Supported Salan catalysts

A process comprising:

• contacting one or more olefins with a catalyst system at a temperature, a pressure, and for a period of time sufficient to produce a polyolefin;
• the catalyst system comprising an activator and a catalyst compound disposed on a support, according to Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, or a combination thereof;
• Formula I being represented by:
• wherein each solid line represents a covalent bond and each dashed line represents a bond having varying degrees of covalency and a varying degree of coordination;
• M is a Group 4, 5 or 6 transition metal;
• N1, N2, N3 and N4 are nitrogen;
• O is oxygen;
• each of X1 and X2 is, independently, a univalent C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl radical, a functional group comprising elements from Groups 13-17 of the periodic table of the elements, or X1 and X2 join together to form a C4 to C62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure;
• each R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24, R25, R26, R27, and R28 is, independently, a hydrogen, a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl radical, a functional group comprising elements from Groups 13-17 of the periodic table of the elements, or two or more of R1 to R28 may independently join together to form a C4 to C62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure, or a combination thereof;
• and
• Y is a divalent C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl;
• Formula II being represented by:
• wherein each solid line represents a covalent bond and each dashed line represents a bond having varying degrees of covalency and a varying degree of coordination;
• M is a Group 4, 5 or 6 transition metal;
• N1, N2, and N3 are nitrogen;
• O is oxygen;
• each of X1 and X2 is, independently, a univalent C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl radical, a functional group comprising elements from Groups 13-17 of the periodic table of the elements, or X1 and X2 join together to form a C4 to C62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure;
• each R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20, and R21 is, independently, a hydrogen, a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl radical, a functional group comprising elements from Group 13-17 of the periodic table of the elements, or two or more of R1 to R21 may independently join together to form a C4 to C62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure, or a combination thereof;
• subject to the proviso that R19 is not a carbazole or a substituted carbazole radical, and
• Y is a divalent C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl radical;
• Formula III being represented by:
• wherein each solid line represents a covalent bond and each dashed line represents a bond having varying degrees of covalency and a varying degree of coordination;
• M is a Group 4, 5 or 6 transition metal;
• N1 and N2 are nitrogen;
• O is oxygen;
• each of X1 and X2 is, independently, a univalent C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl radical, a functional group comprising elements from Groups 13-17 of the periodic table of the elements, or X1 and X2 join together to form a C4 to C62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure;
• each R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20, R21, and R22 is, independently, a hydrogen, a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl radical, a functional group comprising elements from Group 13-17 of the periodic table of the elements, or two or more of R1 to R21 may independently join together to form a C4 to C62 cyclic or polycyclic ring structure, or a combination thereof;
• at least one of R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R16, R17, R18, R19, or R20 comprise fluorine;
• and
• Y is a divalent C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl radical.