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WO2018022238A1
WO2018022238A1 PCT/US2017/039645 US2017039645W WO2018022238A1 WO 2018022238 A1 WO2018022238 A1 WO 2018022238A1 US 2017039645 W US2017039645 W US 2017039645W WO 2018022238 A1 WO2018022238 A1 WO 2018022238A1
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  • TITLE Catalyst Compositions and Use Thereof
  • This invention relates to novel transition metal catalyst compounds comprising four oxygen atoms bonded to a transition metal where two of the oxygen groups are bond to the metal by dative bonds, catalyst systems comprising such and polymerization processes using such.
  • Olefin polymerization catalysts are of great use in industry. Hence there is interest in finding new catalyst systems that increase the commercial usefulness of the catalyst and allow the production of polymers having improved properties.
  • WO 2003/091262 and US 7,060,848 disclose bridged biaromatic catalyst complexes typically bridged via two heteroatoms.
  • This invention relates to a catal st compound represented by the formula:
  • M is a group 4 metal
  • z is a number from 0 to 12, provided that when z is 0, then there is a direct bond between the phenyl rings in place of the (C3 ⁇ 4)z group;
  • each of R 1 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 is, independently, hydrogen, a substituted Ci to C 4 o hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C 4 o unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or a heteroatom, provided that any of adjacent R groups may form a fused ring or multicenter fused ring system where the rings may be aromatic, partially saturated or saturated, and provided that R 9 and R 10 may not form a bridge;
  • each of R 2 and R 3 is, independently, hydrogen, a substituted Ci to C 4 o hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C40 unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or a heteroatom, provided that R 2 and R 3 may not form a bridge; and
  • each X is, independently, a substituted Ci to C40 hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C40 unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, a hydride, an amide, an alkoxide, a sulfide, a phosphide, a halide, an amine, a phosphines, an ethers, and a combination thereof, (two X's may form a part of a fused ring or a ring system).
  • This invention further relates to catalyst systems comprising the above catalyst compounds and an activator.
  • This invention also relates to a method to polymerize olefins comprising contacting the above catalyst compound with an activator and one or more monomers, and preferably further comprising obtaining polymer.
  • a "group 4 metal” is an element from group 4 of the Periodic Table, e.g., Hf, Ti, Zr, or Rf.
  • an “olefin,” alternatively referred to as “alkene,” is a linear, branched, or cyclic compound of carbon and hydrogen having at least one double bond.
  • alkene is a linear, branched, or cyclic compound of carbon and hydrogen having at least one double bond.
  • a copolymer when a copolymer is said to have an "ethylene" content of 35 wt% to 55 wt%, it is understood that a mer unit in the copolymer is derived from ethylene in the polymerization reaction and said derived units are present at 35 wt% to 55 wt%, based upon the weight of the copolymer.
  • a "polymer” has two or more of the same or different units.
  • a “homopolymer” is a polymer having mer units that are the same.
  • a “copolymer” is a polymer having two or more mer units that are different from each other.
  • a “terpolymer” a polymer having three mer units that are different from each other.
  • copolymer includes terpolymers and the like.
  • "Different" as used to refer to mer units indicates that the mer units differ from each other by at least one atom or are different isomerically.
  • ethylene polymer or "ethylene copolymer” is a polymer or copolymer comprising at least 50 mole% ethylene derived units
  • a "propylene polymer” or “propylene copolymer” is a polymer or copolymer comprising at least 50 mole% propylene derived units
  • a "butylene polymer” or “butylene copolymer” is a polymer or copolymer comprising at least 50 mole% butylene derived units, and so on.
  • ethylene shall be considered an a-olefin.
  • substituted means that a hydrogen or carbon atom has been replaced with a heteroatom, or a heteroatom containing group.
  • a “substituted hydrocarbyl” is a radical made of carbon and hydrogen where at least one hydrogen or carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom or heteroatom containing group, e.g., ethyl alcohol is an ethyl group substituted with an -OH group.
  • Useful substituted hydrocarbyl radicals include radicals in which at least one hydrogen atom of the hydrocarbyl radical has been substituted with at least one halogen (such as Br, CI, F or I) or 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 heteroatom has been inserted within a hydrocarbyl ring.
  • at least one hydrogen atom of the hydrocarbyl radical has been substituted with at least one halogen (such as Br, CI, F or I) or 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*
  • Mn is number average molecular weight
  • Mw is weight average molecular weight
  • Mz is z average molecular weight
  • wt% is weight percent
  • mol% is mole percent.
  • Molecular weight distribution also referred to as polydispersity index or polydispersity (PDI)
  • Mw is g/mol.
  • Me is methyl
  • Et is ethyl
  • Pr is propyl
  • cPR is cyclopropyl
  • nPr is n-propyl
  • iPr is isopropyl
  • Bu is butyl
  • nBu is normal butyl
  • iBu is isobutyl
  • sBu is sec -butyl
  • tBu is tert-butyl
  • Oct octyl
  • MAO is methylalumoxane
  • dme is 1 ,2-dimethoxyethane
  • TMS is trimethylsilyl
  • TIBAL is triisobutylaluminum
  • TNOAL is tri(n-octyl)aluminum
  • p-Me is para-methyl
  • Ph is phenyl
  • Bn or Bz is benzyl (i.e., 03 ⁇ 4 ⁇ 1 ⁇ )
  • THF also referred to as thf) is
  • a "catalyst system” is a combination of at least one catalyst compound, at least one activator, optional co-activator, and optional support material.
  • catalyst systems are described as comprising neutral stable forms of the components, it is well understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, that the ionic form of the component is the form that reacts with the monomers to produce polymers.
  • the catalyst may be described as a catalyst precursor, a pre- catalyst compound, catalyst, catalyst compound, a transition metal compound, a transition metal complex, or a complex and these terms are used interchangeably.
  • Activator and cocatalyst are also used interchangeably.
  • An "anionic ligand” is a negatively charged ligand which donates one or more pairs of electrons to a metal ion.
  • a “neutral donor ligand” is a neutrally charged ligand which donates one or more pairs of electrons to a metal ion.
  • substituted means that a hydrogen or carbon atom has been replaced with a hydrocarbyl group, a heteroatom, or a heteroatom containing group.
  • methyl cyclopentadiene (Cp) is a Cp group substituted with a methyl group.
  • hydrocarbyl radical is defined to be CJ-CJ Q O radicals, that may be linear, branched, or cyclic, and when cyclic, aromatic or non-aromatic.
  • radicals include, but are not limited to, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec -butyl, tert-butyl, pentyl, iso-amyl, hexyl, octyl cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cyclooctyl, and the like including their substituted analogues.
