Abstract: A process to support a homogeneous catalyst on a porous solid support is performed in two separate zones. In the first zone the solid is contacted, under stirring, with an amount of a catalyst solution lower than the total pore volume of the solid. In the second zone the solid is dried from the solvent while flowing under pneumatic conveying. A loop circulation of solid is established between the two zones, so that the solid is subject to more contacting steps. The process is particularly suitable to support a metallocene-alumoxane polymerization catalyst on a porous prepolymer. The process can be advantageously performed in continuous, thus fitting the needs of an industrial scale production process.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of indanones of the formula II from indanones of the formula I or of indanones of the formula IIa from indanones of the formula Ia comprises reacting an indanone of the formula I or Ia with a coupling component.

Abstract: The invention relates to chemical products which are suited for use as co-catalysts and which can be obtained by reacting a compound of formula (I), M1R1R2(R3)m with a compound of formula (II), (R4X)q-(G)*(M2R5R6)g. In formula (I), R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, C1–C20 alkyl, C1–C20 alkyl halide, C6–C20 aryl, C6–C20 aryl halide, C7–C40 arylalkyl, C7–C40 arylalkyl halide, C7–C40 alkylaryl or C7–C40 alkylaryl halide; M1 represents an element of the second or third main group of the periodic table of elements, and; m equals 0 or 1, whereby m is equal to 1 when M1 represents an element of the third main group, and m is equal to 0 when M1 represents an element of the second main group.

Abstract: Random copolymers of propylene with other 1-alkenes having up to carbon atoms, whose content of comonomers is in the range from 0.7 to 1.4% by weight if the only comonomer present in the propylene copolymers is ethylene, or whose content of comonomers is in the range from 0.7 to 3.0% by weight if at least one C4–C10-1-alkene is present as comonomer, and whose cold-xylene-soluble fraction is from 1.0 to 2.5% by weight if ethylene is present as a comonomer in the propylene copolymers, or whose cold-xylene-soluble fraction is from 0.75 to 2.0% by weight if the only comonomers present are C4–C10-1-alkenes, and a process for preparing the random copolymers of propylene is described, as is their use for producing films, fibers or moldings, and also the films, fibers and moldings themselves and biaxially stretched films made from random propylene copolymers of this type and processes for their production.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyethylene composition with multimodal molecular mass distribution, which is particularly suitable for the blow moulding of canisters having a volume in the range of from 2 to 20 dm3 (I). The composition has a density in the range from 0.950 to 0.958 g/cm3 at 23° C. and an MFR190/5 in the range of from 0.30 to 0.50 dg/min. It comprises from 40 to 50% by weight of a low-molecular-mass ethylene homopolymer A, from 25 to 35% by weight of a high-molecular-mass copolymer B made from ethylene and from another olefin having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and from 24 to 28% by weight of an ultrahigh-molecular-mass ethylene copolymer C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyethylene composition with multimodal molecular mass distribution, which is particularly suitable for the blow molding of large containers with a volume in the range of from 10 to 150 dm3 (I). The composition has a density in the range of from 0.949 to 0.955 g/cm3 at 23° C. and an MFI190/5 in the range of from 0.1 to 0.3 dg/min. It comprises from 38 to 45% by weight of a low-molecular-mass ethylene homopolymer A, from 30 to 40% by weight of a high-molecular-mass copolymer B made from ethylene and from another 1-olefin having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and from 18 to 26% by weight of an ultrahigh-molecular-mass ethylene copolymer C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of heterophasic elastomeric polymer comprising the step of polymerizing ethylene, an alpha-olefin CH2?CHL, where L is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical with 1–10 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated diene in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a transition metal catalyst component supported on a porous alpha-olefin polymer, characterized in that at least part of the diene is impregnated on the porous alpha-olefin polymer.

Abstract: Novel supported, titanized chromium catalysts can be used for the homopolymerization of ethylene and the copolymerization of ethylene with ?-olefins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a propylene copolymer composition comprising A) a propylene copolymer containing from 1 to 20% by weight of olefins other than propylene and B) at least one propylene copolymer containing from 5 to 98% by weight of olefins other than propylene, where the propylene copolymer composition is obtainable by means of a two-stage or multistage polymerization using a catalyst system based on metallocene compounds which is used in both stages.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst solid for olefin polymerization, comprising a finely divided support, an aluminoxane and a metallocene compound, which comprises a) firstly combining the finely divided support with the aluminoxane and subsequently b) adding the reaction product of a metallocene compound with at least one organometallic compound to the modified support, catalyst solids obtainable by this process, catalyst systems comprising these catalyst solids, their use for the polymerization of olefins and a process for the polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing racemic metallocene biphenoxide complexes by reacting bridged transition metal complexes with cyclopentadienyl derivatives of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals and heating the reaction mixture obtained in this way to a temperature in the range from ?78 to 250° C., to the corresponding metallocene biphenoxide complexes and to their use as catalysts or as constituents of catalysts for the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated compounds or as reagents or catalysts in stereoselective synthesis.

