Abstract: A titanium-containing catalyst component for polymerization of olefins which is prepared by reacting a magnesium hydrocarbyl oxide with a silicon compound having a hydrogen-silicon bond, contacting the reaction product with an electron donor compound, contacting the resulting contact product with an organoaluminum compound and further with a titanium compound.

Abstract: A titanium halide containing catalyst component for polymerization of olefins which is prepared by reacting a magnesium hydrocarbyloxide with a silicon compound having a hydrogen-silicon bond, contacting the reaction product with an electron donor compound, contacting the resulting contact product two or more times with a titanium halide and between one of the multiple titanium halide contacts, contacting the titanium halide contacted solid with a halogenated hydrocarbon.

Abstract: Polymerization catalysts, particularly catalysts for the polymerization of olefins, are disclosed. The catalysts are prepared by mixing(A) an organometallic compound or hydride of a metal belonging to Groups I to III of the Mendelyeev Periodic Table; with(B) the product obtained by contacting (1) an addition product obtained by reacting a di-, tri-, or tetravalent titanium compound with an electron-donor compound, with (2) an anhydrous magnesium halide, in particular anhydrous MgCl.sub.2 or MgBr.sub.2, which is either preactivated or mixed with the Ti compound under conditions which result in its activation; or by contacting (A) with(B') the product obtained by contacting a di-, tri-, or tetravalent Ti compound with an electron-donor compound and a support consisting of an anhydrous Mg halide, in particular MgCl.sub.2 or anhydrous MgBr.sub.2, which is either preactivated or mixed with the Ti compound and electron-donor under conditions such that the Mg halide is activated.

Abstract: A process for polymerizing an .alpha.-olefin which comprises contacting the .alpha.-olefin at a temperature of about 10.degree. C. to about 100.degree. C. with a catalyst comprising a slurry component (A) and an organometallic component (B), the component (A) being obtained, without intermediate or final solids separation, by reacting (1) a slurry reaction mixture produced by reacting one mol of (i) a hydrocarbon-soluble organomagnesium component of the general formulaM.alpha.Mg.beta.R.sub.p.sup.1 R.sub.q.sup.2 X.sub.r Y.sub.sor of the reaction product of M.alpha.Mg.beta.R.sub.p.sup.1 R.sub.q.sup.2 X.sub.r Y.sub.s with at least one electron donor selected from the group consisting of ethers, thioethers, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, alcohols, thioalcohols and amines, with 0.1 to 10 mols of (ii) a chlorosilane compound of the formulaH.sub.a SiCl.sub.b R.sub.4-(a+b).sup.10at a temperature of about 20.degree. C. to about 150.degree. C.

Abstract: A comminuted, supported polymerization catalyst for alpha-olefins comprises (A) an organoaluminum compound and (B) a solid titanium-containing component formed by at least one halogen-containing compound of titanium(IV); (b) at least one electron donor; and (c) at least one hydrocarbon-insoluble magnesium-containing compound; and (2) retreating such comminuted product with (a) at least one halogen-containing compound of titanium(IV); and (b) a mixture containing ethylbenzoate and a substituted alkyl aromatic acid ester in which the substituent group has a negative Hammett constant; and optionally, at least one chlorocarbon and/or at least one haloalkylchlorosilane.

Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing a polyolefin, characterized by polymerizing at least one .alpha.-olefin in the presence of a catalyst which comprises the combination of:[I] a solid catalyst component comprising a solid substance obtained by contacting the following components (1) through (3) with one another and (4) a titanium compound supported on said solid substance:(1) a magnesium halide,(2) a compound represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group, hydrogen, or a halogen atom, R.sup.4 is a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 24 carbon atoms and n is 1.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.30, and(3) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of:(a) compounds represented by the general formula ##STR2## wherein R is hydrogen, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and r, p and q are integers satisfying the following conditions:1.ltoreq.r.ltoreq.3, 0.ltoreq.p<6, 0.ltoreq.

Abstract: Catalysts for the polymerization of alpha-olefins, which comprise the product of the reaction between:(a) a metalorganic compound of Al;(b) an electron-donor compound reactive towards MgCl.sub.2 but which is not completely complexed with AlEt.sub.3, at the equivalent point of a potentiometric titration under standard conditions;(c) a solid comprising a halogenated Ti compound and an electron-donor belonging to particular classes of compounds and being extractable with AlEt.sub.3 for at least 70% by mols from the solid, the surface area of which after extraction is higher than 20 m.sup.2 /g.The present invention refers to new supported components of catalysts for the polymerization of olefins CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR, in which R is an alkyl with 1-14 carbon atoms or an aryl, and of mixtures of such olefins with each other and/or with ethylene, and to the catalysts obtained from such components.

