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US RE37,400 E1Granted
Monocyclopentadienyl titanium metal compounds for ethylene-α-olefin-copolymer production catalysts
AssigneeExxon Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorJo Ann M. Canich
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Abstract
The invention is a catalyst system including a monocyclopentadienyl titanium compound and an alumoxane component which is highly productive for polymerizing ethylene and α-olefins to produce a high molecular weight ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having a high content of α-olefin.
Claims10
A compound having the formula:
- wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a C1 to C6 a hydrocarbyl radical, each Q and Q′ is independently a halide or alkyl radical, R′ is an aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbyl radical having from 1 3 to 20 carbon atoms and R′ is covalently bonded to the nitrogen atom through a 1° or 2° carbon atom, L is a neutral Lewis base where “w” denotes a number from 0 to 3 and each R is, independently a C1-4 hydrocarbyl radical or hydrogen, x is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and two adjacent R groups may join to form a C4-10 ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.