  • alkenyl means a straight-chain, branched-chain, or cyclic hydrocarbon radical having one or more double bonds. These alkenyl radicals may be optionally substituted. Examples of suitable alkenyl radicals include, but are not limited to, ethenyl, propenyl, allyl, 1 ,4-butadienyl cyclopropenyl, cyclobutenyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, cycloctenyl and the like including their substituted analogues.
  • aryl or "aryl group” means a six carbon aromatic ring and the substituted variants thereof, including but not limited to, phenyl, 2-methyl-phenyl, xylyl, 4-bromo-xylyl.
  • heteroaryl means an aryl group where a ring carbon atom (or two or thee ring carbon atoms) has been replaced with a heteroatom, preferably N, O, or S.
  • aromatic also refers to pseudoaromatic heterocycles which are heterocyclic substituents that have similar properties and structures (nearly planar) to aromatic heterocyclic ligands, but are not by definition aromatic; likewise the term aromatic also refers to substituted aromatics.
  • a scavenger is a compound that is typically added to facilitate 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 transition metal compound to form an alkylated transition metal compound.
  • continuous means a system that operates without interruption or cessation. For example, a continuous process to produce a polymer would be one where the reactants are continually introduced into one or more reactors and polymer product is continually withdrawn.
  • a solution polymerization means a polymerization process in which the polymer is dissolved in a liquid polymerization medium, such as an inert solvent or monomer(s) or their blends.
  • a bulk polymerization means a polymerization process in which the monomers and/or comonomers being polymerized are used as a solvent or diluent using little or no non- monomer inert solvent as a solvent or diluent.
  • a small fraction of inert solvent might be used as a carrier for catalyst and scavenger.
  • a bulk polymerization system contains less than 25 wt% of inert solvent or diluent, preferably less than 10 wt%, preferably less than 1 wt%, preferably 0 wt%.
  • the transition metal compounds described herein are typically molecules in which an ancillary ligand is coordinated to a central transition metal atom.
  • the ligand is bulky and stably bonded to the transition metal so as to maintain its influence during use of the catalyst, such as polymerization.
  • the ligand may be coordinated to the transition metal by covalent bond and/or electron donation coordination or intermediate bonds.
  • the transition metal compounds are generally subjected to activation to perform their polymerization or oligomerization function using an activator which is believed to create a cation as a result of the removal of an anionic group, often referred to as a leaving group, from the transition metal.
  • this invention related to a catalyst compound, and catalyst systems comprising such compounds, represented by the formula:
  • M is a group 4 metal, such as Hf, Zr, or Ti, preferably Ti;
  • z is a number from 0 to 12, e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, preferably 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, provided that when z is 0, then there is a direct bond between the phenyl rings in place of the (C3 ⁇ 4)z group in the formula above (as shown below);
  • each of R 1 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 is, independently, hydrogen, a substituted Ci to C 4 o hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C 4 o unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or a heteroatom, provided that any of adjacent R groups may form a fused ring or multicenter fused ring system where the rings may be aromatic, partially saturated or saturated, and provided that R 9 and R 10 may not form a bridge;
  • each of R 2 and R 3 is, independently, hydrogen, a substituted Ci to C 4 o hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C 4 o unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or a heteroatom, provided that R 2 and R 3 may not form a bridge; and
  • each X is, independently, a substituted Ci to C 4 o hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C 4 o unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, a hydride, an amide, an alkoxide, a sulfide, a phosphide, a halide, an amine, a phosphines, an ethers, and a combination thereof, (two X's may form a part of a fused ring or a ring system), preferably each X is independently selected from halides (CI, Br, F, I,) and ⁇ to C5 alkyl groups (e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or an isomer thereof), preferably each X is a dimethylamido, benzyl or methyl group.
  • halides CI, Br, F, I,
  • ⁇ to C5 alkyl groups e.g., methyl,
  • each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 is, independently, is, independently, hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, docecyl, t-butyl, isopropyl, phenyl, napthyl, or an isomer thereof.
  • each R 2 and R 3 is, independently, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, docecyl, t-butyl, isopropyl, phenyl, napthyl, or an isomer thereof.
  • This invention also relates to embodiments where z is zero, e. .,
  • M is Ti and R is t-butyl.
  • Catalyst compounds that are particularly useful in this invention include 1,2- bis(2'methoxy,2-oxy,3-biphenyl)ethane titanium bis(dimethylamine).
  • ompounds include those represented by the formula:
  • Me is methyl
  • Et is ethyl
  • Bz is benzyl
  • Ph is phenyl
  • tBu is t-butyl
  • the dotted line indicates a dative bond
  • one catalyst compound is used, e.g., the catalyst compounds are not different.
  • one catalyst compound is considered different from another if they differ by at least one atom.
  • “ l,2-bis(2'ethoxy,2-oxy,3-biphenyl)ethane titanium bis(dimethylamine)” is different from “ l,2-bis(2'methoxy,2-oxy,3-biphenyl)ethane titanium bis(dimethylamine).”
  • Catalyst compounds that differ only by isomer are considered the same for purposes if this invention.
  • two or more different catalyst compounds are present in the catalyst system used herein. In some embodiments, two or more different catalyst compounds are present in the reaction zone where the process(es) described herein occur.
  • the two transition metal compounds are preferably chosen such that the two are compatible.
  • a simple screening method such as by l H or 13 C NMR, known to those of ordinary skill in the art, can be used to determine which transition metal compounds are compatible. It is preferable to use the same activator for the transition metal compounds, however, two different activators, such as a non-coordinating anion activator and an alumoxane, can be used in combination.
  • one or more transition metal compounds contain an X ligand which is not a hydride, hydrocarbyl, or substituted hydrocarbyl, then the alumoxane may be contacted with the transition metal compounds prior to addition of the non-coordinating anion activator.
  • the two transition metal compounds may be used in any ratio.
  • Preferred molar ratios of (A) transition metal compound to (B) transition metal compound fall within the range of (A:B) 1: 1000 to 1000: 1, alternatively 1: 100 to 500: 1, alternatively 1: 10 to 200: 1, alternatively 1 : 1 to 100: 1, alternatively 1 : 1 to 75: 1, and alternatively 5: 1 to 50: 1.
  • the particular ratio chosen will depend on the exact pre-catalysts chosen, the method of activation, and the end product desired.
  • useful mole percents are 10 to 99.9% A to 0.1 to 90% B, alternatively 25 to 99% A to 0.5 to 50% B, alternatively 50 to 99% A to 1 to 25% B, and alternatively 75 to 99% A to 1 to 10% B.
  • Catalyst compounds described herein can be prepared by the general pathway shown below:
  • R is as defined for R 4 above
  • R' is as defined for R 2 above
  • x is a number from 0 to 12, e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, and THP is tetrahydropyran.
  • catalyst and “activator” are used herein interchangeably and are defined to be any compound which can activate any one of the catalyst compounds described above by converting the neutral catalyst compound to a catalytically active catalyst compound cation.
  • catalyst systems may be formed by combining them with activators in any manner known from the literature including by supporting them for use in slurry or gas phase polymerization.
  • the catalyst systems may also be added to or generated in solution polymerization or bulk polymerization (in the monomer).
  • the catalyst system typically comprises a complex as described above and an activator such as alumoxane or a non-coordinating anion.
  • Non-limiting activators include alumoxanes, aluminum alkyls, ionizing activators, which may be neutral or ionic, and conventional-type cocatalysts.
  • Preferred activators typically include alumoxane compounds, modified alumoxane compounds, and ionizing anion precursor compounds that abstract a reactive, ⁇ -bound, metal ligand making the metal complex cationic and providing a charge-balancing noncoordinating or weakly coordinating anion.
  • alumoxane activators are utilized as an activator in the catalyst system.
  • Alumoxanes are generally oligomeric compounds containing -Al(R*)-0- sub-units, where R* is an alkyl group.
  • Examples of alumoxanes include methylalumoxane (MAO), modified methylalumoxane (MMAO), ethylalumoxane and isobutylalumoxane.
  • Alkylalumoxanes and modified alkylalumoxanes are suitable as catalyst activators, particularly when the abstractable ligand is an alkyl, halide, alkoxide or amide.
  • alumoxanes Mixtures of different alumoxanes and modified alumoxanes may also be used. It may be preferable to use a visually clear methylalumoxane.
  • a cloudy or gelled alumoxane can be filtered to produce a clear solution or clear alumoxane can be decanted from the cloudy solution.
  • a useful alumoxane is a modified methyl alumoxane (MMAO) cocatalyst type 3A (commercially available from Akzo Chemicals, Inc. under the trade name Modified Methylalumoxane type 3A, covered under patent number US 5,041,584).
  • MMAO modified methyl alumoxane
  • the activator is an alumoxane (modified or unmodified)
  • some embodiments select the maximum amount of activator typically at up to a 5000-fold molar excess Al/M over the catalyst compound (per metal catalytic site).
  • the minimum activator-to-catalyst-compound is a 1:1 molar ratio. Alternate preferred ranges include from 1:1 to 500:1, alternately from 1:1 to 200:1, alternately from 1:1 to 100:1, or alternately from 1:1 to 50:1.
  • alumoxane is present at zero mole %; alternately the alumoxane is present at a molar ratio of aluminum to catalyst compound transition metal less than 500:1, preferably less than 300:1, preferably less than 100:1, preferably less than 1: 1.
  • Non-Coordinating Anion Activators are present at a molar ratio of aluminum to catalyst compound transition metal less than 500:1, preferably less than 300:1, preferably less than 100:1, preferably less than 1: 1.
  • NCA non-coordinating anion
  • NCA 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.
  • NCA is also defined to include multicomponent NCA-containing activators, such as ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, that contain an acidic cationic group and the non-coordinating anion.
  • NCA is also defined to include neutral Lewis acids, such as tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron, that can react with a catalyst to form an activated species by abstraction of an anionic group.
  • NCA 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 non-coordinating 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.
  • the terms ionic activator, and stoichiometric ionic activator can be used interchangeably.
  • neutral stoichiometric activator, and Lewis acid activator can be used interchangeably.
  • non-coordinating anion includes neutral stoichiometric activators, ionic stoichiometric activators, ionic activators, and Lewis acid activators.
  • 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 transition metal 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 cation in the sense of balancing its ionic charge at +1, and yet retain sufficient lability to permit displacement during polymerization.
  • an ionizing or stoichiometric activator such as tri (n-butyl) ammonium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate, a tris perfluorophenyl boron metalloid precursor or a tris perfluoronaphthyl boron metalloid precursor, polyhalogenated heteroborane anions (WO 98/43983), boric acid (US 5,942,459), or combination thereof. It is also within the scope of this invention to use neutral or ionic activators alone or in combination with alumoxane or modified alumoxane activators.
  • the catalyst systems of this invention can include at least one non-coordinating anion (NCA) activator.
  • NCA non-coordinating anion
  • boron containing NCA activators represented by the formula below can be used:
  • Z is (L-H) or a reducible Lewis acid
  • L is a neutral Lewis base
  • H is hydrogen
  • (L-H) is a Bronsted acid;
  • a d ⁇ is a boron containing non-coordinating anion having the charge d-;
  • d is 1, 2, or 3.
  • the cation component, Z 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 transition metal catalyst precursor, resulting in a cationic transition metal species.
  • the activating cation Z d + may also be a moiety such as silver, tropylium, carboniums, ferroceniums and mixtures, preferably carboniums and ferroceniums. Most preferably Z d + is triphenyl carbonium.
  • Preferred reducible Lewis acids can be any triaryl carbonium (where the aryl can be substituted or unsubstituted, such as those represented by the formula: (Ar 3 C+), where Ar is aryl or aryl substituted with a heteroatom, a ⁇ to C 4Q hydrocarbyl, or a substituted CI to C40 hydrocarbyl), preferably the reducible Lewis acids in formula (14) above as "Z" include those represented by the formula: (Ph 3 C), where Ph is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, preferably substituted with ⁇ to C 4Q hydrocarbyls or substituted a ⁇ to C 4 o hydrocarbyls, preferably C ⁇ to C20 alkyls or aromatics or substituted C ⁇ to C20 alkyls or aromatics, preferably Z is a triphenylcarbonium.
  • Z d + is the activating cation (L-H) d +, it is preferably a Bronsted acid, capable of donating a proton to the 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 ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethylaniline, p-nitro-N,N-dimethylaniline, phosphoniums from triethylphosphine, triphenylphosphine, and diphenylphosphine, oxomiuns from ethers such as dimethyl ether diethyl ether, tetra
  • 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 US 5,447,895, which is fully incorporated herein by reference.
  • boron compounds which may be used as an activating cocatalyst are the compounds described as (and particularly those specifically listed as) activators in US 8,658,556, which is incorporated by reference herein.