Abstract: A preactivated catalyst for producing .alpha.-olefin polymers is provided, which is obtained by the steps which comprises:reacting an organoaluminum compound (O-Al.sub.1) with an electron donor (ED.sub.1) to obtain a reaction product (I);reacting (I) with TiCl.sub.4 to obtain a solid product (II);reacting (II) with an electron donor (ED.sub.2) and an electron acceptor to obtain a solid product (III);combining (III) with an organoaluminum compound (O-Al.sub.2) and a reaction product (RP) of an organoaluminum (O-Al.sub.3) with an electron donor (ED.sub.3) (III), (O-Al.sub.2) and (PP) being referred to as catalyst components), and in this combination, subjecting a part or the whole of the catalyst components to polymerization treatment with an .alpha.-olefin at least in the presence of (III) and said (O-Al.sub.2) to obtain a preliminarily activated catalyst; andpolymerizing an .alpha.-olefin in the presence of the catalyst.

Abstract: A catalyst component useful for (co)polymerizing ethylene under high temperatures and pressures comprising the reaction product obtained by treating a magnesium halide supported titanium halide precursor with transition-metal halide or oxyhalide, thoroughly washing the solid reaction product therefrom and prepolymerizing the washed solid product with an alpha-olefin having from 4-12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A catalytic component for polymerizing olefins comprises a solid support containing magnesium-halogen or manganese-halogen bonds, a transition metal halide of a metal selected from Groups IVB and VB of the periodic table, and electron donors. This catalytic component is obtainable by steps comprising:(a) contacting a mixture comprising a magnesium halide or manganese halide and at least one electron donor with a Ti(OR).sub.4 compound to form a solution, where R is a hydrocarbyl or halogenated hydrocarbyl moiety containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a halogen, and(b) reacting the solution with a reagent comprising a transition metal halide selected from Groups IVB and VB of the periodic table,whereby, with a suitable cocatalyst, polyolefin is formed with high activity, showing a high Isotactic Index, and with a narrow range of particle size distribution.

Abstract: An improved titanium catalyst is produced by contacting a titanium tetrahalide such as TiCl.sub.4 with a catalyst precursor prepared by reacting a treating compound selected from mercaptans and tin hydroxides with an organometal such as a dialkyl magnesium compound. The resulting catalyst can either be supported or unsupported and it has been found to give high productivity and good particle size control in the production of olefin polymer such as polyethylene and also found to give a broad spectrum of molecular weight polymers including polymers having ultra high molecular weight and also narrow distribution polymers particularly suited for injection molding.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catalysts for the polymerization and copolymerization of ethylene, characterized in that they comprise a support based on magnesium chloride and possibly on aluminium chloride, of spheroidal shape, having a mean diameter by mass comprised between 10 and 100 microns and with a narrow particle size distribution, such that the ratio of the mean diameter by mass to the mean diameter by number is less than or equal to 3, on which support there has been precipitated a derivative of a transition metal of groups IV, V and VI of the Periodic Table of Elements, and a polymerization process utilizing the said catalysts.

Abstract: An improved Ziegler/Natta catalyst for the polymerization of .alpha.-olefins containing from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, comprising titanium halide and organoaluminum cocatalyst modified by addition of ketones and monoethers. Metal halides can be used to further modify the catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catalyst supports for the polymerization and co-polymerization of alpha-olefins, especially ethylene and propylene, consisting essentially of magnesium chloride, characterized in that these supports occur in the form of spheroidal particles with a mean particle size by mass comprised between 10 and 100 microns and having a narrow particle size distribution, which can be controlled, such that the ratio of the mean diameter by mass to the mean diameter by number of the particles is less than or equal to 3.0, and the process for the preparation of the said supports.

Abstract: A novel catalyst system for the polymerization of alpha-olefins is provided. The catalyst system is produced by a process comprising heating to an effective temperature for an effective length of time:(i) an organoaluminum containing component comprising an organoaluminum compound and an electron donor compound, e.g. triethyl aluminum and ethyl anisate, and(ii) a titanium halide containing component obtained by contacting a titanium halide compound, e.g. TiCl.sub.4, or complex of the titanium halide compound and an electron donor compound, e.g. TiCl.sub.4.ethylbenzoate, with a support which comprises as the essential support material thereof an anhydrous bihalide of magnesium or manganese in an active state.The combination of effective temperature and effective time is selected to be sufficient to produce a catalyst system having enhanced stereospecificity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catalyst supports for the polymerization and co-polymerization of alpha-olefins, especially ethylene and propylene, consisting essentially of magnesium chloride, characterized in that these supports contain a chlorinated compound of aluminium in a quantity such that the atomic ratio of Al/Mg is comprised between 0.001 and 0.1 and that they occur in the form of spheroidal particles having a mean diameter by mass comprised between 10 and 100 microns and a narrow and controllable particle size distribution such that the ratio of the mean diameter by mass to the mean diameter by number of particles is less than or equal to 3, and also a process for the preparation of these supports.

