Metallocene compound and high molecular weight copolymers of propylene and olefins having two or four to thirty-two carbon atoms
AssigneeBasell Polypropylen GmbH
InventorsAndreas Winter, Frank Küber, Bernd Bachmann
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Abstract
A metallocene compound having the formula (I): where M1 is a metal of group IVb, Vb or VIb of the Periodic Table of Elements, two or more adjacent radicals R4 to R12 together with the atoms connecting them form one or more aromatic or aliphatic rings and if R5, R6, and R7 are hydrogen, R9 and R11 are identical or different and are a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkeryl group, or a C6-C10 aryl group.
Claims41
A metallocene compound having the formula (I):
- where
- M1 is a metal of group IVb, Vb or VIb of the Periodic Table of Elements, R1 and R2 are identical or different radicals and are each a hydrogen atom, a C1-C10-alkyl group, a C1-C10-alkoxy group, a C6-C10-aryl group, a C6-C10-aryloxy group, a C2-C10-alkenyl group, a C7-C40-arylalkyl group, a C7-C40-alkylaryl group, a C8-C40-arylalkenyl group, an OH group or a halogen atom,
- R3 are identical or different radicals and are each a halogen atom, a C1-C20-hydrocarbon group, —NR162, —SR6, —OSiR163, —SiR163 or —PR162, where R16 is a radical and is a halogen atom, a C1-C10-alkyl group or a C6-C10-aryl group,
- R4 to R12 are identical or different radicals and are each a hydrogen atom or are each as defined for the identical or different radicals R3 or two or more adjacent radicals R4 to R12 together with the atoms connecting them form one or more aromatic or aliphatic rings and
- if R5, R6 and R7 are hydrogen then R9 and R11 are identical or different and are a C1-C4-alkyl group, a C1-C4-alkenyl group or a C6-C10-aryl group,
- R13 is a radical having the formula:
- ═BR14, ═AlR14, —Ge—, —O—, —S—, ═SO, ═SO2, ═NR14, ═CO, ═PR14 or ═P(O)R14, where R14 and R15 are identical or different radicals and are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C10-alkyl group, a C1-C10-fluoroalkyl group, a C6-C10-aryl group, a C6-C10-fluoroaryl group, a C1-C10- alkoxy group, a C2-C10-alkenyl group, a C7-C40-arylalkyl group, a C8-C40-arylalkenyl group, a C7-C40-alkylaryl group or the identical or different radicals R14 and R15 together with the atoms connecting them form a ring, and
- M2 is silicon, germanium or tin.
A process for preparing a terpolymer, comprising polymerizing in the presence of the catalyst as claimed in claim at least one termonomer comprising propylene units, at least one termonomer comprising units prepared from ethylene or at least one olefin having at least four carbon atoms and the formula Ra—CH═CH—Rb, where Ra and Rb are identical or different radicals and are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from one to fifteen carbon atoms or the identical or different radicals Ra and Rb together with the carbon atoms connecting them form a ring having from four to twelve carbon atoms and up to about 10% by weight of at least one termonomer comprising an α-olefin or a diene, based on a total weight of the terpolymer, wherein the terpolymer has a viscosity number of greater than about 250 cm3/g.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.