  • the ionic stoichiometric activator Z d + (A d ⁇ ) is one or more of N,N- dimethylanilinium tetra(perfluorophenyl)borate, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, ⁇ , ⁇ -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 tetra(perfluoropheny
  • each R j is, independently, a halide, preferably a fluoride
  • Ar is substituted or unsubstituted aryl group (preferably a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl), preferably substituted with ⁇ to C 4Q hydrocarbyls, preferably ⁇ to C20 alkyls or aromatics;
  • each R2 is, independently, a halide, a C3 ⁇ 4 to C20 substituted aromatic hydrocarbyl group or a siloxy group of the formula -0-Si-R a , where R a is a ⁇ to C20 hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbylsilyl group (preferably R 2 is a fluoride or a perfluorinated phenyl group);
  • each R3 is a halide, C3 ⁇ 4 to C20 substituted aromatic hydrocarbyl group or a siloxy group of the formula -0-Si-R a , where R a is a ⁇ to C20 hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbylsilyl group (preferably R 3 is a fluoride or a Cg perfluorinated aromatic hydrocarbyl group); wherein R 2 and R 3 can form one or more saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted rings (preferably R2 and R 3 form a perfluorinated phenyl ring); and
  • L is a neutral Lewis base
  • (L-H)+ is a Bronsted acid
  • d is 1, 2, or 3 ;
  • the anion has a molecular weight of greater than 1020 g/mol; wherein at least three of the substituents on the B atom each have a molecular volume of greater than 250 cubic A, alternately greater than 300 cubic A, or alternately greater than 500 cubic A.
  • (Ai j C) ⁇ is (Ph 3 C) cl + , where Ph is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, preferably substituted with C ⁇ to C 4 Q hydrocarbyls or substituted C ⁇ to C 4 Q hydrocarbyls, preferably ⁇ to C20 alkyls or aromatics or substituted ⁇ to C20 alkyls or aromatics.
  • Molecular volume is used herein as an approximation of spatial steric bulk of an activator molecule in solution. Comparison of substituents with differing molecular volumes allows the substituent with the smaller molecular volume to be considered “less bulky” in comparison to the substituent with the larger molecular volume. Conversely, a substituent with a larger molecular volume may be considered “more bulky” than a substituent with a smaller molecular volume.
  • Molecular volume may be calculated as reported in "A Simple "Back of the Envelope” Method for Estimating the Densities and Molecular Volumes of Liquids and Solids," Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 71, No. 11, November 1994, pp. 962-964.
  • V s is the sum of the relative volumes of the constituent atoms, and is calculated from the molecular formula of the substituent using the following table of relative volumes. For fused rings, the V s is decreased by 7.5% per fused ring.
  • one or more of the NCA activators is chosen from the activators described in US 6,211,105.
  • Preferred activators include ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorophenyl)borate, ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethylanilinium tetrakis(3 ,5- bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(3,5- bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluorophenyl)borate, [Ph 3 C+][B(C 6
  • the activator comprises a triaryl carbonium (such as triphenylcarbenium tetraphenylborate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis-(2,3 ,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(3 ,5 -bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate) .
  • a triaryl carbonium such as triphenylcarbenium tetraphenylborate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis-(2,
  • the activator comprises one or more of trialkylammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, ⁇ , ⁇ -dialkylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, trialkylammonium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl) borate, ⁇ , ⁇ -dialkylanilinium tetrakis- (2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, trialkylammonium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, N,N- dialkylanilinium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, trialkylammonium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl
  • the typical activator-to-catalyst ratio e.g., all NCA activators-to-catalyst ratio is about a 1: 1 molar ratio.
  • Alternate preferred ranges include from 0.1:1 to 100:1, alternately from 0.5:1 to 200:1, alternately from 1: 1 to 500:1, alternately from 1:1 to 1000: 1.
  • a particularly useful range is from 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably 1: 1 to 5:1.
  • the catalyst compounds can be combined with combinations of alumoxanes and NCA's (see for example, US 5,153,157; US 5,453,410; EP 0 573 120 Bl; WO 94/07928; and WO 95/14044 which discuss the use of an alumoxane in combination with an ionizing activator).
  • Useful chain transfer agents are typically alkylalumoxanes, a compound represented by the formula AIR3, ZnR2 (where each R is, independently, a Ci-C 8 aliphatic radical, preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, penyl, hexyl octyl or an isomer thereof) or a combination thereof, such as diethyl zinc, methylalumoxane, trimethylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum, trioctylaluminum, or a combination thereof.
  • Aluminum alkyl or organoaluminum compounds which may be utilized as scavengers or co-activators include, for example, trimethylaluminum, triethylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum, tri-n-hexylaluminum, tri-n-octylaluminum, and diethyl zinc.
  • the catalyst system may comprise an inert support material.
  • the supported material is a porous support material, for example, talc, and inorganic oxides.
  • Other support materials include zeolites, clays, organoclays, or any other organic or inorganic support material and the like, or mixtures thereof.
  • the support material is an inorganic oxide in a finely divided form.
  • Suitable inorganic oxide materials for use in catalyst systems herein include Groups 2, 4, 13, and 14 metal oxides, such as silica, alumina, and mixtures thereof.
  • Other inorganic oxides that may be employed either alone or in combination with the silica, or alumina are magnesia, titania, zirconia, and the like.
  • suitable support materials can be employed, for example, finely divided functionalized polyolefins, such as finely divided polyethylene.
  • Particularly useful supports include magnesia, titania, zirconia, montmorillonite, phyllosilicate, zeolites, talc, clays, and the like.
  • support materials may be used, for example, silica-chromium, silica-alumina, silica-titania, and the like.
  • Preferred support materials include AI2O3, Zr02, Si0 2 , and combinations thereof, more preferably Si0 2 , A1 2 0 3 , or Si0 2 /Al 2 0 3 .
  • the support material most preferably an inorganic oxide, has a surface area in the range of from about 10 to about 700 m 2 /g, pore volume in the range of from about 0.1 to about 4.0 cc/g and average particle size in the range of from about 5 to about 500 ⁇ . More preferably, the surface area of the support material is in the range of from about 50 to about 500 m 2 /g, pore volume of from about 0.5 to about 3.5 cc/g and average particle size of from about 10 to about 200 ⁇ .
  • the surface area of the support material is in the range of from about 100 to about 400 m 2 /g, pore volume from about 0.8 to about 3.0 cc/g and average particle size is from about 5 to about 100 ⁇ .
  • the average pore size of the support material useful in the invention is in the range of from 10 to 1000 A, preferably 50 to about 500 A, and most preferably 75 to about 350 A.