Abstract: Ethylene is polymerized by a catalyst system comprised of a transition metal complex consisting of at least one binucleating ligand attached to at least one transition metal containing nucleus; and an organometallic cocatalyst containing at least one element of Group IA, IIA or Group IIIA.

Abstract: Extremely strong, i.e., non-friable TiCl.sub.3 Ziegler-type polymerization catalyst are obtained by prepolymerizing a reduced solid TiCl.sub.3 product with a mixture of propylene and linear C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alpha-olefin to produce a reduced solid TiCl.sub.3 product containing 5 to 35 weight percent of a copolymer of propylene and C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alpha-olefin having a ratio of the infrared spectrum of the copolymer at 720 cm.sup.-1 : the infrared spectrum of the copolymer at 975 cm.sup.-1 in the range of 0.04 to 0.20.

Abstract: A first reactant selected from arylsilanol, hydrocarbyl amine, hydrocarbylphosphine oxide, and hydrocarbyloxyphosphite is combined with a second reactant selected from halogenated transition metal compound and an organometal compound to form a product which is catalytically active for olefin polymerization after optionally first having been deposited on a particulate diluent.

Abstract: An unmilled catalytic component for polymerizing olefins with high activity to yield polymers with high stereoregularity and a narrow particle size distribution with a low weight percentage of small particles comprises a solid, unmilled support containing magnesium-halogen bonds, a transition metal halide of a metal selected from Groups IVB and VB of the periodic table, and electron donors.This catalytic component is obtained by steps comprising:(a) contacting a Mg(OR).sub.2 and/or Mn(OR).sub.2 compound with a Ti(OR).sub.4 compound to comprise a liquid, where R is a hydrocarbyl or halogenated hydrocarbyl moiety containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a halogen,(b) reacting the liquid with a fluid comprising a halogenating agent and treatment with an electron donor to form a treated solid, and(c) post-treating the solid with a transition metal halide.

Abstract: A catalyst useful for polymerizing olefins which comprises a solid catalyst component [A] and an organometallic component [B], the solid catalyst component [A] being obtained by reacting (1) an organometallic compound with (2) a transition metal compound selected from the group consisting of a titanium compound, a vanadium compound, a mixture of a titanium compound and a vanadium compound and a mixture of a titanium compound and a zirconium compound, in the presence of (3) a solid reaction product of (a) an organomagnesium compound of the formulaM.sub..alpha. MgR.sub.p X.sub.q.D.sub.rwherein.alpha., p, q and r each independently is 0 or a number greater than 0,p+q=m.alpha.+20.ltoreq.q/(.alpha.

Abstract: A catalyst component is a transition metal composition which is obtained by reacting together an inert particulate material, an organic magnesium compound, a halogen-containing compound such as carbon tetrachloride or silicon tetrachloride and a specified transition metal compound. The catalyst component obtained can be used, together with an organic metal compound, to give an olefin polymerization catalyst. The catalyst can be used to effect the polymerization of olefin monomers, for example, the copolymerization of ethylene with an alpha-olefin monomer such as butene-1 in a fluidized bed reactor.

Abstract: Catalyst-forming components are prepared from(a) a halogenated Ti compound containing at least a Ti-halogen bond;(b) an electron-donor compound free of active hydrogen atoms;and(c) the solid product of the reaction between at least one electron-donor compound containing active hydrogen atoms and a Mg dihalide or a complex thereof with an electron-donor compound free of active hydrogen atoms, obtained by decomposing organic Mg compounds containing at least one Mg-R or Mg-OR group, in which R is an alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, by means of a halogenating agent different from (a).Catalysts for polymerizing olefins and prepared by mixing the aforesaid catalyst-forming components with an organometallic compound of Al are also disclosed.

Abstract: A catalyst and a process for the preparation of homopolymers and copolymers of alpha monoolefins by means of a catalyst system comprising (1) a titanium halide of the formulaTiCl.sub.3 m AlCl.sub.3where m is a number from 0 to 0.5, (2) a coordination complexing agent, the use of which is optional, and (3) an appropriate conventional aluminum-alkyl, the titanium halide (1) and the complexing agent (2), if used, having been milled together before use, wherein the catalyst system employed contains, as a further component (4), a sterically unhindered phenolic compound.

