Abstract: A compound of formula (X): wherein R1, R2, equal to or different from each other are hydrogen or a linear or branched saturated or unsaturated C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C20-cycloalkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-alkylaryl or C7-C20-arylalkyl radical, optionally containing heteroatoms belonging to groups 13-17 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; or they can form a C4-C7 ring optionally containing O, S, N, P or Si atoms that can bear substituents; R3 is hydrogen or a linear or branched saturated or unsaturated C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C20-cycloalkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-alkylaryl or C7-C20-arylalkyl radical, optionally containing heteroatoms belonging to groups 13-17 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; or two adjacent R3 groups can form a C4-C7 ring optionally containing O, S, N, P or Si atoms, wherein said ring can bear substituents; and at least one of R1, R2 or R3 is different from hydrogen.

Abstract: A compound of formula (X): wherein R1, R2, equal to or different from each other are hydrogen or a linear or branched saturated or unsaturated C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C20-cycloalkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-alkylaryl or C7-C20-arylalkyl radical, optionally containing heteroatoms belonging to groups 13-17 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; or they can form a C4-C7 ring optionally containing O, S, N, P or Si atoms that can bear substituents; R3 is hydrogen or a linear or branched saturated or unsaturated C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C20-cycloalkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-alkylaryl or C7-C20-arylalkyl radical, optionally containing heteroatoms belonging to groups 13-17 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; or two adjacent R3 groups can form a C4-C7 ring optionally containing O, S, N, P or Si atoms, wherein said ring can bear substituents; and at least one of R1, R2 or R3 is different from hydrogen.

Abstract: A process for preparing cyclopentadiene derivatives comprising the steps of: a) coupling a five membered heterocycle ring with a five or six membered heterocycle ring; b) reacting the obtained compound with a carbonilating system: c) reducing the obtained compound.

Abstract: A process for the production of dish-shaped moldings or hollow bodies of thermoplastic material comprises the step of producing an at least approximately tubular preform by the extrusion of thermoplastic material. The preform is axially divided to form at least one single-layer web of material which is removed from the extrusion head by being engaged by means of a manipulator which spreads and/or straightens the web transversely with respect to the extrusion direction. The web is then transferred to a molding tool by a manipulator for it to be put into its final form in its first heat in the molding tool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2?CHR in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and an electron donor selected from substituted succinates of a particular formula. Said catalyst components when used in the polymerization of olefins, and in particular of propylene, are capable to give polymers in high yields and with high isotactic index expressed in terms of high xylene insolubility.

Abstract: A process for preparing cyclopentadiene derivatives comprising the steps of: a) coupling a five membered heterocycle ring with a five or six membered heterocycle ring; b) reacting the obtained compound with a carbonilating system: c) reducing the obtained compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2═CHR in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and an electron donor selected from substituted succinates of a particular formula. Said catalyst components when used in the polymerization of olefins, and in particular of propylene, are capable to give polymers in high yields and with high isotactic index expressed in terms of high xylene insolubility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2═CHR in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and an electron donor selected from substituted succinates of a particular formula. Said catalyst components when used in the polymerization of olefins, and in particular of propylene, are capable to give polymers in high yields and with high isotactic index expressed in terms of high xylene insolubility.

Abstract: A process for the production of dish-shaped moldings or hollow bodies of thermoplastic material comprises the step of producing an at least approximately tubular preform by the extrusion of thermoplastic material. The preform is axially divided to form at least one single-layer web of material which is removed from the extrusion head by being engaged by means of a manipulator which spreads and/or straightens the web transversely with respect to the extrusion direction. The web is then transferred to a molding tool by a manipulator for it to be put into its final form in its first heat in the molding tool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2═CHR in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and an electron donor selected from substituted succinates of a particular formula. Said catalyst components when used in the polymerization of olefins, and in particular of propylene, are capable to give polymers in high yields and with high isotactic index expressed in terms of high xylene insolubility.

Abstract: In a process and apparatus for producing hollow bodies from thermoplastic material by blow molding of preforms using a closing support structure having at least first and second blow molding molds, a common drive means engages a drive plate and a first carrier plate which carries a mold portion. The drive plate is connected to a second carrier plate carrying another mold portion. At least one further carrier plate is arranged displaceably in the opening and closing direction between the first and second carrier plates. At each of its two sides the further carrier plate carries a respective mold portion, each thereof with a mold portion carried by an adjacent carrier plate forming a respective blow molding mold. Each of the two blow molding molds afforded thereby is provided with a means for locking the respective mold in the closed condition thereof.

