Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a supported metallocene catalyst by introducing, in a first stage, a gas stream comprising an organoaluminum compound, an inert support material and water, into a first gas phase reactor; allowing the mixture to react under conditions effective to form an aluminoxane supported on said inert support material; metering a second gas stream comprising a metallocene into said gas phase reactor; allowing said mixture to react under conditions effective to form a supported metallocene catalyst; and drying, in a second stage, said supported metallocene catalyst, wherein said drying is carried out in a gas phase reactor.

Abstract: Single site nitrogen and oxygen metallacyclic catalysts comprising at least two polymerization-stable anionic ancillary ligands and a Group 4-10 metal are disclosed wherein the nitrogen or oxygen heterocyclic catalyst is produced by dimerizing an alkylamido or trimerizing a metal containing oxane. The polymerization-stable anionic ancillary ligands are preferably either cyclopentadienyl, borataaryl, pyrrolyl, azaboralinyl, pyridinyl, or a quinolinyl ring. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to catalysts of the formula: ##STR1## wherein M is a transition metal of Groups 3-10;L is a polymerization-stable anionic ancillary ligand;R is a hydrocarbyl group containing up to about 12 carbon atoms optionally substituted with halogen; andE is R or halogen, alkoxy from C.sub.1 to C.sub.20, siloxy from C.sub.1 to C.sub.20, N(R).sub.2, hydrogen or another univalent anionic ligand, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A polymerization process with ionic polymerization catalyst systems comprising a stable group 4 metal cation and bulky Group 13 metal or metalloid anion containing at least one fluorinated naphthyl or anthracenyl ligand useful for olefins, diolefins, or acetylenically unsaturated monomers, either alone or in combination with each other or with other polymerizable monomers is disclosed.

Abstract: Single-site catalyst systems containing alkylimido ligands are disclosed. The catalyst systems comprise a co-catalyst and a Group 3-10 transition metal catalyst. The catalyst includes an alkyl- or arylimido ligand and a polymerization-stable, anionic ligand selected from boraaryl, pyrrolyl, and azaborolinyl. When used to polymerize olefins, the catalyst systems are highly productive, give good comonomer incorporation, and give polymers with narrow molecular weight distributions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for padding corners of, for example, equipment housings. The device has two arms joined to each other at an angle and cheeks. The cheeks are fitted to the outside of the arms. To enable a device of this kind to be used in a variety of applications, i.e., over a wide range of housing sizes, and still remain firmly in place, each arm of the device has a honeycomblike structure designed so that it can be stretched in the lateral direction of the device.

Abstract: The described invention provides a low fouling, high particle density polymerization process and an olefin polymerization catalyst composition comprising the reaction product of a) an organic polymeric support i) having a surface area of from about 1 to 10 m.sup.2 /g and ii) functionalized with an acidic proton-containing ammonium salt of a non-coordinating anion, and b) an organometallic transition metal compound having ancillary ligands, at least one labile ligand capable of abstraction by protonation by said ammonium salt and at least one labile ligand into which an olefinic monomer can insert for polymerization. In a preferred embodiment, the polymeric support has a surface area of .ltoreq.10 m.sup.2 /g and is particularly suitable for use with high activity organometallic, transition metal catalyst compounds.

Abstract: A catalyst composition for the polymerization of olefins is provided, which comprises the reaction product of a spirocycle, a complex of an atom selected from Groups 3-14 and the Lanthanides, and an activating cocatalyst.

Abstract: Liquid clathrate compositions useful as reusable aluminum catalysts in Friedel-Crafts reactions are described. In one embodiment, the liquid clathrate composition is formed from constituents comprising (i) at least one aluminum trihalide, (ii) at least one salt selected from alkali metal halide, alkaline earth metal halide, alkali metal pseudohalide, quaternary ammonium salt, quaternary phosphonium salt, or ternary sulfonium salt, or a mixture of any two or more of the foregoing, and (iii) at least one aromatic hydrocarbon compound.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an inert oxide supported metal halide organo aluminium compound catalyst. The catalyst is obtained by reacting an activated support having surface hydroxyl groups with aluminium chloride selected from aluminium chloride solution and aluminium chloride vapors. A solution of an aluminium alkyl is added to the reacted support. The solvent is removed and the reacted support is dried.

Abstract: This invention is generally directed toward a supported catalyst system useful for polymerizing olefins. The method for supporting the catalyst system of the invention provides for a metallocene catalyst and alumoxane activator supported on a porous support using a total volume of catalyst solution that is less than that of which a slurry is formed. The metallocene and alumoxane aer mixed in solution, then the solution is added to a porous support in a volume between the total pore volume of the support and the volume at which a slurry forms. The solvent is then removed, leaving an activated supported metallocene.

Abstract: A support for use in preparing supported catalysts for addition polymerizations comprising the reaction product of: (A) an inorganic oxide material comprising reactive surface hydroxyl groups, at least some of said hydroxyl groups optionally having been functionalized an converted to a reactive silano moiety corresponding to the formula: --OSiR.sub.2 H, wherein R, independently each occurrence, is hydrogen C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyl, or C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyloxy, said inorganic oxide or functionalized derivative thereof comprising less than 1.0 mmol of reactive surface hydroxyl functionality per gram, and (B) an activator compound comprising: b.sub.1) a cation which is capable of reacting with a transition metal compound to form a catalytically active transition metal complex, and b.sub.