  • Preferred silicas are marketed under the trade names of DAVISON 952 or DAVISON 955 by the Davison Chemical Division of W.R. Grace and Company. In other embodiments DAVISON 948 is used.
  • the support material should be dry, that is, free of absorbed water. Drying of the support material can be effected by heating or calcining at about 100°C to about 1000°C, preferably at least about 600 °C. When the support material is silica, it is heated to at least 200°C, preferably about 200°C to about 850°C, and most preferably at about 600°C; and for a time of about 1 minute to about 100 hours, from about 12 hours to about 72 hours, or from about 24 hours to about 60 hours.
  • the calcined support material must have at least some reactive hydroxyl (OH) groups to produce supported catalyst systems of this invention.
  • the calcined support material is then contacted with at least one polymerization catalyst comprising at least one catalyst compound and an activator.
  • the support material having reactive surface groups, typically hydroxyl groups, is slurried in a non-polar solvent and the resulting slurry is contacted with a solution of a catalyst compound and an activator.
  • the slurry of the support material is first contacted with the activator for a period of time in the range of from about 0.5 hours to about 24 hours, from about 2 hours to about 16 hours, or from about 4 hours to about 8 hours.
  • the solution of the catalyst compound is then contacted with the isolated support/activator.
  • the supported catalyst system is generated in situ.
  • the slurry of the support material is first contacted with the catalyst compound for a period of time in the range of from about 0.5 hours to about 24 hours, from about 2 hours to about 16 hours, or from about 4 hours to about 8 hours.
  • the slurry of the supported catalyst compound is then contacted with the activator solution.
  • the mixture of the catalyst, activator and support is heated to about 0°C to about 70°C, preferably to about 23 °C to about 60°C, preferably at room temperature.
  • Contact times typically range from about 0.5 hours to about 24 hours, from about 2 hours to about 16 hours, or from about 4 hours to about 8 hours.
  • Suitable non-polar solvents are materials in which all of the reactants used herein, i.e., the activator, and the catalyst compound, are at least partially soluble and which are liquid at reaction temperatures.
  • Preferred non-polar solvents are alkanes, such as isopentane, hexane, n-heptane, octane, nonane, and decane, although a variety of other materials including cycloalkanes, such as cyclohexane, aromatics, such as benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene, may also be employed.
  • the invention relates to polymerization processes where monomer (such as propylene), and optionally comonomer, are contacted with a catalyst system comprising an activator and at least one catalyst compound, as described above.
  • the catalyst compound and activator may be combined in any order, and are combined typically prior to contacting with the monomer.
  • Monomers useful herein include substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C40 alpha olefins, preferably C2 to C20 alpha olefins, preferably C2 to C12 alpha olefins, preferably ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, undecene, dodecene and isomers thereof.
  • the monomer comprises propylene and an optional comonomers comprising one or more ethylene or C 4 to C 4 Q olefins, preferably C 4 to C20 olefins, or preferably Cg to olefins.
  • the C 4 to C 4 Q olefin monomers may be linear, branched, or cyclic.
  • the C 4 to C 4 Q cyclic olefins may be strained or unstrained, monocyclic or polycyclic, and may optionally include heteroatoms and/or one or more functional groups.
  • the monomer comprises ethylene and an optional comonomers comprising one or more C3 to C 4 Q olefins, preferably C 4 to C20 olefins, or preferably C3 ⁇ 4 to olefins.
  • the C3 to C 4 Q olefin monomers may be linear, branched, or cyclic.
  • the C3 to C 4 Q cyclic olefins may be strained or unstrained, monocyclic or polycyclic, and may optionally include heteroatoms and/or one or more functional groups.
  • Exemplary C2 to C 4 Q olefin monomers and optional comonomers include ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, undecene, dodecene, norbornene, norbornadiene, dicyclopentadiene, cyclopentene, cycloheptene, cyclooctene, cyclooctadiene, cyclododecene, 7-oxanorbornene, 7-oxanorbornadiene, substituted derivatives thereof, and isomers thereof, preferably hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, cyclooctene, 1,5 -cyclooctadiene, l-hydroxy-4-cyclooctene, l-acetoxy-4- cyclooctene,
  • one or more dienes are present in the polymer produced herein 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. In other embodiments, at least 50 ppm of diene is added to the polymerization, or 100 ppm or more, or 150 ppm or more.
  • Preferred diolefin monomers useful in this invention include any hydrocarbon structure, preferably C4 to C30, having at least two unsaturated bonds, wherein at least two of the unsaturated bonds are readily incorporated into a polymer by either a stereospecific or a non-stereospecific catalyst(s). It is further preferred that the diolefin monomers be selected from alpha, omega-diene monomers (i.e., di-vinyl monomers). More preferably, the diolefin 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-deca
  • Preferred cyclic dienes include cyclopentadiene, vinylnorbornene, norbornadiene, ethylidene norbornene, divinylbenzene, dicyclopentadiene or higher ring containing diolefins with or without substituents at various ring positions.
  • Polymerization processes of this invention can be carried out in any manner known in the art. Any suspension, homogeneous, bulk, solution, slurry, or gas phase polymerization process known in the art can be used. Such processes can be run in a batch, semi-batch, or continuous mode. Homogeneous polymerization processes and slurry processes are preferred. (A homogeneous polymerization process is defined to be a process where at least 90 wt% of the product is soluble in the reaction media. A solution process is typically a homogeneous process.) A bulk homogeneous process is particularly preferred.
  • a bulk process is preferably a process where monomer concentration in all feeds to the reactor is 70 volume % or more.
  • no solvent or diluent is present or added in the reaction medium, (except for the small amounts used as the carrier for the catalyst system or other additives, or amounts typically found with the monomer; e.g., propane in propylene).
  • the process is a slurry process.
  • slurry polymerization process means a polymerization process where a supported catalyst is employed and monomers are polymerized on the supported catalyst particles. At least 95 wt% of polymer products derived from the supported catalyst are in granular form as solid particles (not dissolved in the diluent).
  • Suitable diluents/solvents for polymerization include non-coordinating, inert liquids.
  • Examples include straight and branched-chain hydrocarbons, such as isobutane, butane, pentane, isopentane, hexanes, isohexane, heptane, octane, dodecane, and mixtures thereof; cyclic and alicyclic hydrocarbons, such as cyclohexane, cycloheptane, methylcyclohexane, methylcycloheptane, and mixtures thereof, such as can be found commercially (IsoparTM); perhalogenated hydrocarbons, such as perfluorinated C ⁇ Q alkanes, chlorobenzene, and aromatic and alkylsubstituted aromatic compounds, such as benzene, toluene, mesitylene, and xylene.
