Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes of polymerization of olefins and copolymerization of olefins and functionalized olefins in the presence of certain late transition metal bidentate salicylaldimine chelates represented by the formula:
wherein each of the symbols R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, L, M, A, X and z are defined within the specification herein below.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 15, 1998
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2002
Assignee:
Cryovac, Inc.
Inventors:
Donald Albert Bansleben, Stefan K. Friedrich, Todd Ross Younkin, Robert Howard Grubbs, Chunming Wang, Robert Tan Li