Abstract: A rubber composition, comprising i) an ethylene-?-olefin-non-conjugated-diene copolymer having—a Mooney viscosity ML (1+8) at 150° C.?85 MU and—an ethylene content ?63 wt. %—the diene content is 4 to 8% by weight of the ethylene-a-olefin-non-conjugated-diene copolymer i), —the non-conjugated diene is a combination of 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) and 5-vinylnorbornene (VNB), —the ethylene-?-olefin-non-conjugated-diene copolymer i) has an amount of VNB between 0.05 and 1 wt. %, and has a Mw of at least 400,000 g/mol and, ii) an extender oil of 10 to 40 phr based on the copolymer i) with the sum of the EPDM copolymer i) and the oil ii) amounting to at least 95 wt. % of the composition.

Abstract: A rubber composition, comprising i) an ethylene-?-olefin-non-conjugated-diene copolymer having—a Mooney viscosity ML (1+8) at 150 ° C. ?85 MU and—an ethylene content?63 wt. %—the diene content is 4 to 8% by weight of the ethylene-a-olefin-non-conjugated-diene copolymer i), —the non-conjugated diene is a combination of 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) and 5-vinylnorbornene (VNB), —the ethylene-?-olefin-non-conjugated-diene copolymer i) has an amount of VNB between 0.05 and 1 wt. %, and has a Mw of at least 400,000 g/mol and, ii) an extender oil of 10 to 40 phr based on the copolymer i) with the sum of the EPDM copolymer i) and the oil ii) amounting to at least 95 wt. % of the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprising a metal complex of formula CyLMD and an activating cocatalyst, wherein M is titanium, Cy is a cyclopentadienyl-type ligand, D is a diene, L is a guanidinate-containing ligand of the formula (I) wherein each A is independently selected from nitrogen or phosphorous and R, R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, substituted or not with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy radicals, and Cy is a mono- or polysubstituted cyclopentadienyl-type ligand, wherein the one or more substituents of Cy are selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, optionally substituted with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy residues.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising a compound of formula CyLMZp, wherein M is a Group 4-6 metal, Z is an anionic ligand, p is the number of anionic ligands, Cy is a mono- or poly-substituted cyclopentadienyl-type ligand and L is a guanidinate ligand of the formula wherein: each A is independently selected from nitrogen or phosphorus and R, R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, substituted or not with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy radicals. The invention also relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins and a process for the polymerization of at least one olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprising a metal complex of formula CyLMD and an activating cocatalyst, wherein M is titanium, Cy is a cyclopentadienyl-type ligand, D is a diene, L is a guanidinate-containing ligand of the formula (I) wherein each A is independently selected from nitrogen or phosphorous and R, R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, substituted or not with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy radicals, and Cy is a mono- or polysubstituted cyclopentadienyl-type ligand, wherein the one or more substituents of Cy are selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, optionally substituted with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy residues.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefms comprising a metal complex of formula and an activating cocatalyst, wherein M is titanium, Cy is a cyclopentadienyl-type ligand, D is a diene, L is a guanidinate-containing ligand of the formula wherein each A is independently selected from nitrogen or phosphorous and R, R 1,R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, substituted or not with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy radicals, and the activating cocatalyst is a boron compound represented by the general formula BR4R5R6, wherein B is a boron atom in the trivalent valence state and R4, R5 and R6 are individually selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, hydrocarbyl, halogenated hydrocarbyl, substituted silyl, alkoxy or di-substituted amino residue.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising a compound of formula CyLMZp, wherein M is a Group 4-6 metal, Z is an anionic ligand, p is the number of anionic ligands, Cy is a mono- or poly-substituted cyclopentadienyl-type ligand and L is a guanidinate ligand of the formula wherein: each A is independently selected from nitrogen or phosphorus and R, R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, substituted or not with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy radicals. The invention also relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins and a process for the polymerization of at least one olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a catalyst suitable for the polymerisation of an olefin by contacting a magnesium compound with a halogenized group 4 or 5 metal compound, wherein the magnesium compound is obtained by the reaction of a solution of an organomagnesium compound with a silicon mixture or compound, characterized in that (a) the organomagnesium compound solution is obtained by contacting metallic magnesium Mg with an aromatic halide RX and an ether R0, wherein R is an aromatic group containing 6 to 20 carbons and X is a halide, and (b) the silicon mixture or compound is the product obtained by mixing or reacting a hydrocarbyl halide silane with an alkoxy group or aryloxy group containing silane compound.