  • straight and branched-chain hydrocarbons such as isobutane
  • Suitable solvents also include liquid olefins which may act as monomers or comonomers including ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-pentene, 3-methyl-l- pentene, 4-methyl- 1-pentene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and mixtures thereof.
  • aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents are used as the solvent, such as isobutane, butane, pentane, isopentane, hexanes, isohexane, heptane, octane, dodecane, and mixtures thereof; cyclic and alicyclic hydrocarbons, such as cyclohexane, cycloheptane, methylcyclohexane, methylcycloheptane, and mixtures thereof.
  • the solvent is not aromatic; preferably aromatic s are present in the solvent at less than 1 wt%, preferably less than 0.5 wt%, preferably less than 0 wt% based upon the weight of the solvents.
  • the feed concentration of the monomers and comonomers for the polymerization is 60 vol% solvent or less, preferably 40 vol% or less, or preferably 20 vol% or less, based on the total volume of the feedstream.
  • the polymerization is run in a bulk process.
  • Preferred polymerizations can be run at any temperature and/or pressure suitable to obtain the desired ethylene polymers.
  • Typical temperatures and/or pressures include a temperature in the range of from about 0°C to about 300°C, preferably about 20°C to about 200°C, preferably about 35°C to about 150°C, preferably from about 40°C to about 120°C, preferably from about 45°C to about 80°C; and at a pressure in the range of from about 0.35 MPa to about 10 MPa, preferably from about 0.45 MPa to about 6 MPa, or preferably from about 0.5 MPa to about 4 MPa.
  • the run time of the reaction is up to 300 minutes, preferably in the range of from about 5 to 250 minutes, or preferably from about 10 to 120 minutes.
  • hydrogen is present in the polymerization reactor at a partial pressure of 0.001 to 50 psig (0.007 to 345 kPa), preferably from 0.01 to 25 psig (0.07 to 172 kPa), more preferably 0.1 to 10 psig (0.7 to 70 kPa).
  • alumoxane is present at zero mol%; alternately the alumoxane is present at a molar ratio of aluminum to transition metal less than 500: 1, preferably less than 300:1, preferably less than 100:1, preferably less than 1:1.
  • scavenger such as tri alkyl aluminum
  • the scavenger is present at zero mol%, alternately the scavenger is present at a molar ratio of scavenger metal to transition metal of less than 100:1, preferably less than 50: 1, preferably less than 15:1, preferably less than 10: 1.
  • the polymerization: 1) is conducted at temperatures of 0 to
  • 300°C (preferably 25 to 150°C, preferably 40 to 120°C, preferably 45 to 80°C); 2) is conducted at a pressure of atmospheric pressure to 10 MPa (preferably 0.35 to 10 MPa, preferably from 0.45 to 6 MPa, preferably from 0.5 to 4 MPa); 3) is conducted in an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent (such as isobutane, butane, pentane, isopentane, hexanes, isohexane, heptane, octane, dodecane, and mixtures thereof; cyclic and alicyclic hydrocarbons, such as cyclohexane, cycloheptane, methylcyclohexane, methylcycloheptane, and mixtures thereof; preferably where aromatics are preferably present in the solvent at less than 1 wt%, preferably less than 0.5 wt%, preferably at 0 wt% based upon the weight of the solvents); 4) wherein the catalyst system
  • the scavenger is present at zero mol%, alternately the scavenger is present at a molar ratio of scavenger metal to transition metal of less than 100:1, preferably less than 50:1, preferably less than 15:1, preferably less than 10: 1); and 8) optionally hydrogen is present in the polymerization reactor at a partial pressure of 0.001 to 50 psig (0.007 to 345 kPa) (preferably from 0.01 to 25 psig (0.07 to 172 kPa), more preferably 0.1 to 10 psig (0.7 to 70 kPa)).
  • the catalyst system used in the polymerization comprises no more than one catalyst compound.
  • reaction zone also referred to as a "polymerization zone” is a vessel where polymerization takes place, for example a batch reactor.
  • each reactor is considered as a separate polymerization zone.
  • each polymerization stage is considered as a separate polymerization zone.
  • the polymerization occurs in one reaction zone.
  • additives may also be used in the polymerization, as desired, such as one or more scavengers, promoters, modifiers, chain transfer agents (useful chain transfer agents are described above), reducing agents, oxidizing agents, hydrogen, aluminum alkyls, or silanes.
  • scavengers such as one or more scavengers, promoters, modifiers, chain transfer agents (useful chain transfer agents are described above), reducing agents, oxidizing agents, hydrogen, aluminum alkyls, or silanes.
  • This invention also relates to compositions of matter produced by the methods described herein.
  • the process described herein produces propylene homopolymers or propylene copolymers, such as propylene-ethylene and/or propylene- alphaolefin (preferably C3 to C20) copolymers (such as propylene-hexene copolymers or propylene-octene copolymers) having: a Mw/Mn of greater than 1 to 4 (preferably greater than 1 to 3).
  • propylene homopolymers or propylene copolymers such as propylene-ethylene and/or propylene- alphaolefin (preferably C3 to C20) copolymers (such as propylene-hexene copolymers or propylene-octene copolymers) having: a Mw/Mn of greater than 1 to 4 (preferably greater than 1 to 3).
  • the process of this invention produces olefin polymers, preferably polyethylene and polypropylene homopolymers and copolymers.
  • the polymers produced herein are homopolymers of ethylene or propylene, are copolymers of ethylene preferably having from 0 to 25 mole% (alternately from 0.5 to 20 mole%, alternately from 1 to 15 mole%, preferably from 3 to 10 mole%) of one or more C3 to C20 olefin comonomer (preferably C3 to C12 alpha-olefin, preferably propylene, butene, hexene, octene, decene, dodecene, preferably propylene, butene, hexene, octene), or are copolymers of propylene preferably having from 0 to 25 mole% (alternately from 0.5 to 20 mole%, alternately from 1 to 15 mole%, preferably from 3 to 10 mole
  • the monomer is ethylene and the comonomer is hexene, preferably from 1 to 15 mole% hexene, alternately 1 to 10 mole%.
  • the polymers produced herein have an Mw of 5,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol (preferably 25,000 to 750,000 g/mol, preferably 50,000 to 500,000 g/mol), and/or an Mw/Mn of greater than 1 to 40 (alternately 1.2 to 20, alternately 1.3 to 10, alternately 1.4 to 5, 1.5 to 4, alternately 1.5 to 3).
  • the polymer produced herein has a unimodal or multimodal molecular weight distribution as determined by Gel Permeation Chromotography (GPC).