Abstract: Hexacoordinated ruthenium and osmium catalysts of the formulae ##STR1## in which M and M' independently of one another are ruthenium or osmium;X, X', Y and Y' independently of one another are anionic ligands, or X and Y and X' and Y' in each case together are bis-anionic ligandsL.sup.1 and L.sup.1' independently of one another are tertiary phosphine;L.sup.2 and L.sup.3 independently of one another are a monodentate ligand, or L.sup.2 and L.sup.3 together are bidentate, neutral electron donor ligands;L.sup.4 is tetradentate, neutral electron donor ligand;L.sup.5 is a bidentate, neutral electron donor ligand; andT and T' indepedently of one another are H or organic substituents, are useful for the synthesis of custom-tailored polymers and for the ring-closing metathesis of olefins.

Abstract: Polybetaine-stabilized, palladium-containing nanoparticles, a process for preparing them and also catalysts prepared from them for producing vinyl acetate. The invention relates to soluble nanoparticles which comprise palladium alone or palladium together with metals of the groups 8-11 of the periodic table and which are embedded in protective colloids, wherein the protective colloids comprise at least one polymer having betaine groups, and to a process for preparing them. The soluble nanoparticles are suitable for the preparation of catalysts.

Abstract: New metallocene ligand systems and catalysts/catalyst precursors are described where the ligand system contains at least one open-pentadienyl ligand characterized by an acyclic six .pi. electron delocalized, five atomic center structure. The open pentadienyl ligand is bonded to either another pentadienyl ligand or a Cp ligand by a bridging group. The metal is from group 3-5 or the Lanthanides. These metallocene catalysts/catalyst precursors optionally in combination with co-catalysts can be used to generate a wide variety of different polymer types including HDPE, LLDPE, LHDPE, ethylene/propylene elastomers, tactiospecific C3+ .alpha.-olefins, intimate mixture thereof and the like.

Abstract: A process for the production of a catalyst precursor comprising reacting (a) a metallocene dihalide; (b) a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each Q is the same or different and is independently selected from the group consisting of O, NR, CR.sub.2, and S; E is either C or S; Z is selected from the group consisting of --OR, --NR.sub.2, --CR.sub.3, --SR, --SiR.sub.3, --PR.sub.2, --H, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; and each R is independently a group containing carbon, silicon, nitrogen, oxygen, and/or phosphorus; and (c) a trialkylamine.

Abstract: Process for preparing a supported metallocene catalyst, in which a hydrophilic, macroporous, finely divided aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide or zirconium oxide or a mixture or mixed oxide thereof is dried at from 110 to 800.degree. C., then reacted with an aluminoxane and subsequently with polyfunctional organic crosslinkers. In a further step, the catalyst support can be mixed with a reaction product of metallocenes and activators, giving a supported metallocene catalyst which is used, in particular, for the polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: A transition metal complex represented by the formula [1] ##STR1## wherein M is a transition metal atom of the group 4 of the periodic table of elements; Cp is a group having a cyclopentadiene type anionic skeleton; A and G are each a divalent residue containing an atom of the group 15 or 16 of the periodic table of elements and may be the same with or different from each other; X.sup.1, X.sup.2, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A catalyst containing the combination which comprises:(a) an aluminoxane, a compound of the formula R.sub.x NH.sub.4-x, BR'.sub.4, R.sub.x PH.sub.4-x, BR'.sub.4, R.sub.3 CBR'.sub.4 or BR'.sub.3, or a mixture thereof wherein X is an integer from 1 to 4 and the radicals R are identical or different and are a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl or a C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 -aryl or 2 radicals R together with the atom joining them form a ring, and the radicals R' are identical or different and are a C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 -aryl which optionally are substituted by alkyl, haloalkyl or fluorine, and(b) a metallocene of the formula VI ##STR1## in which M.sup.1 is titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium or tantalum,R.sup.1 is (C.sub.3 -C.sub.20)alkyl, (C.sub.6 -C.sub.14)aryl, (C.sub.4 -C.sub.10)alkoxy, (C.sub.2 -C.sub.10)alkenyl, (C.sub.7 -C.sub.20)arylalkyl, (C.sub.7 -C.sub.20)alkylaryl, (C.sub.6 -C.sub.10)aryloxy, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)fluoroalkyl, (C.sub.6 -C.sub.10)halogenoaryl, (C.sub.2 -C.sub.10)alkynyl; a radical --SiR.sup.6.

Abstract: A method for polymerizing at least one olefin by contacting at least one olefin with a polymerization catalyst and an organometallic compound containing a metal from group 1, 2, 12 or 13 of the Periodic System of Elements under effective polymerization conditions. The polymerization catalyst is obtained by contacting metallic magnesium with an aromatic halide, RX, under conditions effective to obtain a first reaction product and solid residual products. The first reaction product is then separated from the solid residual products. A silane compound containing an alkoxy or aryloxy group is added to the first reaction product between -20.degree. C. to 20.degree. C. to obtain a precipitate which is purified to obtain a second reaction product. Subsequently, the second reaction product is contacted with a halogenized titanium compound, such as titanium tetrachloride, to obtain a further reaction product. The polymerization catalyst is obtained by purifying the further reaction product.

Abstract: A class of metallocene compounds having two substituted cyclopentadienyl rings bridged by an alkylidene group wherein the cyclopentadienyl groups can be indenyl groups. The metallocene compounds have the following structures: ##STR1## The metallocenes are characterized by three principal features: (i) the cyclopentadienyl groups are substituted at the 3-position with a substituent other than hydrogen, while R.sup.2 in the 2-position bears a hydrogen (formula (I)) or is part of a condensed benzene ring (formula (II)); (ii) the bridge is a substituted-methylene bridge, i.e. a methylene group bearing at least one substituent other than hydrogen (R.sup.6 is always different from hydrogen); and (iii) the cyclopentadienyl groups are identically substituted (page 2, line 23). These metallocene compounds can be suitably used as catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins.