Modified Pyridine-2,6-Bis(Phenylenephenolate) Complexes with Enhanced Solubility that are Useful as Catalyst Components for Olefin Polymerization

A catalyst compound represented by Formula (I):

• wherein:
• M is a group 3, 4, or 5 metal;
• each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 is independently hydrogen, C1-C40 hydrocarbyl, C1-C40 substituted hydrocarbyl, a heteroatom or a heteroatom-containing group, or one or more of R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R5 and R6, R6 and R7, or R7 and R8 may be joined to form one or more substituted hydrocarbyl rings, unsubstituted hydrocarbyl rings, substituted heterocyclic rings, or unsubstituted heterocyclic rings each having 5, 6, 7, or 8 ring atoms;
• each of R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 is independently hydrogen, C1-C40 hydrocarbyl, C1-C40 substituted hydrocarbyl, a heteroatom or a heteroatom-containing group, or any two or more adjacent R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 may be joined to form one or more substituted hydrocarbyl rings, unsubstituted hydrocarbyl rings, substituted heterocyclic rings, or unsubstituted heterocyclic rings each having 5, 6, 7, or 8 ring atoms;
• each of R17, R18, and R19 is independently hydrogen, C1-C40 hydrocarbyl, C1-C40 substituted hydrocarbyl, a heteroatom or a heteroatom-containing group, or one or more of R17 and R18, R18 and R19, or R17 and R19 may be joined to form one or more substituted hydrocarbyl rings, unsubstituted hydrocarbyl rings, substituted heterocyclic rings, or unsubstituted heterocyclic rings each having 5, 6, 7, or 8 ring atoms;
• L is a Lewis base;
• each X is independently a hydrocarbyl ligand or a substituted hydrocarbyl ligand wherein at least one X is a non-aromatic hydrocarbyl ligand having nine carbon atoms or more, or is a substituted hydrocarbyl ligand having at least five carbon atoms or more, or when n is 2, both X together may be hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl that comprise four carbon atoms or more and form a 5-membered cyclic ring structure with M;
• n is 1, 2, or 3;
• m is 0, 1, or 2;
• n+m is not greater than 4;
• 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.