Abstract: A hollow plastic article is described, with at least one opening and with a structure which has one or more layers, the hollow plastic article comprising at least one layer made from a polyolefin which was prepared using a fluorine-modified chromium catalyst. The use of hollow plastic articles of the invention as plastic fuel containers, gasoline canisters, plastic tanks, or plastic bottles or the like is also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a poly-1-olefin by polymerisation of a 1-olefin of the formula R4CH?CH2, in which R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in suspension, in solution or in the gas phase, at a temperature of from 20 to 200° C. and a pressure of from 0.5 to 50 bar, in the presence of a catalyst which consists of the product of the reaction of a magnesium alkoxide with a transition-metal compound (component a) and an organometallic compound (component b), whose component a has been produced by reacting a transition-metal compound of titanium, zirconium, vanadium or chromium with a gelatinous dispersion of the magnesium alkoxide in an inert hydrocarbon.

Abstract: A process for obtaining silicon-bridged metallocene compounds comprising the following steps: a) reacting, at a temperature of between ?10° C. and 70° C., the starting ligand with about 2 molar equivalents of an alkylating agent; b) after the reaction has been completed, adding at least 2 molar equivalents of an alkylating agent that can be also different from the first one; and c) reacting, at a temperature of between ?10° C. and 70° C., the product obtained from step b) with at least 1 molar equivalent of a compound of formula ML?s, wherein M is a transition metal; s is an integer corresponding to the oxidation state of the metal; and L? is an halogen atom selected from chlorine, bromine and iodine.

Abstract: A method of determining the quality of polymerization catalysts comprises a) provision of the catalysts, b) polymerization of a monomer using these catalysts, c) isolation of the polymers obtained in b), d) characterization of the polymers, wherein the method is carried out in an assembly of n vessels in an essentially automated fashion, where the steps a) to d) are all carried out in parallel or are all carried out sequentially or some of the steps a) to d) are carried out in parallel and the remainder are carried out sequentially and n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

Abstract: A process for preparing substituted cyclopentadiene compounds and cyclopentadiene compounds which can be prepared thereby are described.

Abstract: A process for preparing dihalide or monohalide metallocene compounds comprising contacting a compound of formula (II) (Cp)(ZR1m)n(A)rML?y (II) wherein Cp is a cyclopentadienyl radical; (ZR1m)n is a divalent bridging group between Cp and A; A is a cyclopentadienyl radical or O, S, NR2, PR2 wherein R2 is an hydrocarbon radical, M is zirconium, titanium or hafnium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing racemic metallocene complexes by reacting bridged or non-bridged transition metal complexes with cyclopentadienyl derivatives of alkaline or alkaline earth metals and optionally, subsequently substituting the phenolate ligands.

Abstract: Multi-stage process for the polymerization of olefins CH2?CHR, where R is hydrogen or a C1–C10 alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical, comprising: (I) a first polymerization stage carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising the product of the reaction between an alkyl-Al compound and a solid component comprising at least one compound of transition metal M1 not containing M1-? bonds, thus obtaining a porous polymer, (II) a treatment stage, wherein said porous polymer is contacted with a compound capable of deactivating the catalyst used in stage (I) and with a late transition metal complex; and (III) a second stage of polymerization, carried out in the presence of the product obtained from treatment stage (II).

Abstract: A process for preparing dihalide or monohalide metallocene compounds comprising contacting a compound of formula (II) (Cp)(ZR1m)n(A)rML?y (II) wherein Cp is a cyclopentadienyl radical; (ZR1m)n is a divalent bridging group between Cp and A; A is a cyclopentadienyl radical or O, S, NR2, PR2 wherein R2 is an hydrocarbon radical, M is zirconium, titanium or hafnium, L? is an hydrocarbon radical, r ranges from 0 to 2 and y is equal to 4; with an halogenating agent selected from the group consisting of: T1Lw1 wherein T1 is a metal of groups 3–13 of the periodic table; L is halogen and w1 is equal to the oxidation state of the metal T1; T2Lw2 wherein T2 is a nonmetal element of groups 13–16 of the periodic table (new IUPAC version); and w2 is equal to the oxidation state of the element T2; O=T3Lw3 where T3 is a selected from the group consisting of C, P and S; O is an oxygen atom bonded to T3 trough a double bond; and w3 is equal to the oxidation state of the element T3 minus 2; R6C(O)L, wherein R6 is an hydrocarbon