Abstract: A suspension which comprises an inert liquid medium, a solid material, and a transition metal compound is dried using a spray-drying technique. The spray-drying is effected under conditions of temperature and pressure which are such as to cause evaporation of the liquid medium. The solid material is preferably in a finely-divided form. The solid material may consist essentially of a transition metal compound or may be a transition metal compound which is supported on a suitable solid inert matrix material. Alternatively, a suspension of a solid support material in a solution of a transition metal compound may be used. The dried solid is obtained as an agglomerate. The agglomerated solid can be mixed with an organic compound of a non-transition metal to give an olefin polymerization catalyst system.

Abstract: Novel titanium compounds or complexes are prepared by reacting a titanium compound such as titanium tetraisopropoxide with a compound containing at least one aromatic hydroxyl group. These compounds and/or complexes are useful as the transition metal component in Ziegler-Natta catalysts.

Abstract: A catalyst composition is provided with an activator in combination with a primary catalyst system. The primary catalyst system is a vanadium compound and an organometallic compound of the formula RMgX, LiAlr.sub.4, or R.sub.A Al.sub.2 X.sub.B, wherein R is a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom; A is a number from 2 to 6, and B is a number from 0 to 4, with the proviso that the sum of A and B is 6 and that at least one of the groups attached either to the vanadium compound or to the organometallic compound is a halogen atom. The activator is bis(trichloromethyl) sulfone.

Abstract: A novel catalytic system for polymerizing olefins comprises:(a) a cocatalytic component containing an organometallic compound of Groups I-III of the periodic table, and(b) a catalytic component containing titanium obtained by:(i) copulverizing a substantially anhydrous magnesium compound containing halogen or manganese compound containing halogen with: a phenol, an organic polymer containing silicon, a titanium halide, and an electron-donor compound to produce a copulverized product, and(ii) reacting the copulverized product with a liquid titanium compound containing halogen.The invention also encompasses the novel catalytic component, processes for preparing the catalytic component containing titanium, and the use of the novel catalytic system for polyermizing olefins.

Abstract: An .alpha.-olefin polymerizing catalytic component is obtained by treating, with alcohol and/or phenol, a solid product obtained by allowing an organo-magnesium compound expressed by a generic formula of R'MgX' (wherein R' represents a hydro-carbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and X' a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and iodine or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms) to react with a halogenating agent in the presence of an electron donor; by treating the treated matter with a halogen-containing titanium compound, either after heating under reduced pressure or without such heating; and by treating the product further with a mixture or a complex consisting of an organo-aluminum compound, an organic acid ester and a poly-siloxane. Homo- or co-polymerization of an .alpha.-olefin is carried out in the presence of a catalyst system comprising the catalytic component and an organo-aluminum compound.

Abstract: A catalytic component for polymerization of an .alpha.-olefin is prepared through a process wherein a solid product obtained by allowing an organo-magnesium compound or a mixture of an organo-magnesium compound and an organo-aluminum compound or their reaction product to react, in the presence of an electron donor and an .alpha.-olefin, with a mixture of a halogenating agent other than a halogenated titanium compound and a titanium compound or their reaction product is treated with an alcohol and/or a phenol. The treated product may be further treated with a halogenated titanium compound. Homo- or co-polymerization of an .alpha.-olefin is carried out in the presence of a catalyst composition consisting of the catalytic component and an organo-aluminum compound or with a concomitant electron donor used together with the catalyst composition.

Abstract: A catalytic component for polymerization of an .alpha.-olefin is prepared by allowing an organo-magnesium compound expressed by the generic formula of RMgX (wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and X a halogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms) to react with carbon tetrahalide in the presence of an electron donor compound to obtain a solid product; by treating the solid product with phenols at 90.degree. to 180.degree. C.; and by further treating the phenol treated solid with a halogenated titanium compound. Homo- or co-polymerization of an .alpha.-olefin is carried out in the presence of a catalyst composition consisting of the catalytic component thus prepared and an organo-aluminum compound.

Abstract: A Ziegler type supported catalytic component for polymerization of an .alpha.-olefin is prepared by allowing an organo-magnesium compound expressed by a generic formula of R'MgX' (wherein R' represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and X' either a halogen atom chosen out of chlorine, bromine and iodine or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms) to react wtih carbon tetrahalide in the presence of an electron donor compound to obtain a solid product through a solid-liquid separation process; by heat treating the separated solid product with a carbon halide; by treating the heat treated solid product with phenols at 90.degree. to 180.degree. C.; and by treating this phenol treated product further with a halogenated titanium compound. Homo- or co-polymerization of an .alpha.-olefin is carried out in the presence or a catalyst composition consisting of the above catalytic component and an organo-aluminum compound. With this catalytic component, stereospecific polymerization of an .alpha.