  • GPC Gel Permeation Chromotography
  • unimodal is meant that the GPC trace has one peak or inflection point.
  • multimodal is meant that the GPC trace has at least two peaks or inflection points.
  • An inflection point is that point where the second derivative of the curve changes in sign (e.g., from negative to positive or vice versus).
  • Mw, Mn, MWD are determined by GPC as described in
  • the polymer produced herein has a composition distribution breadth index (CDBI) of 50% or more, preferably 60% or more, preferably 70% or more.
  • CDBI is a measure of the composition distribution of monomer within the polymer chains and is measured by the procedure described in PCT publication WO 93/03093, published February 18, 1993, specifically columns 7 and 8 as well as in Wild et al, J. Poly.
  • the polymer (preferably the polyethylene or polypropylene) produced herein is combined with one or more additional polymers prior to being formed into a film, molded part or other article.
  • additional polymers include polyethylene, isotactic polypropylene, highly isotactic polypropylene, syndiotactic polypropylene, random copolymer of propylene and ethylene, and/or butene, and/or hexene, polybutene, ethylene vinyl acetate, LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene methyl acrylate, copolymers of acrylic acid, polymethylmethacrylate or any other polymers polymerizable by a high-pressure free radical process, polyvinylchloride, polybutene-1, isotactic polybutene, ABS resins, ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR), vulcanized EPR, EPDM, block copolymer, styrenic block copolymers, poly
  • the polymer (preferably the polyethylene or polypropylene) is present in the above blends, at from 10 to 99 wt%, based upon the weight of the polymers in the blend, preferably 20 to 95 wt%, even more preferably at least 30 to 90 wt%, even more preferably at least 40 to 90 wt%, even more preferably at least 50 to 90 wt%, even more preferably at least 60 to 90 wt%, even more preferably at least 70 to 90 wt%.
  • the blends described above may be produced by mixing the polymers of the invention with one or more polymers (as described above), by connecting reactors together in series to make reactor blends or by using more than one catalyst in the same reactor to produce multiple species of polymer.
  • the polymers can be mixed together prior to being put into the extruder or may be mixed in an extruder.
  • the blends may be formed using conventional equipment and methods, such as by dry blending the individual components and subsequently melt mixing in a mixer, or by mixing the components together directly in a mixer, such as, for example, a Banbury mixer, a Haake mixer, a Brabender internal mixer, or a single or twin-screw extruder, which may include a compounding extruder and a side-arm extruder used directly downstream of a polymerization process, which may include blending powders or pellets of the resins at the hopper of the film extruder. Additionally, additives may be included in the blend, in one or more components of the blend, and/or in a product formed from the blend, such as a film, as desired.
  • a mixer such as, for example, a Banbury mixer, a Haake mixer, a Brabender internal mixer, or a single or twin-screw extruder, which may include a compounding extruder and a side-arm extruder used directly downstream of a polymerization
  • additives are well known in the art, and can include, for example: fillers; antioxidants (e.g., hindered phenolics such as IRGANOXTM 1010 or IRGANOXTM 1076 available from Ciba- Geigy); phosphites (e.g., IRGAFOSTM 168 available from Ciba-Geigy); anti-cling additives; tackifiers, such as polybutenes, terpene resins, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon resins, alkali metal and glycerol stearates, and hydrogenated rosins; UV stabilizers; heat stabilizers; anti-blocking agents; release agents; anti- static agents; pigments; colorants; dyes; waxes; silica; fillers; talc; and the like.
  • antioxidants e.g., hindered phenolics such as IRGANOXTM 1010 or IRGANOXTM 1076 available from Ciba- Geig
  • any of the foregoing polymers such as the foregoing polypropylenes or blends thereof, may be used in a variety of end-use applications.
  • Such applications include, for example, mono- or multi-layer blown, extruded, and/or shrink films.
  • These films may be formed by any number of well known extrusion or coextrusion techniques, such as a blown bubble film processing technique, wherein the composition can be extruded in a molten state through an annular die and then expanded to form a uni-axial or biaxial orientation melt prior to being cooled to form a tubular, blown film, which can then be axially slit and unfolded to form a flat film.
  • Films may be subsequently unoriented, uniaxially oriented, or biaxially oriented to the same or different extents.
  • One or more of the layers of the film may be oriented in the transverse and/or longitudinal directions to the same or different extents.
  • the uniaxially orientation can be accomplished using typical cold drawing or hot drawing methods.
  • Biaxial orientation can be accomplished using tenter frame equipment or a double bubble processes and may occur before or after the individual layers are brought together.
  • a polyethylene layer can be extrusion coated or laminated onto an oriented polypropylene layer or the polyethylene and polypropylene can be coextruded together into a film then oriented.
  • oriented polypropylene could be laminated to oriented polyethylene or oriented polyethylene could be coated onto polypropylene then optionally the combination could be oriented even further.
  • the films are oriented in the Machine Direction (MD) at a ratio of up to 15, preferably between 5 and 7, and in the Transverse Direction (TD) at a ratio of up to 15, preferably 7 to 9.
  • MD Machine Direction
  • TD Transverse Direction
  • the film is oriented to the same extent in both the MD and TD directions.
  • the films may vary in thickness depending on the intended application; however, films of a thickness from 1 to 50 ⁇ are usually suitable. Films intended for packaging are usually from 10 to 50 ⁇ thick.
  • the thickness of the sealing layer is typically 0.2 to 50 ⁇ .
  • one or more layers may be modified by corona treatment, electron beam irradiation, gamma irradiation, flame treatment, or microwave.
  • one or both of the surface layers is modified by corona treatment.
  • this invention relates to:
  • M is a group 4 metal
  • z is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, provided that when z is 0, then there is a direct bond between the phenyl rings in place of the (C3 ⁇ 4)z group;
  • each of R 1 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 is, independently, hydrogen, a substituted Ci to C 4 o hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C 4 o unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or a heteroatom, provided that any of adjacent R groups may form a fused ring or multicenter fused ring system where the rings may be aromatic, partially saturated or saturated, and provided that R 9 and R 10 may not form a bridge;
  • each of R 2 and R 3 is, independently, hydrogen, a substituted Ci to C 4 o hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C 4 o unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or a heteroatom, provided that R 2 and R 3 may not form a bridge; and
  • each X is, independently, a substituted Ci to C 4 o hydrocarbyl group, a Ci to C 4 o unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, a hydride, an amide, an alkoxide, a sulfide, a phosphide, a halide, an amine, a phosphines, an ethers, and a combination thereof, (two X's may form a part of a fused ring or a ring system).
