Quinolinyldiamido transition metal complexes, production and use thereof

A quinolinyldiamido transition metal complex represented by Formula I:

• wherein:
• M is a Group 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 metal;
• J is a three-atom-length bridge between the quinoline and the amido nitrogen;
• X is an anionic leaving group;
• L is a neutral Lewis base;
• R1 and R13 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyls, substituted hydrocarbyls, and silyl groups;
• R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyls, alkoxy, silyl, amino, aryloxy, substituted hydrocarbyls, halogen, and phosphino;
• n is 1 or 2;
• m is 0, 1, or 2
• n+m is not greater than 4;
• and
• any two adjacent R groups (e.g., R1 & R2, R2 & R3, etc.) may be joined to form a substituted hydrocarbyl, unsubstituted hydrocarbyl, substituted heterocyclic ring, or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring, where the ring has 5, 6, 7, or 8 ring atoms and where substitutions on the ring can join to form additional rings;
• any two X groups may be joined together to form a dianionic group;
• any two L groups may be joined together to form a bidentate Lewis base;
• and
• an X group may be joined to an L group to form a monoanionic bidentate group.