylene pressure of 1.7 MPa, i.e. 1.6 MPa (gauge), using the iron complex 5_ which is not in accordance with the present invention. Experimental details are given in Table 1.
• Example la was extended by addition of the activated non-symmetrical iron catalyst 3_ (see Example lb in Table 1) of co-pending patent application PCT/EP01/01506 at 1.5 MPa ethylene pressure at 40°C, followed by rapid increase of the temperature to 70 °C.
• the activity of catalyst 3, the product distribution and the product purity are in line with those observed for 3_ in the above-mentioned co- pending patent application, despite the presence of relatively large amounts of catalyst 5_ and MAO.
• Example 2
• Example 2 was carried out at an average ethylene pressure of 1.7 MPa, using the mixed aryl-, ferrocenylimine iron complex 1_ which is in accordance with the present invention. Experimental details are given in Table 1.
• Example 4a was carried out at an average ethylene pressure of 1.7 MPa, using the bis- [1-pyrrolylimine] iron complex 1_2 which is not in accordance with the present invention. Experimental details are given in Table 1.
• Example 4a was extended by addition of the activated non-symmetrical iron catalyst 3_ (see Example 4b in Table 1) of co-pending patent application PCT/EP01/01506 at 1.5 MPa ethylene pressure and at 40°C, followed by increase of the temperature to 70 °C.
• the activity of catalyst 3 , the product distribution and the product purity are in line with those observed for 3_ in the above-mentioned co- pending patent application, despite the presence of relatively large amounts of catalyst 1_2 and MAO.
• Example 5 was carried out at an average ethylene pressure of 1.6 MPa, i.e. 1.5 MPa (gauge), using the non- symmetrical iron complex 1_4_ which is in accordance with the present invention. Experimental details are given in Table 1. The regression analysis using the Cg - C 2 contents, as shown in Figure 2, gives a clear deviation from a Schulz-Flory distribution. The K-factor is 0.678
• Example 6 is a repeat of Example 5 at a higher
• Example 7 is a repeat of Example 6 at a lower ethylene intake.
• Example 8 was carried out at an average ethylene pressure of 1.5 MPa, i.e. 1.4 MPa (gauge), using the mixed aryl-, 1-pyrrolylimine iron complex 1_6 which is in accordance with the present invention. Experimental details are given in Table 1. The regression analysis using the Cg - C 2 contents, as shown in Figure 3, gives surprisingly a nearly perfect Schulz-Flory distribution over the whole range of oligomers. The K-factors is
• Example 10 The activity of catalyst 16' in Example 10 appears to be higher than that of 1_6 in Example 8, whereas the K- factor remains the same within the limits of error and the 1-hexene purity and 1-dodecene purity are even higher.
• PCT/EP01/01506 and the 1-hexene and 1-dodecene purity is similar .
• Examples 11-19 have been carried out in a steel autoclave generally at 1.6 MPa ethylene pressure, using the amounts of iron catalyst precursor, co-catalyst and alternate co-catalyst, mentioned in Table 2.
• TIBA triethylaluminium
• TIBA may also be advantageously applied, if instead of the bis- (o- tolylimine) pyridine Fe-catalyst system derived from X, Fe-catalyst systems derived from catalyst precursors 3_, 1_ and 16' are used.
• This enables easy dosing of the corresponding Fe-catalyst premixes by pumping without clogging problems.
• the premix of the iron catalyst precursor 3_ prepared with TIBA remains stable in an inert atmosphere for at least 5 days at room temperature, whereas the corresponding iron catalyst premixes prepared with MAO are either turbid from the start and/or have the tendency to form precipitates during storage under the same conditions.
• the use of TIBA is particularly advantageous in continuous operation, where preferably stable concentrated and clear solutions have to be dosed to the reactor by pumping.

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