Abstract: It is herein disclosed a novel catalyst systems comprising:a) a source of cations of Group VIII metals, selected from palladium, cobalt and nickel;b) a source of anions andc) a source of bidentate ligands of the formulaR.sup.1 R.sup.2 M.sup.1 --R--M.sup.2 R.sup.3 R.sup.4wherein each of M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 independently represents a phosphorus, arsenic, antimony or nitrogen atom, R represents a bivalent organic bridging group containing at least two atoms in the bridge and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently represent substituted or non-substituted hydrocarbyl groups with the proviso that at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represents an aryl group at least containing as substituents (i) at one or both ortho positions with respect to M.sup.1 or M.sup.2 to which the aryl group is linked, a hydrocarbyloxy group and (ii) at a meta position, adjacent to a substituted ortho position, a hydrocarbyl group or at the para position a halogen atom.

Abstract: In that process for the production of hollow bodies from thermoplastic material by extrusion blow molding in which discontinuously extruded preforms are expanded in a blow molding mold, at least during that part of the filling phase which is typical of such a process, for an extrusion head, the distance covered by an ejection piston associated with a storage chamber and the speed at which the ejection piston is displaced within the storage chamber by the plasticised material are detected and compared by a central control and regulating device to the respective reference values. On the basis of the result of the comparison operation at least one operating parameter of the process, for example the delivery output of the extruder or the extent of the emptying strike movement of the ejection piston can then be adapted while still in the same working cycle in such a way that substantially the required preform volume is ejected.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of copolymers of carbon monoxide and one or more ethylenically unsaturated non-aromatic compounds by contacting the monomers, under polymerization conditions, with a catalyst system consisting essentially of palladium, a bisphosphine ligand and a source of anions, derived from the conjugated base of acids having a pKa of less than 4, in the additional presence of a 1-alkenyl substituted arylgroup containing compound.

Abstract: An apparatus for the production of hollow bodies from thermoplastic material by blow molding using a blow molding mold which includes at least first and second mold portions to enclose a generally tubular extruded preform which is expanded within the mold under the effect of an increased internal pressure within the preform. To provide for asymmetric closing and/or opening movements of the mold portions relative to the preform, the blow molding mold is displaced as an entirety parallel to the direction of the opening and/or closing movements of the mold portions, more especially during the mold closing and/or opening procedure, so that an additional motion is superimposed on the movements of the mold portions.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of copolymers of carbon monoxide and one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds by contacting the monomers, under polymerization conditions, with a catalyst system comprising a) a source of cations of one or more metals of Group VIII of the Periodic Table and b) a bidentate ligand, and c) a minor amount of a compound containing a hydride moiety. Copolymers made by this process generally have low molecular weights.

Abstract: An improved process for the production of linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon, preferably propylene, includes an aromatic amine in the catalyst composition formed from a palladium salt, the anion of a strong non-hydrohalogenic acid and a bidentate ligand of phosphorus. The presence of the aromatic amine reduces the proportion of 3-alkyl-2,5-furandiyl moieties present in the polymer chain.

Abstract: A catalyst composition useful in the preparation of a polymer composition includes a Group VIII metal and a phosphorus bidentate ligand of the general formula (R.sub.2)(R.sub.4)P--R.sub.3 --P(R.sub.2)(R.sub.4) wherein R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 are optionally polar substituted alkyl groups, differing from each other in carbon number, and wherein R.sub.3 is a divalent organic bridging group which contains four atoms. Such catalyst compositions are particularly useful for preparing copolymers of carbon monoxide with .alpha.-olefins having at least three carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system, which comprises a source of a Group VIII metal and a polyphosphine. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of alpha, beta-olefinically unsaturated compounds utilizing this catalyst system.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for the production of hollow bodies from thermoplastic material by means of blow molding uses a blow molding mold which includes at least first and second mold portions to enclose a generally tubular extruded preform which is expanded within the mold under the effect of an increased internal pressure within the preform. To provide for asymmetric closing and/or opening movements of the mold portions relative to the preform, the blow molding mold is displaced as an entirety parallel to the direction of the opening and/or closing movements of the mold portions, more especially during the mold closing and/or opening procedure, so that an additional motion is superimposed on the movements of the mold portions.