  • each of R 2 and R 3 is, independently, hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, docecyl, t-butyl, isopropyl, phenyl, napthyl or an isomer thereof.
  • each X is independently selected from CI, Br, F, I, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, benzyl or an isomer thereof, and dimethylamido; or each X is, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl radicals having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, hydrides, amides, alkoxides, sulfides, phosphides, halides, dienes, amines, phosphines, ethers, and a combination thereof, (two X's may form a part of a fused ring or a ring system).
  • Me is methyl
  • Et is ethyl
  • Bz is benzyl
  • Ph is phenyl
  • tBu is t-butyl
  • the dotted line indicates a dative bond
  • a catalyst system comprising activator, the catalyst compound of any of paragraphs 1 to 7, and optional support.
  • the catalyst system of paragraph 8 further comprising chain transfer agent represented by the formula AIR3, ZnR2 (where each R is, independently, a Ci-C 8 aliphatic radical, preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, penyl, hexyl, octyl, or an isomer thereof) or a combination thereof.
  • chain transfer agent represented by the formula AIR3, ZnR2 (where each R is, independently, a Ci-C 8 aliphatic radical, preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, penyl, hexyl, octyl, or an isomer thereof) or a combination thereof.
  • a process to polymerize olefins comprising contacting one or more olefins with the catalyst system of any of paragraphs 8 to 10.
  • RT room temperature, and is 23°C unless otherwise indicated.
  • MAO is methyl alumoxane (30 wt% in toluene) obtained from Albemarle.
  • Catalyst A M is Ti, z is 2.
  • Catalyst B M is Hf, z is 2.
  • Catalyst C ⁇ M is Ti, z is 0.
  • Crystallization temperature (T c ) and melting temperature (or melting point, T m ) are measured using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) on a commercially available instrument (e.g., TA Instruments 2920 DSC).
  • DSC Differential Scanning Calorimetry
  • 6 to 10 mg of molded polymer or plasticized polymer are sealed in an aluminum pan and loaded into the instrument at room temperature.
  • Melting data (first heat) is acquired by heating the sample to at least 30°C above its melting temperature, typically 220°C for polypropylene, at a heating rate of 10°C/min. The sample is held for at least 5 minutes at this temperature to destroy its thermal history.
  • Crystallization data are acquired by cooling the sample from the melt to at least 50°C below the crystallization temperature, typically -50°C for polypropylene, at a cooling rate of 20°C/min. The sample is held at this temperature for at least 5 minutes, and finally heated at 10°C/min to acquire additional melting data (second heat).
  • the endothermic melting transition (first and second heat) and exothermic crystallization transition are analyzed according to standard procedures. The melting temperatures reported are the peak melting temperatures from the second heat unless otherwise specified.
  • the melting temperature is defined to be the peak melting temperature from the melting trace associated with the largest endothermic calorimetric response (as opposed to the peak occurring at the highest temperature).
  • the crystallization temperature is defined to be the peak crystallization temperature from the crystallization trace associated with the largest exothermic calorimetric response (as opposed to the peak occurring at the highest temperature).
  • Areas under the DSC curve are used to determine the heat of transition (heat of fusion, Hf, upon melting or heat of crystallization, H c , upon crystallization), which can be used to calculate the degree of crystallinity (also called the percent crystallinity).
  • the percent crystallinity (X%) is calculated using the formula: [area under the curve (in J/g) / H° (in J/g)] * 100, where H° is the ideal heat of fusion for a perfect crystal of the homopolymer of the major monomer component.
  • H° H°(polypropylene).
  • Example 1 Reactor Screening of Catalyst A with MAO 30 wt%.
  • Catalyst A was stirred with 0.5 ml MAO 30 wt% and 3 ml of dried toluene for 20 minutes at room temperature. 3.5ml of the solution was syringed into a catalyst charger. The charger was removed from the box along with a syringe of 0.3 ml TIBAL 1 M in hexanes. The catalyst charger was attached to a 1 liter Zipper Autoclave reactor (prepared by nitrogen purge 1 hour at 100°C and then cooled to 25°C). 0.3 ml of TIBAL was syringed into the reactor. 600 mis of hexanes were added to the reactor and the stirrer set at 800 rpm.
  • Example 2 Reactor Screening of Catalyst B with MAO 30 wt%.
  • Example 3 Reactor Screening of Catalyst C with MAO 30 wt%.
  • Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was followed except that a solution of 30mg of Catalyst C was stirred with 5ml MAO 30 wt% and 5 ml of dried toluene. 1 ml of this solution was syringed into the catalyst charger (3 mg of catalyst), and transferred under Nitrogen into the reactor. After 30 minutes the reaction was stopped and cooled to room temperature. The pressure was vented, and the reactor opened. The reaction was repeated. 1.8g from Run#l and 2.8g (Run#2) of polyethylene were recovered. The polyethylene from Run #1 had a peak melting point of 132.2°C. The polyethylene from Run #2 had a peak melting point of 135.9°C.
  • the solvent mixture used for chromatography started with 74/25/1 (v/v/v) hexane/dichloromethane/EtOAc and increased in polarity to 48/50/2 (v/v/v) hexane/dichloromethane/EtOAc to elute the product band. After removal of volatiles the product was isolated as colorless oil (5.1 g).
  • the THP- group was removed by stirring the white solid in Et20 (40 ml) and aqueous HCL (40 ml, 35 wt%) for 12 hr.
  • the Et20 layer was separated, aqueous layer extracted with 50 ml Et20, the Et20 layers combined, dried with MgSC and volatiles removed.
  • the crude product was purified by column chromatography with S1O2 (200-400 mesh) using 50/50 vv hexane/acetone to elute the ligand as a white solid (0.75 g).
  • the ligand (0.19 g) and Ti(NMe2)4 (0.107 g) were stirred together in CH2C12 (30 ml) at RT for 1 hr. A bright orange solid was collected, dried in vacuo and used without further purification (0.23 g).
  • compositions, an element or a group of elements are preceded with the transitional phrase “comprising,” it is understood that we also contemplate the same composition or group of elements with transitional phrases “consisting essentially of,” “consisting of,” “selected from the group of consisting of,” or “is” preceding the recitation of the composition, element, or elements and vice versa.

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L'invention concerne de nouveaux composés catalytiques à base de métaux de transition comprenant quatre atomes d'oxygène liés à un métal de transition, où deux des groupes oxygène sont liés au métal par des liaisons covalentes de coordination, des systèmes catalytiques les comprenant et des procédés de polymérisation les utilisant.
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