Polymerization process
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorEit Drent
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Abstract
An improved process for the production of linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon comprises contacting the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon under polymerization conditions in the presence of a reaction diluent and a novel catalyst composition formed from a compound of palladium, the anion of a strong non-hydrohalogenic acid and a bis(diethylphosphino)alkane.
Claims7
A catalyst composition formed by reacting a compound of palladium, with an anion of a non-hydrohalogenic acid having a pKa below 2 and a bis(diethylphosphino)alkane.
The composition of claim 7 wherein R.sup.1 is 1,3-propylene.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.